- 难点讲解
- 知识拓展
- 要点归纳
1. Sorry I couldn’t get back to you sooner. (P112)很抱歉我没能尽快给你回复。
这是在E-mail message回复中的常用语,句中“get back to sb”的意思是“以后再答复”。
I can’t give you a definite answer now but I’ll get back to you about it soon.
我现在不能给你一个明确的回答,但我很快会给你答复的。
2. In the past twelve months, they’ve had three major concerts and made a hit CD. 在过去的十二个月里,他们举办了三场较大的音乐会,出版了一张很受欢迎的CD唱片。
(1)“in the past+时间段”常用于完成时的句子中,表示“在过去的……时间里”,past是形容词,可以用last来替换,而past/last的后面通常要使用“数字+名词”的结构。
In the past/last two years, she has studied English very hard.
在过去的两年里,她一直在努力地学英语。
(2)短语make a hit表示“大获成功”、“(演出等)大受欢迎;受到赞扬”等,hit是名词,表示成功而风行一时的事物,如电影,歌曲,演出等。
Zhou Jielun has just made a hit CD. 周杰伦刚出版了一盘轰动一时的CD。
His song was a great hit. 他的歌曲轰动一时。
He made a great hit in teaching. 他曾在教学上获得了巨大的成功。
3. And then they’re going to go on a world tour in which they will perform in ten different cities. (P114)然后,他们将去世界各地旅行并在十个城市巡回演出。
...in which they will perform in ten different cities是定语从句,先行词是tour,在关系代词which前介词in通常的位置是在动词perform的后面。本句为了避免与in two different cities短语中的in重复,将perform后的第一个in前置。句中perform 主要指扮演角色,演奏某种乐器,演出某一节目,侧重能力,技巧,效果,可用 作及物动词和不及物动词。
The magician performed wonderful tricks. 魔术师表演了精彩的魔术。
He performs perfectly on the piano. 他的钢琴演奏太棒了。
4. Be sure not to miss them if they come to a city near you — if you can get tickets, that is. (P114)如果他们来到你附近的城市,千万不要错过——当然,如果你能弄到票的话。
(1)句中的that is表示“确切地;换句话说;也就是”,用来表达一个准确的说法,即对前面的内容加以准确地说明。
She’s a housewife — when she’s not teaching English, that is.
她是个家庭主妇——是指她不教英语的时候。
(2)句中miss是“错过”,后接名词、代词或v-ing形式,不可接不定式。
They missed the train by two minutes.他们差两分钟没赶上火车。
I came late and missed seeing the beginning of the movie.
我来晚了,没有看见电影的开始部分。
miss还可表示“丢失”、“失去”,与lose同义。
5. ...but we really hope to have a number one hit some day. (P114)……但是我们真的希望有朝一日我们制作出能卖得最好的一首歌。
some day意为“将来某一日”,等于someday,与one day是近义词。some day/someday只表示将来,不表示过去。而one day用在过去时的句子里是“有一天”的意思,用在将来时的句子里是“将有一天”,与some day/someday可互换。
He will be a scientist some day.总有一天他会成为科学家。
I hope to see you one day/someday.我希望有一天会看到你。
One day last summer they made a trip to the country.
去年夏天某日他们到乡间旅行。
试译:你一定要有一天来看我。
You must come one day to see me.
You must come some day to see me.
You must come to see me someday.
他有一天来看了我。
误:He came some day to see me.
正:He came one day to see me.
6. ...as a part of the “In Search of Roots” summer camp program. (P116)……作为“寻根”夏令营活动的一部分。
in search for是固定短语,for 后面的名词同样必须是“寻找的目标”,不是“搜寻的对象”。search前常出现a 或one’s等词对search加以限定或修饰,这个短语也常作目的状语。
The soldiers were sent in a search for the missing aircraft.
士兵们被派去搜寻失踪的飞机。
So far, they have been unlucky in their search for gold and have no money at all.
到现在为止,他们寻找金子的运气一直不好,而且他们身上也没钱了。