精讲课 笔记随视频锁定
谁吃谁?

右侧笔记支持独立滚动。边听名师连读拆解,边对照右侧的语法事实与统计数据笔记。

What's for supper? ...breakfast? ... lunch?

  • I have eggs/nothing for breakfast.
  • For breakfast I just ate cornflakes. 早餐我只吃了玉米麦片。
  • What shall we have for lunch我们午餐吃什么?
  • I just want something light for lunch我午饭稍微吃点就够了。

Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain, but as the oceans have been overfished, fish has become more and more expensive.

dish 在这里指“一盘菜”或“菜肴”、“食品”

  • I like French dishes. 我喜欢(吃)法国菜。
  • Would you like a sweet dish? 您要一盘甜食吗?
  • Sichuan cuisine(四川菜)
more and more 越来越…(多音节用more and more 加原级) I love you more and more each day as time goes by.随着时间的流逝我每一天越来越爱你。
fatter and fatter 越来越胖(单音节直接加 er,然后用 and 连接) "I'm getting fatter and fatter every day," she said quite exultantly.“我一天比一天胖。”她兴高采烈地说。
more and more beautiful 越来越美丽:用于形容人或事物的美丽程度逐渐增加。 She is becoming more and more beautiful as she grows older.随着年龄的增长,她变得越来越美丽。
more and more interesting 越来越有趣了 The story gets more and more interesting.这个故事变得越来越有趣了。
less and less 越来越少:逐渐减少的程度越来越大 Outdoor time for children is becoming less and less now.现在孩子们的户外时间越来越少了。
less and more 更少和更多:表示在数量或程度上的变化,比较两个事物之间的差异 Talk less and say more  言简意丰
Fear less, hope more, eat less, chew more, whine less, breathe more, talk less, say more, hate less, love more, and good things will be yours.
少些恐惧,多些希望,少吃点,多咀嚼,少些牢骚,多做深呼吸,少些闲聊,多说正事,少点恨,多点点爱,好东西都将会是你的。

So it comes as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oil rigs.

to learn 得知、了解到

it comes as a surprise to + do sth.某事令人惊讶 It comes as a surprise to have four lessons in three hours.
it comes as a surprise that + 从句 某事令人惊讶 It comes as a surprise that it rains/snows.
to one’s surprise 令某人惊讶的是 To one's surprise, he is our teacher's husband.让我吃惊的是,他竟然是我们老师的丈夫。
The most surprising thing about it is that + 从句 The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field.  
get a surprise 感到惊喜

Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water, have been frightened out of their wits by giant fish bumping into them as they work.

out of one's wits 失去理智:非常害怕或惊吓到失去理智。

  • frightened out of their wits [习语]吓得魂飞魄散 \ 吓得魂不附体
  • Scared out of his wits, he cried out: "Don't listen to me, good man!" 他吓得魂不附体,叫道:“别听我的,好人!”
  • The child was out of his wits with fright.那孩子吓得茫然失措。
  • A mouse scared her out of her wits.一只老鼠把她吓得魂不附体。
  • A sudden shout scared her out of her wits.一阵突然的叫声吓得她魂不附体。
bump into 碰上,撞上 Wandering in darkness, the drunk bumped into a policeman.那醉汉在黑夜中闲荡时撞到了一个警察的身上。
偶然遇见,碰见(多用于口语) I bumped into Jane at the conference. 我开会时碰见了简。

Now they have had special cages made to protect them from these monsters.

have + sth. + done 使某件事被做 §

  • I have my home cleaned. 我请人做了清洁
  • She has my hair cut. 她让人剪了我的头发

protect sb. from + n. 保护…使之不受侵害(protect 常与 from 或 against 连用)

  • This coat will protect you against the cold.
  • He tried to protect the child from the rain/the dog.

The fish are not sharks or killer whales, but favourite eating varieties like cod and skate which grow to unnatural sizes, sometimes as much as twelve feet in length.

not…but… 不是…而是…

  • She is not only talented but also hardworking. not only …but also… 不仅…而且…
  • He is not a great athlete, but he is a brilliant strategist.他不是一个伟大的运动员,但他是一个杰出的战略家。

eating adj. 供食用的;宜生食的

  • favourite eating variety 深受人们喜爱的食用的品种
  • Eating corn is quite sweet. 食用玉米很香甜。
  • These are eating apples, and those are cooking apples/ones.这些是生吃的苹果,那些是烹饪用的苹果。

grow to 长到

  • grow to five meters tall...
  • They planted a seed in my heart that continues to grow to this day. 他们在我心里种下了一颗种子,一直生长到今天。
as much as 像…一样(最大限度)+ 数字 Temperatures can fluctuate by as much as 10 degrees.温差可达10度之多。
as far as + 从句 ...the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get.
形容词 数词 + 量词 + adj. 名词 数词 + 量词 + in + n.
long 长的 two feet long length 长度 six feet in length
high 高的 three feet high height 高度 seven feet in height
wide 宽的 four feet wide width 宽度 eight feet in width
deep 深的 five feet deep depth 深度 nine feet in depth

Three factors have caused these fish to grow so large: the warm water round the hot oil pipes under the sea; the plentiful supply of food thrown overboard by the crews on the rigs; the total absence of fishing boats around the oil rigs.

total absence of… 完全没有…

  • The total absence of mind caused him to fail the exam. total absence of mind 心不在焉
  • The room was in a total absence of order, with papers strewn across the floor and books piled haphazardly on the desk.the total absence of order… 没有秩序
Three factors have caused these fish to grow so large: the warm water round the hot oil pipes under the sea; the plentiful supply of food thrown overboard by the crews on the rigs; the total absence of fishing boats around the oil rigs.
分号在英语中可以表示并列,词、词组、句子都行 原因1; 原因2;  原因3.

As a result, the fish just eat and eat and grow and grow in the lovely warm water.

as a result = so 结果是,因此 as a result of = because of 因为…
He didn’t work hard at mathematics.As a result, he failed in the examination. As a result of his hard work, he succeeded.