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Section 2 Listening and Speaking & Reading and Thinking [知识点梳理]
attitude n.态度;看法
attitude towards/to... 对……的态度
hold/take an...attitude to/towards...对……持有……的态度
(1)It was your bad attitude towards/to your studies that made your parents boil with anger.
正是你对学习的消极态度使你的父母怒火中烧。
(2)From my point of view,despite ups and downs in our life,we should hold/take a positive attitude towards/to our life.
在我看来,尽管我们的生活中有起起伏伏,我们应该对我们的生活持有积极的态度。
refer vi.提到;参考;查阅vt.查询;叫……求助于 (reference n.指称关系;参考)
·refer to 指的是;描述;提到;查阅
refer to...as...把……称/当作……
·reference books参考书
in/with reference to关于
(1)The official referred to the rescue workers several times at the meeting.
这名官员在会议上几次提到救援人员。
(2)They always refer to the sun and its planets as the solar system.
他们总是把太阳和它的行星称作太阳系。
(3)Here are some key points for your reference when you are delivering a speech.
当你做演讲的时候,这儿是一些关键点供你参考。
(4)I have nothing to comment in/with reference to that matter.
关于那件事,我无可奉告。
based adj.以(某事)为基础的;以……为重要部分(或特征)的 (base vt.以……为据点;以……为基础 n.底部;根据basic adj.基础的;基本的)
· base...on/upon...把……建立在……的基础上
be based on/upon...以……为基础
·on the basis of 以……为基础
(应用文之求助信)We base our short play on/upon the English text.Could you please offer us some tips on how to improve it? Based on/upon/On the basis of your suggestions,we are certain to succeed.我们把我们的短剧建立在英语课文的基础上,您可以给我们一些如何改进短剧的建议吗?根据您的建议,我们一定会成功的。
date back (to...)(=date from) 始于;追溯到(后接时间点)
date back=go back追溯;上溯后接时间段
注意:date back to一般只用现在时态,没有被动语态。作定语或状语时只有主动的dating back to/from 形式。
(1)It is said that the old castle dates back to/from the 1660s.
据说这座古城堡可追溯到17世纪60年代。
(2)(话题写作之传统文化)Chinese tea-drinking culture has a long history dating back to more than 1,000 years ago.
=Chinese tea-drinking culture has a long history which dates back to more than 1,000 years ago.
中国饮茶文化源远流长,可以追溯到1 000多年前。
variety n.(植物、语言等的)变体;异体;多样化 (various adj.各种各样的 vary v.变化;不同)
·a variety of/varieties of各种各样的
·for various reasons由于种种原因
·vary with 随着……变化
vary from...to...由……到……不等;在……到……之间变动
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