内容正文:
Unit 4 looking good, feeling good
READING
1. Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself on the inside and out.
不定式
现在分词
非谓语动词 分词
过去分词
动名词
动名词和现在分词的形态完全相同。
区分动名词和现在分词的秘诀就是牢记一个概念:动名词具有名词的性质,名词在句中做主语、宾语及表语;同样地,动名词在句中也可做主语、宾语和表语。
being the best possible version, 动名词在句中做表语。
翻译:美是由内到外做最好的自己。
2. A teenage girl fainted yesterday at Stonechester High School after skipping meals.
Her worried parents told the doctor that their daughter missed breakfast that day and hardly touched her dinner the night before.
Skip:~ sth to not to do sth that you usually do or should do 不做应该做的事, 不参加
She decided to skip classes that afternoon.
miss: ~ sth to fail to do sth. , 不做,错过
You can not afford to miss meals when you are in training.
你在训练不能不吃饭呀。
3. She then passed out in her morning PE lesson and was rushed to hospital.
When the check came, I hurried over to Mama’s and put it in her lap.
rush: ~sb/sth +adv./prep. 快速运送,速送
Ambulances rushed the injured to the hospital.
Hurry: +adv./prep. to move quickly in a particular direction 朝某方向迅速移动 [syn] rush
He picked up the bags and hurried across the courtyard.
She hurried away without saying goodbye.
4. Her worried parents told the doctor that their daughter missed breakfast that day and hardly touched her dinner the night before.
Hardly: 否定
miss: ~ sth to fail to do sth. , 不做,错过
5. Jennifer’s case is a reminder of the danger of the unhealthy weight-loss habits that have become common among teenagers of both sexes.
1) ~(of sth/sb)I ~(that...)
Something that makes you think about or remember sth/sb, that you have forgotten or would like to forget
The incident served as a timely reminder of just how dangerous mountaineering can be.
2) 动词短语:
Remind sb of sb/sth 使想起(类似的人,地方,事物等)
You remind me of your father when you say that.
3) 后置定语 of短语做后置定语
如何翻译后置定语?从后往前
6. In a society where being thin is often seen as being beautiful,