5) 这本书是为儿童写的。（This book is written form children.)

6) 他被认为是这个工作的最佳人选。（He is thought to be the best candidate for the job.)

suppose 是一个常用词，请注意掌握。

1) I suppose it was reasonable for him to want his money back.（我看他想要回他的钱是合理的。）

2) I suppose the answer is that he was not so hardworking.（我想答案在于他不够刻苦。）

3) The situation was even worse than was supposed.（形势比料想的更糟糕。）

4) Who do you suppose is the right person for the job?（你认为谁是这个工作的合适人选？）

5) I am not supposed to talk to you about this.（我不能和你谈这个。）

6) He was supposed to leave for Shanghai last night.（他应该昨夜动身去上海。）

7) Suppose / Supposing something should go wrong, what would you do?（如果有了什么差错，你怎么办？）

5. How surprised the people who thought tomatoes poisonous" target="_blank" title="a.有毒的；讨厌的">poisonous would be if they could know that millions of pounds of tomatoes were supplied to soldiers overseas during WWII.

"how surprised the people would be"是主句，这是一个感叹句；who 引导的定语从句修饰people；if 引导的是条件状语从句。

感叹句通常用what 或how 引起。what 用来修饰一个名词，how 修饰一个形容词，副词或动词。请看下面的句子：

1) What a kind-hearted man he is!（他是一个多么好心的人啊！）

2) What good news it is!（多好的消息啊！）

3) What a beautiful city!（多美的城市啊！）

4) How lovely the children are!（多可爱的孩子啊！）

5) How well she writes.（她写得多好啊！）

6) How I hated all this.（我多恨这一切啊！）

6. One such idea is that fish is the best brain food.

本句中that 引导的是一个表语从句。请看下面的句子：

1) My suggestion is that we should leave right now.（我的建议是我们现在就离开。）

2) What is troubling me is that I don't have much experience in teaching.

（使我苦恼的是我在教学方面的经验不多。）

3) My idea is that we offer them more help.（我的意思是我们给他们提供更多的帮助。）

4) The fact is that we don't have enough hands.（事实是我们人手不够。）

7. Washing food down with water as a substitute for chewing is not a good idea.

substitute for 是一个常用词组，意思是"代替，代用品"；substitute也可以做动词用，意思是"替代"。请看例句：

（你觉得用塑料做木材的代用品是个好主意吗？）

2) Daydreaming cannot substitute for hard work.（白日梦不能取代辛勤的努力。）

3)A middle-aged woman substituted for the English teacher during her absence.

（英语老师不在时，由一位中年妇女代替。）

8. Many people think of bread as a carbohydrate food.

think of … as是一个习惯用法，意思是"把…看作是…"，"认为…是…"。请看下面的句子：

1) People think of him as a hero.（人们把他看作英雄。）

2) He thinks of himself as the most important member of the family.（他认为自己是最重要的家庭成员。）

3) The Yellow River is thought of as the cradle of the Chinese nation.（黄河被看作是中华民族的摇篮。）

与think of …as 意思相近的习惯用法还有regard …as；consider…as；look upon…as；view…as；see …as 等等。

宾语从句

1. Many people believe that by eating an animal they could get some of the good qualities of that animal for themselves.

2. They thought eating deer would make them run as fast as the deer.

3. Some savage tribes believe that eating enemies that had shown bravery in battle would make them brave.

表语从句

1. One idea was that fish is the best brain food.

2. Another idea is that you should not drink water with meals.

3. The reason was that the acid in the orange juice would make the milk curdle and become indigestible.

4. A similar wrong idea is that fish and ice cream …for a poisonous" target="_blank" title="a.有毒的；讨厌的">poisonouscombination.

5. Still another idea is that proteins and carbohydrates should never be eaten at the same meal.

感叹句

1. How surprised that people…would be ….

形容词，副词的比较级和最高级

1. They thought eating deer would make them run as fast as deer.

2. Man-eating may have started because people were eager to become as strong and brave as their enemies.

3. One such idea is that fish is the best brain food.

4. Fish is good brain food just as it is good muscle food and skin and bone food.

5. But no one has been able to prove that fish is any better for the brain than many other kinds of food.

6. It is just as foolish to say that one should never eat meat and potatoes together as it is to say that one should never eat bread or drink milk.

Text B Do Animals Think?

1. a great deal

There is a great deal of concern about energy shortage.

We learned a great deal from her.

2. be like

Look at the little boy, he is so much like his father.

War is not like what he described in his novel.

3. have time for

I don't know why he didn't have time for breakfast.

Don't worry, we will have enough time for discussion.

4. engage in

He is trying very hard to engage the woman in further conversation.

It is not appropriate for a former president to engage in commerce.

5. take care of

The old people are well taken care of in the nursing homes.

She took care of her little brother while mother was away.

6. in some / many respects

in one / this respect

He is different from the people around him in many respects.

We are lagging behind at least in one respect.

7. except

I knew nothing about Jane except what I had heard at the party.

There was nothing we could do except wait and pray.

All the boys except Tom went camping last week.

In the evening she never went anywhere except to the nearest coffee house.

8. connect with

There is no evidence to connect the young man with the theft.

Good health is connected with diet.

There are serious questions connected with the radioactive waste disposal (放射性废料的处理).

9. make improvement in

The company made great improvement in the wages and working conditions of the employees.

Animals do not make any real improvement in their ways of doing things.

10. by instinct

She knew by instinct that he wouldn't be back.

Birds build their nests by instinct.

11. speak of

Professor Blackwell always speaks highly of his assistant.

Did he speak of the serious earthquake that struck Taiwan last week?

12. let out

"Let me out," the boy shouted,but nobody came.

The prisoners were let out of their cells.

13. as if

He looked at me as if I were mad.

She opened her eyes as if conscious of my gaze.

He works so hard as if he never knew fatigue.

14. have one's wits about one〔机警，保持警觉〕

In this part of the city you have to have your wits about you all the time.

He felt it unnecessary to have his wits about him on such a friendly occasion.

15. a variety of

Don't bother him, he has a variety of duties to perform.

The college library has a wide variety of books.

16. difference between

Will you please tell me the difference between the two countries?

I cannot see any difference between the two oil paintings.