【世博读书笔记】
1.Tear有"眼泪、流泪"又有"撕碎、碎片"的意思,大家要根据句子背景理解。
(1)表示"眼泪",如:
The hot tears welled up in her eyes.
热泪涌上她的眼眶。
(2)表示"流泪、含泪",如:
A grain of sand made my right eye tear.
一粒沙子弄得我右眼淌泪。
(3)表示"撕开、划破",如:
She tore the letter into tiny pieces.
她把信撕得粉碎。
Tear up是固定短语,意思是"撕破、撕碎",如:
She tore up the letter and threw it into the waste basket.
她撕碎了信,把它扔在废纸篓里。
2.In vain短语,意思是"徒劳",放在系动词或动词后面,比如:
Their efforts were not in vain.
他们的努力没白费。
The police tried in vain to break up the protest crowds.
警察企图驱散抗议的人群,但没有成功。
【世博句型留言板】
the first and the last time
第一次也是最后一次......
She won the competition for the first and the last time.
她是第一次也是最后一次赢得比赛。
It is the first and the last time that Allen ever proud of himself.
这是Allen第一次也是最后一次为自己感到骄傲。
练习:
要分手了,我第一次也是最后一次去了他家。
练习答案:
When we were going to break up, I arrived at his home for the first time and the last time.
今天的节目里,请大家掌握一下知识点:
1.tear的含义,
2.in vain短语,
3.the first and the last time句型