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UNIT 2 SPORTS AND FITNESS
1.I prefer to play basketball rather than play football.我宁愿打篮球而不愿踢足球。
【词汇精讲】本句中prefer是动词,经常构成prefer to do sth rather than do sth表示“宁愿做……而不愿意做……”。
2.I prefer to play basketball rather than play football.我宁愿打篮球而不愿踢足球。
【词汇精讲】句中rather than...这一结构表示“而不是……”,常用于连接两个并列成分。
3. Paul had to try out many times just for making the team.
保罗多次参加选拔,想要入选球队。
4. Everyone knew Paul had real skills,and was someone who worked really hard and had a strong desire to play for the team.
每个人都知道保罗有着真正的技术,他是一个非常努力的人,并且很渴望为球队打球。
【词汇精讲】本句中的desire是名词,后面跟不定式,作定语。
5.And clearly,all the extra hours that he’d spent practising alone paid off.很显然,他独自一人训练花的额外时间得到了回报。
【词汇精讲】本句中pay off是动词短语,表示“取得成功,有回报”,还可以表示偿清贷款、债务等。
6.The other team just couldn’t keep up with his energy and speed.
另一支球队无法跟上他的精力和速度。
【词汇精讲】本句中的keep up with用作及物动词,表示“跟上,保持同步”。
7. He made shot after shot,and the crowd couldn’t stop clapping and cheering.
他一个接一个地投篮,人群忍不住鼓掌欢呼。
8.Paul knew that being shorter than other players meant that