Unit7Canada语言要点
Uful expressions
Lesson 25
劳动的二重性1. Where are you from? I'm from Canada.
▲ From此处作“来自﹍﹍，从﹍﹍来”。例：
I got home from work on Monday at half past five.星期一我五点半下班回家。
Light comes from the sun.光来自太阳。
▲ from有很多意思和用法，常见用法有：
▲ 表示“离﹍﹍(有多远)”
It's one mile and a half from here to the town.从这儿到镇上有一英里半。
Far from eye, far from heart. 眼不见，心不烦。
▲ 表示“由于﹍﹍”
The little girl was shivering from cold.这小女孩冷得发抖。
We were all weak from hunger.我们都因饥饿而虚弱不堪。
▲ 表示“不让﹍﹍知道”
She was keeping something from him.她有事瞒着他。
Keep the bad news from the sick mother.别让生病的母亲知道这坏消息。
▲ 表示地点时，常与副词或介词短语连用
Then I heard them calling me from above.随后我听到他们从上面喊我。
A carriage came along from behind me.一辆马车从我身后驶了过来。
The door was suddenly opened from within.门突然从里面开启了。
Then I took my watch from under the pillow.接着我从枕头下取出了手表。
▲ 与某些动词连用时表示来源、起因。例如：come,copy,judge,result,suffer,translate等。
His illness resulted from bad food.他的病起因于饮食不良。
Smoke and flames came from the burning hou.烟和火从那间着火的房子里往外冒。
At first his book was translated from Russian to English.这本书开始是从俄文译成英文的。
Judging from what you said,he ought to succeed.据你所说，他应获得成功。
▲ 表示时间时，有时可取代since，引导时间状语主句用现在进行时或现在完成时。
I have known him from a child.(since childhood)我从小时侯开始就认识他了。国家税务山西电子税务
三级技术交底We have been working from early morning.我们从一清早就一直在干活。
▲ 在有关时间的场合，用from…to或from…till都可以，但在有关数词的场合，只能用from…to，不能用from…till。例：
I worked from to 我从早上8点干到下午5点。
I worked from morning till/to night.我从早干到晚。
2．Really?I thought you were from the States.真的吗？我还以为你从美国来的呢？
That's not surprising. A lot of the people can't tell the difference between an American accent and a Canadian accent. 那不奇怪，很多人不能区别美国口音和加拿大口音。
▲ think表示“认为”，此句用过去时态，表示过去这么认为，而现在说话时已不那么认为了，故谓语动词要用过去式。例：
So you haven't been to the Great Wall;I thought you had been there.这么说你没去过长城，我还以为你去过那儿呢！
Hello,Tom.I didn't know you were here.你好，汤姆，我不知道你也在这儿。
议论文阅读注：如果表示过去未实现的希望，想法等，谓语动词要用过去完成时。
I had thought that he would come before ven o'clock.我原以为他会十一点以前来的。
They had wanted to help but couldn't get there in time.他们本想帮忙，却没能及时赶到那儿。
I had expected that he would pass the exam,but he didn't.我原指望他能通过考试，但他没有。
▲ tell此处意为“区别”“分辨”常与 can,could,be able to连用。例：
Can you tell her from her twin sister?你能区分她和她的孪生姐姐吗？
I can't tell which is which.我分不清哪个是哪个。
It was difficult to tell the two girls apart.很难分辨出这两个女孩。
Some people can't tell red from green,as there is a fault in their eyes.
有些人红绿色分不清，因为眼睛有毛病。
3．Are there many differences?
No,just a few.For example,most Canadians say news/nju:z/,but Americans say /nu:z/.We mainly u American words,but we u quite a lotof British words too.We fill our cars with”gas”,which is American,but we turn on the “tap”,which is British English.
有很多不同吗？不，不多。例如，大多数加拿大人说消息new/nju:z/,但美国人说/nu:z/。我们主要用美国词，但也用很多英国词，我们在汽车里加”gas” （汽油），这是美国英语，但我们开“tap”（水龙头），这是英国英语。
▲ few的本意是少，是否定词，用来修饰可数名词,a few表示“有一些”,only a few表示很少,quite a few表示“相当多”数量比a few要多 ,not a few也作“不少”或“相当多”解释。例：
Few people can speak a foreign language perfectly.很少有人外语说得很地道。
His theory is very difficult,but a few people understand it.他的理论很高深，但是有些人懂。
Only a few people are perfectly bilingual.只有极少数人精通两种语言。
Not a few of my friends are vegetarian.我有不少朋友只吃素食。
I have made quite a few friends since I came here.自从我到这儿以来，我交了不少朋友。酒店营销
心衰晚期临终前三日▲ fill…with意为“灌满，装满”，此处fill为及物动词，with意为“用” 即“用……装满”.例：
The boy filled his pockets with food.这男孩将吃的东西装满了口袋。
The news filled her heart with hope.这消息是她心中充满了希望。
Go and fill me this bucket with water.去给我把这桶装满水。
▲ 也可用be filled with表示状态。例：
每一个寒冬▲ Her eyes were filled with tears.她泪水盈眶。
4.Oh!And do you u American or British spelling?噢！你们用美国拼法还是英国拼法？
Both!American spelling are ud more and more in Canada now.Generally speaking,newspapers follow the Americanwaybut conference reportsand school books u British spelling..
两者都用，现在在加拿大美国拼法用得越来越多，一般说来，报纸采用美国拼写方式，而报告和学校课本用英国拼写法。
▲ generally speaking意为“一般来说”是一分词短语,用来表示说话者的语气或态度，类似的还有strictly speaking,严格地说judging by从……判断等。例：
Strictly speaking,the word is not suitable here. 严格地说，这个词用在这儿不合适。
Judging by the number of copies sold the book is a great success.从卖出的册数来看，这本书是极成功的。
Frankly speaking,I don't like the book.坦率地说，我不喜欢这本书。
Judging from her face,shemust be ill.从脸色看，她一定是病了。
【注】上述这些分词短语已成为习惯用语，用来修饰整个句子作状语。
5.That sounds strange.那听起来很奇怪。
You mean it looks sttrange! I'll tell you something that does sound interesting.
你的意思是说，这看起来很奇怪！我倒可以告诉你一件听起来的确很奇怪的事。
▲ 此处look和sound都是连系动词，连系动词大致可以分为三类：第一类包括一些表示状态或性质的词，如 be,em,appear,keep,remain等; 第二类包括一些表示感觉的词，如look, sound ,smell, taste, feel等; 第三类包括一些表示变化的词，如become,grow,get,go,turn等，后面一般都接形容词作表语。例：
