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Mad or not (mad)

  • One good turn deserves another.
  • While two detectives ... two others (detectives) opened the parcel.  §
  • Bill Frith's garden is larger than Joe's (garden). §
  • from one garage to the other (garage). §

Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad.

driving强调“正在进行时”,而 Aeroplanes drive me mad slowly. 则强调“过去、现在、将来会慢慢的”

drive sb. mad 逼某人发疯(驱使某人...)

  • You are driving me mad.
  • The teacher is slowly driving me mad.
drive a car 驱动一辆车(开车) drive away 驱使离开(赶走)
  • She never learned to drive她从未学过开车。
  • What make of car does he drive?他开的是什么品牌的车?
  • Patrick's rudeness soon drove Monica away.把sb.赶走
  • He will drive them away himself.他会单枪匹马撵走他们。

I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day.(能够听到:情态动词的被动)

night and day 日日夜夜,夜以继日 (注意连读)

  • day by day 一天天;逐日
  • from day to day 从日复一日的

passing planes 经过的飞机

  • He forgot the man with passing time. 随着时间的消逝,他忘掉了那个人。
sleeping baby 正在睡觉的小孩 waiting area 等候区
I put the sleeping baby down gently.我把睡着的宝宝轻轻放下。 On both sides of the waiting area were two counters.等待区的两边有两个柜台。

The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then.(not be used 未使用:then决定了不使用can)

years ago = many years ago 多年前(前面不加确定的数词时,一般表示“许多年”)

  • I have not seen him for weeks.我好几个星期没见到他了。
  • Why didn't you do it months ago? 为什么你几个月前不做呢?
  • She may have finished her homework hours or days ago. 她可能是几个小时前或几天前完成作业的
some + 不可数名词/可数名词复数 一些… some + 可数名词单数=复合词 某一…
  • I’ll tell you someday. = We’ll talk about it some other time. 我们改日再谈这件事。
  • someone like you. 像你一样的人
  • A nobody could become the somebody. 一个无名小卒也能成为大人物。

Last year, however, it came into use. (启用) 开始被使用(主动概念,没有被动式)

however 然而(用于句首, 句中, 用逗号隔开)

use n. 使用 use vt. 使用
  • When did the train come into use?
  • The road came into use last month.
  • be used 被使用(被动)
  • The car has been used for six years.

* Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. 推测 + 过去的被动

over a hundred… (超过)一百多…

must have been done 推测过去的被动(难点) must have been + doing 推测过去正在进行
  • You must have been upset yesterday.你昨天一定很沮丧。
  • My cell phone must have been stolen. 我的手机一定偷了
  • His keys must have been lost.他的钥匙一定是丢了
  • You must have been working the whole day yesterday.
  • She must have been cooking while playing with her phone.
away from 从某地离开(away 离开某地) out of somewhere 从某地出来
He walked slowly away from her.他慢慢地从她身旁走开。 You should get out of school more often.你应该多多走出学校。

I am one of the few people left.

one of…  之一 (表示特指的一群人/一些东西中的一个,后面的名词用复数)

  • One of the girls standing over there is Tim’s sister.
  • You can take one of these bags.
left 被留下来的(leave 过去分词作定语放在被修饰词的后面) left 剩下的…东西
  • There is ten cents left in my pocket.
  • Who are left (by the others) 其他人走了留下他们
  • There's none left. 一点都不剩了。

Sometimes I think (that) this house will be knocked down by a passing plane.将来的被动

knock down 撞倒、打折

  • The market might abandon the stock, and knock down its price.商场可能会清理库存,降低价格。
  • The elephant can knock down a man with his trunk. 大象能用鼻子把人撞倒。
  • Office managers knock down walls to encourage team building. 办公室经理打破了这一隔阂,鼓励团队建设。
knock at 敲门 knock out 击倒、打晕
Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. The three drinks knocked him out这3杯酒让他昏昏欲睡。

I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here.

sb. be offered sth. 某人被给予某物

  • He is offered a job in Canada. 有人提供给他一份在加拿大的工作。
  • Buyers are offered a cash rebate. 购买者享受现金折扣。
  • Customers are offered a 10% discount if they pay cash. 顾客若付现金,可获九折优惠。

offer v. 提供(相当于 given)

双宾语的被动语态中,主语有两种可能; 以 sb.做主语或以 sth.做主语
主动 被动
Give me that hammer please, Dan. give sb. sth. He has been given the(that) book. sb. be given sth.
Give a book to me please. give sth. to sb. The book has been given to me. sth. be given to sb.
英语中的主语是物,通常习惯性使用“被动”来表达,当人处于某种“身不由已”的状态时,也使用被动。但是汉语中:人、物在大多数时候都是用主动来表达,所以在翻译时即便英语是“被动”,我都也常常使用主动来翻译。