薄雾怎么读四、课文精解
Dialogue
1.Thanksgiving is just around the corner:短语around the corner的本义为“在拐角处,在近处”,如:There is a restaurant just round the corner from the hou.房子的拐角处有一家饭馆。其引申义为likely to happen soon,即“将要发生,在不远的将来”,例如:Economic recovery is around the corner.经济将要复苏。这一短语常与just 连用以加强语气。
2.But how come Thanksgiving now falls on the fourth Thursday in November:fall 在这里的释义为“发生在某一特定日期或时间”,注意fall后面的介词要根据后面的时间做相应的搭配,例:Her birthday will fall at the end of this year.她的生日在年末。
Reading I野孩子插曲
1.Over the years I fondly thought of him as my“Valentine Man”:think of…as…把……看作是……。英语中类似的表达有:e…as…,regard…as…,consider…as…。kdg
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2.That box and its contents ushered in a succession of bittersweet memories:usher in引起,迎来。例:The students ushered in the new term.学生们迎来了新的学期。
a succession of一连串,一系列。
3.I remember wearing that ring with a pride that all the cards in the world could not surpass:remember 记得去做某事(未做);记得做过某事(已做)。例:①Remember to go to the post office after school.记着放学后去趟邮局。②Don’t you remember eing the man before?你不记得以前见过那个人吗?krusty
4.I took for granted the valentine that would always be there:take for granted认为……理所当然。例:I take it for granted that we should build new roads.我们应该修新的公路,我认为这是理所当然的。
Reading II
易贝乐
女孩你该知道的事炫耀英语1.I admit that a certain degree of personal guilt made it easy for Walter to win me over:词组win sb.
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over的释义为to get someone’s support or friendship by persuading them or being nice to them,即“赢得……的支持,争取到……”,如:win over the mass收揽群众
2.Soon the entire sleeping town was awakened to a rousing chorus:词组awaken sb. to即to become aware of sth.,意为“使某人意识到某事”,如: a n of duty唤起某人的责任感;awaken people to the significance of protecting our environment使人们意识到保护环境的重要性。
3.In the distance the last deep,compelling tones of the brass horns hung in the morning mist,bringing…the scared rvice to an end:词组bring…to an end意为“使……结束,终止(某事)”,例:The new treaty will bring to the long war an end.新的协议将使长期的战争结束。