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Section Ⅱ Reading and Thinking—Language Points
(教材P38)I've been dying to have some of my favourite sweets, and it's always nice to get mail!我一直非常渴望吃一些我最喜欢的糖果,而且收到邮包总是令人开心不已!
be dying to do… 渴望做……
①be dying for 很想要;渴望
②die out 灭亡;逐渐消失
die away (声音、光线等)逐渐消失
die of/from 因……而死
die down 减弱;平息
(1)The boy is dying to know the result of the experiment.
这个男孩渴望知道实验的结果。
(2)Most students are dying to acquire (acquire) what they think can make a difference to their life.
大多数学生渴望获得他们认为对他们的生活有影响的东西。
(3)It was several minutes before the applause died down .
掌声持续了几分钟才停息。
(4)I heard you were dying for some advice on how to make friends.
我听说你渴望得到一些如何交朋友的建议。
(5)A lot of animals have died out as a result of the bad environment.
由于环境恶劣,许多动物都灭绝了。
(教材P38)There's no electricity, running water or even textbooks, not to mention laptops, tablets, or other modern devices!
这里没有电,没有自来水,甚至也没有教科书,更不用说笔记本电脑、平板电脑或其他现代化设备了!
not to mention 更不用说;且不说
①mention sth to sb/mention to sb that… 向某人提及……
mention doing…提及做……
as mentioned above如上所述
Don't mention it.不客气(回答道歉或道谢)。
②let alone(=much less)更别提,更不用说
not to speak of更不必说
to say noting of更不必说
(1)Pollution has a negative effect on the health of everyone living in the city, not to mention the damage to the environment.
污染对生活在城市里的每个人的健康都有负面影响,更不用说对环境的破坏了。
(2)Tom was hardly walking at the age of four, not to mention running (run).
汤姆四岁时几乎不会走路,更不用说跑步了。
(3)At the age of fourteen I had never even been on a train, much less (little) on a aircraft.14岁时,我从未坐过火车,更不用说坐飞机了。
(4)He mentioned hearing (hear) from his son lately while having dinner with me.
他在和我吃晚饭的时候提到最近收到了他儿子的来信。
(5) As mentioned above , wearing school uniforms is beneficial to students in many ways.如上所述,穿校服在许多方面对学生是有益的。
(教材P38)The other day I was showing the boys a chemistry experiment when, before I knew it, the mixture was bubbling out of the test tube spilling everywhere!
几天前,我正在给男孩们演示一个化学实验,在我反应过来前,混合物冒着泡从试管中涌出,洒得到处都是!
句型:be doing…when…意为“正在做……这时……”
句中when用作并列连词,