内容正文:
模块四 Unit 1 Reading
【长难句援引】
We are so used to them that we often do not even realize how many we see and hear in a day. (P2)
【结构分析】
本句是主从复合句。so ... that ... 引导结果状语从句;how many we see and hear in a day是宾语从句,作realize的宾语。
【词汇必背】
be / get used to sth. / doing sth. 对……习以为常,习惯于,适应
be used to do sth. 被用来做……
used to do sth. 过去常常……,但现在不一定还那么做
I’m not used to getting up so early.
我不习惯起得那么早。
Wood is used to make tables.
木头被用来制成桌子。
I don’t play tennis much these days, but I used to.
我最近不太打网球,可是过去常打。
【参考译文】
我们已经对广告习以为常,甚至常常都意识不到在一天中看见或听见多少广告。
【翻译提示】
We are so used to them 是翻译难点,但如果对结构be used to sth.烂熟于心则很容易理解。
【真题再现】
1. The set worked so beautifully when I first got it home that I would keep it on until stations signed off for the night.
结构分析:so ... that ... 引导结果状语从句。
2. But such Ninos come with months of warning, and so much is known about how they happen that governments can prepare.
结构分析:so ... that ... 引导结果状语从句。
3. Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to 51 the trail aga