酷兔英语

Unit 20

本单元重、难点讲解
1.In England,who can marry couples in church?
在英国,谁能够在教堂里结为夫妇主持婚礼呢?
①marry用作及物动词,意为“嫁、娶;把女儿嫁给某人;(指牧师或官员)为(双方)主持婚礼。”
此时marry是终止性动词,不能与一般时间连用,也不能和to连用。如:
My brother married a neighbour’s daughter.
我哥哥娶了一位邻居家的女儿。
Mr Brown wanted to marry his daughter to a rich man.
布朗先生要把他的女儿嫁给一个有钱的人。
marry用作不及物动词,意为“结婚”,也是终止性动词,有时和副词、形容词连用。如:
John married young. 约翰早婚。
She married late in life. 她很晚才结婚。
在非正式文体中,“结婚”常用be/get married(to sb),get married表示动作,be married表示状态,其中to不能换成with.如:
She got married to a man from her hometown. 她同一位同乡结了婚。
Betty’s parents have been married for more than 25 years.
贝蒂的父母结婚已经25年多了。
②couple意为“一对男女;夫妇”,作主语时,谓语动词多用单数,若强调个体,有时也视为复数。如:
The young couple seems(seem)to be happy.
这对年轻人看起来很快乐。
a couple of有两种含义。一种作“两个”,另一种作“几个、数个”。如:
They keep a couple of dogs. 他们养了两条狗。
They stayed there for a couple of days.
他们在那呆了几天。
2.How close to each other did the man and the woman live?
这位男士和女士相互居住得有多近?
close to意为“离……很近;在附近;几乎”。如:
The British don’t like to stand close to each other.
英国人不喜欢站立时离得很近。
It’s close to five o’clock now. Let’s have a rest.
现在快5点钟了,咱们休息一下吧!
close与closely的辨析
close与closely皆为副词,但有区别。
close意为“接近地,靠近地”,表示具体的概念;close多用来修饰由介词引导的短语。
closely意为“仔细地,密切地”,常表达抽象的概念,它多用来修饰动词和过去分词。如:
Everyone felt that his words hit close to home.
大家都认为他的话击中了要害。
This problem is closely connected with that one.
这个问题与那个问题有密切的联系。
3.I would like to reach a wide audience,though I mostly have adults in mind.
我想影响广大的观众,虽然我主要想着成年人。
①would like(= would love/ should like)常用来表示有礼貌的请求或表示个人意愿,意为“想要、愿意”,其后常接名词、代词、动词不定式或含有动词不定式的复合结构。如;
Would you like a cup of coffee?
Would you like to help me with the washing up?
Would you like me to have a look at your new dictionary?
②audience属于集合名词。意为“听众、观众、读者”,以整体考虑时视为单数,而重点放在个人时,则视为复数。如:
The audience was/ were fascinated by her beautiful song.
听众被她那美妙的歌声迷住了。
The program is said to have an audience of over two million.
据说那个节目拥有二百万以上的观众。
③mostly意为“主要地、大部分地”,无比较等级形式,只用作副词而不能用作形容词。如:
Our weather has been mostly warm. 我们这里的气候多数情况下都很暖和。
4.Still,I do not think everybody will find my kind of humour funny.
但我还是认为并非所有人都会觉得我这类幽默好笑。
①still用作副词,意为“尽管如此;然而;但还是”。如:
He has treated you badly;still,he is your brother and you should help him.
他待你很不好,但他终归是你的兄弟,你应该帮助他。
Although she felt ill,she still went to work.
她虽然觉得身体不舒服,但仍然去上班了。
②注意本句英汉表达的区别。英语中有些动词,如:think,believe,expect,suppose,feel,quess,imagine等。当它们后面接一个具有否定意义的宾语从句时,通常要把主句的动词变为否定式,而宾语从句中的谓语动词用肯定形式。这种现象称为否定转移。在反疑疑问句中,若陈述部分是第一人称,think等词用一般现在时,则疑问部分需与从句中的主语和谓语保持一致,否则要与主句的主语和谓语保持一致。如:
I don’t believe what he said is true,is it?
我认为他说的不是真话。
I don’t think it’s going to rain tomorrow,is it?
我想明天不会下雨,对吗?
You don’t think I have made mistakes,do you?
你并不认为我犯了什么错误,是吗?
5.Jokes about speaking a foreign language,German for example,always works.
有关说外国话的笑话,比如说德语,总是能引人发笑。
work表示“产生预期的结果或作用”的意思,是不及物动词,指计划、办法等。获得所希望的结果。如:
Did the cleaning fluid work(on that stain)?
这种洗涤剂(对那块污斑)管用吗?
My plan worked,and I got them to agree.
我的想法奏效了,我让他们同意了。
Stories always work with children.
对孩子而言,故事总是管用的。
6.Cross-dressing men or women often appear on the stage.
穿异性服装的男演员或女演员经常亮相舞台。
appear意为“出现,呈现”,用作不及物动词,不能用于被动语态,其反义词为disappear.如:
A rainbow appeared in the sky after the rain. 雨后天空出现彩虹。
We expected him at seven but he didn’t appear until eight.
我们期待他7点会来,但他到8点才出现。
appear还可作“似乎,好像,显得”,不用于进行时。如:
You don’t appear to care much for music.
你好像不怎么喜欢音乐。(appear to do sth.)
she appears (to be)an honest girl.
她似乎是个诚实的女孩。(appear [to be] n / adj)
appear,look ,seem的辨析
appear指根据事物的表面现象而提出的判断,暗含事实往往并非如
生词表:
  • mostly [´məustli] 移动到这儿单词发声  ad.主要地;多半;通常   (初中英语单词)
  • audience [´ɔ:diəns] 移动到这儿单词发声  n.听众;观众;接见   (初中英语单词)
  • program [´prəugræm] 移动到这儿单词发声  n.说明v.为…安排节目   (初中英语单词)
  • humour [´hju:mə] 移动到这儿单词发声  n.幽默,诙谐   (初中英语单词)
  • rainbow [´reinbəu] 移动到这儿单词发声  n.彩虹   (高中英语单词)
  • speaking [´spi:kiŋ] 移动到这儿单词发声  n.说话 a.发言的   (英语六级单词)