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字词句巧学妙记活用
Book 2 Unit 1
Reading for Writing
Part 1 Word study
1. quality & quantity 质量 与数量
quality 质量 品质 常用句式有 be of good/ poor quality
improve the quality of ... 例如:
The newly- built roads are of good quality.
近来修的路质量都不错。
Generosity is a personal quality which everyone admires.
慷慨是每个人都称赞的个人品质。
quantity的基本意思是“数量”,是正式用语。作与质量相对而言的“数量”解时是不可数名词,指事物的“量”或“总数量”时是可数名词。quantity强调大批计量,含有准确测量的意味。
This company is more concerned with quality than with quantity.
这家公司对质量比对产量更重视。
He ate a small quantity of rice.
他吃了少量的米饭。
quantity不能用much, less等表示“多少”意义的词修饰,可用large,great,small等表示“ 大小”意义的词修饰。
compare & contrast
2. compare& contrast 与......相比
compare with / to/and... 把......与...
compared... with / to ...与......相比
compare sb / sth to sb /sth 把......比作
in comparison with... 与...... 比较
例如:
Most parents like to compare their children with their
children’s classmates.
大多数学生家长喜欢拿自己的孩子和孩子的同学作对比。
Young people are often compared to the morning sun.
青年人常常被比作早晨八九点钟的太阳。
Compared with/to Tom , you did very well in this competition.
与Tom 相比,你在竞赛中的表现很好。
In comparison with/ to Jack, you have done a good job in the exam.
与杰克相比 ,你考得很出色。
contrast ...and/ with... 把......与......相比
by contrast( to/with...) (与......)相比之下
in contrast to/with... 与......形成对比 与......截然不同
By contrast, you are much clever. 相比之下,你聪明多了。
In contrast with/to his believe, I’m confident that we will succeed.
与他的观点截然不同,我相信我们会成功。
Part 2 动词不定式短语作目的状语
动词不定式用作状语时,常常位于句首,也可位于句中或句末。通常在翻译成中文时表示: “为了”。为了强调还可以用in order to do...或 so as to do... , 但是so as to do 不可位于句首。例如:
To make a cake, you need flour,oil sugar and so on.
要制作蛋糕,你想要准备面粉,食用油,糖等物品。
I stopped my car to take a short break as I was feeling tired.
我停车短暂休息了一下,因为我感觉累了。
In order to support his family, Mr.Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables.
为了支持他的家人,约翰逊先生开始种植草药和蔬菜。
Part 3 as引导的非限制性定语从句
As 引导非限制性定语从句,有 “正如 ......”,就像......” 的意思。它所引导的从句位置比较灵活,可以位于句首,句中或句末。As 引导非限制性定语从句时常用的结构有 as we all know;as is well known; as everybody knows(众所周知);as often happens(正如常常发生的那样); as