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Unit 2 Lesson 4 Classics
①He also appears in three other books by Twain.他还出现在马克•吐温写的另外三本书中。
要点by在此处用作介词,意为“由……写/创作;被”,常用于被动语态结构之后,引出动作的执行者。
· I'm reading a short story by Lu Xun. 我正在读鲁迅的一部短篇小说。
· My father really loves the movies by Jiang Wen.
我爸爸真的喜欢姜文的电影。
②His curiosity and friendship with a boy named Huckleberry Finn often get him into trouble with his serious Aunt Polly. 他的好奇心以及他与一个名叫哈克贝利 • 费恩的男孩儿的友谊经常使他与他那严肃的波利姨妈发生冲突。
要点get sb. into trouble 意为“使某人陷人困境;使某人受到批评/处罚”。get into trouble 意为“遇上麻烦,陷人因境”,其后可以接介词with,表示“同……产生矛盾”。
· My younger brother was always getting me into trouble with my parents. 我弟弟总是连累我遭到父母的责备。
· We thought he had got into trouble at that time.
我们认为那时他遇到了麻烦。
【知识拓展】含有 trouble 的其他當见短语:
have trouble (in) doing sth.做某事有困难
give sb. trouble 麻烦某人
be in trouble 处于不幸/苦恼境之中
(山西中考)
——Xiao Jie is a good friend indeed. He is always there whenever I am _____ .
——I think so. He is just like the cute Baymax (大白).
A. in trouble B. in style C. in order
解析:in trouble 意为“陷入困境,遇上麻烦”;in style意为“别具风格地;时髦地”;in order意为“井然有序”。结合句意可知选 A。
③The book includes dialogues that show how language was spoken at the time. 这本书包含的对话展示了人们当时是如何说话的。
要点include 是及物动词,意为“包括,包含”
· The price includes both house and furniture .
这个价格包括房子和家具。
· Some new words are included in this text.
一些生词被包含在这篇课文中。
【知识拓展】
1 included 形容词,无比较等级,一般位于名词或代词之后,作后置定语,意为“包括在内”。
Everyone laughed, our teacher included.
每个人都笑了,包括我们的老师在内。
2 including 介词,意为“包括;包舍在内”,它和其后的名词/代词一起构成介宾短语。
There are 36 students in the classroom, including me.
包括我在内,救室里有36名学生
④At the time it was published, people weren't used to this and it upset some people. 它出版时,人们对此不习惯,一些人感到沮丧。
要点be used to意为“习惯于…”,10是介词,其后可接名词、代词或动词-ing 形式作宾语。be used 1o doing sth.意为“习惯于做某事”。
· My grandpa is used to living in the village. 我爷爷习惯住在乡村。
【知识拓展】
①be used to do sth. 意为“被用来做某事”。
The knife is used to cut something. 刀子是用来切东西的。
②used to do sth.意为“过去常常做某事(但现在不再做)”或“过去存在某物(而现在不存在)”。
He used to wear glasses. 他过去常常戴眼镜。
链接中考(新疆中考)
I used to _____ newspapers and watch TV aft