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Thirteen equals one.

1、equal作動詞,除了簡單的“相等”之外,還有“導致”的意思,表示影響、結果。在寫作中可以替換result in等詞。

比如“Some people believe good English equals a good job。”

又如“Health plus money equals happiness。”擁有健康和金錢就擁有了幸福。

Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another.

1、cause這裡表示“事情”。而且通常是指對社會有好處的、高尚的事業,比如to improve education system。

劍橋詞典的例句:They are fighting for a cause - the liberation of their people。

同時,to do sth in/for a good cause,表示為了社會上其他人的利益而做某事。比如,We are raising money for a good cause。 He teaches health knowledge for free in a good cause。

2、提到raise,就順便說一下和它挺像的詞:arise、rise。

raise表示從少到多、從低到高(抽象或實際),從小到大的過程,作動詞是及物的。

raise your hand;raise a ship from the sea floor從海底打撈一艘船;raise the speed;raise sb to the rank of captain把某人提拔為上尉;raise the standard提高標準;He was born and raised in Beijing他生於北京並在北京被撫養大。

raise作名詞有加薪的意思。

arise和rise作動詞時都是不及物的。

arise=happen,arise from=happen because (of)。在描述issues,problems,situations,questions的產生時,除了用occur等,還可以用arise。

rise=increase/go up。A red sun is rising slowly on the horizon。

rise還可以作名詞。There is a rise in population growth rate in this city。

the rise and fall of the Roman Empire羅馬帝國的興衰

...strike the hours day and night...has been silent ever since

1、ever since其實和since是一樣的,只不過被一個副詞ever修飾了。

(ever)since可以作連詞,連線兩個句子(副詞修飾連詞有點怪,所以我理解的是,ever修飾since所引導的整個句子)。

I have been sad (ever) since I got divorced。

(ever)since還可以作介詞(ever作為副詞直接修飾介詞since可能也有點彆扭,我把它理解成,ever修飾的是since以及since之後的東西所構成的介詞短語)。

She has been living here since her father‘s death。

還有一個常見的短語since then或者ever since then。這其實還是since的介詞用法,後面加一個名詞then,合起來整個介詞短語作狀語。

I bought many books last month but I haven’t read any of them since then。

2、注意兩個短語:strike the hours形容大鐘打點報時;也注意下day and night以及後文的night after night這兩個表達。

Our vicar woke up with a start.

1、start這裡表示突然的一動。

I jumped with a start。

You just gave me quite a start! 你嚇了我一跳!

Looking at his watch, ..., the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped

1、struck thirteen times

time表示時間的時候前面加for:I took a walk with my friend for some time。

這裡time是可數名詞表示次數,不加for。在表示“兩次”的時候twice比two times更正式一些,所以原話假如是“打點了兩次”也可以說成 The bell struck twice(或two times) before it stopped。

但是對於“三次”,thrice是個比較過時的詞,所以一般就直接用three times

對於次數更多的情況比如文中的十三次,應該就沒有類似twice的這種詞了,直接thirteen times。

2、Looking at,包括後面那句的armed with a torch都是非謂語動詞

一個句子中只能有一個謂語(只有動詞能作謂語),如果有多個動詞,則要選一個當謂語,其他的變成以下四個形式之一:

v-ing表示主動(注意完成時的have done在這種情況下是have變having)

v-ed表示被動

to v表示“將要”、目的

去掉be動詞留下adj(當謂語是be,賓語是adj時)

例1:I look at my phone eagerly and I am anxious to know how he replies。 如果把and連線的兩個句子變成一個,可以說成:I look at my phone eagerly, anxious to know how he replies。

例2:I had had breakfast and I went out。 變成 Having had breakfast, I went out。

例3:He started to cry, shocked by the news。

He caught sight of a figure.

1、catch sight of “瞥見”,“看到”

Whatever are you doing here?

1、what加了個ever,表示強調:“到底”“究竟”。

除了能作為“no matter what”使用以外,whatever、whenever等詞還有這種口語化的表達。

Whenever are you showing up? I have been waiting for you for two hours。

Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.

1、still這裡是副詞,表示轉折、“despite what has just been said”。可以和but連用。

例1:We searched everywhere but we still couldn‘t find it。

例2:The weather was cold and wet。 Still, we had a great time。 天氣又潮又冷,不過我們仍玩的很開心。

It's working all right.

1、all right還有個不很正式的形式“alright”。

可以做adj和adv,可以表示“還行”、“in a satisfactory way”。也可以表示“非常好”。

例1、I don’t think she‘s successful, but she’s doing it all right(還行)。

例2、You just got a promotion? That‘s all right(very good)。

Let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.

1、my cup of tea還可以表示“我的菜”。

例1、Thanks for inviting me, but that movie is not my cup of tea。

例2、This TV show is just my cup of tea!

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