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Unit 11 Section A 1a-2d
1. I’d rather go to Blue Ocean because …
would rather意为“宁愿”,与人称代词连用时,通常缩写为’d rather,后接动词原形,没有人称和数的变化。其用法如下:
would rather (not) do sth.宁愿(不)做某事;
would rather do sth. than do sth.宁愿做某事,也不愿做某事
如:I would rather have a cup of tea.
They would rather not do anything useless.
I would rather listen to music at home than go swimming.
= I prefer to listen to music at home rather than go swimming.
拓展延伸:rather 作副词,意为“相当”,多用于修饰形容词或副词; 也有“相反,更确切地说”的意思,用于提出不同的观点或提供更确切的信息。
如:The river was rather deep.
We all went in Mike’s car, or rather his father’s.
2. Waiting for Amy drove Tina crazy.等待埃米让蒂娜发疯。
①Waiting for …动名词做主语,谓语动词一般现在时,需要用单数。
②drive作及物动词,在此处意为“迫使”,其过去式和过去分词分别为drove和driven。
其后可跟形容词,副词或动词不定式做宾补。
常用搭配:drive sb. to do sth. 迫使某人做某事
drive sb. crazy/mad 使某人发疯/发狂,同make
如:我快被你逼疯了You're driving me crazy!
我迫使他去做他的家庭作业。I drive him to do his homework.
That thing almost drive me crazy. 那件事几乎要使我发狂了。
His hunger drove him to steal food.饥饿驱使他去偷食物。
drive sb. +to do (尤指不好的事物)不同于make.
拓展延伸:drive作动词时,还可意为“驾驶,开车;驱赶”。
如:Don’t drive so fast!
3. Well, the more I get to know Julie, the more I realize that we have a lot in common
.我对朱莉了解得越多,就越意识到我们有很多共同点。
the more…, the more.... 意为“越......越......;愈……愈……”,属于“the + 比较级,the + 比较级”结构。前一部分表示条件,后一部分表示结果。其中前面的句子是状语从句,后面的句子是主句。
如:你越努力,你就会越幸运。The harder you work, the luckier you will become.
你工作越仔细,犯的错误就越少。
The more carefully you work, the fewer mistakes you’ll make.
The more you read, the faster you will be. 你读得越多,你 (读得)就越快。
The harder you work, the luckier you will be.你越努力,你就越幸运儿。
注意:这种句型的特点是前后都可以有所省略,特别
是谚语、俗语,只要意思明确,越简单越好。
The more, the better. 多多益善。
The sooner, the better.越早越好。
4. Then she won’t feel left out.
leave out意为“忽略;不提及;不包括”,to be/feel left out意为“被遗忘;被忽略”。
如:如果你不想惹麻烦,请不要忽略任何小错误。
If you don’t want to get into trouble, please don’t leave out any small mistakes.
当他们的小弟弟/妹妹到来时,一些孩子常常觉得被冷落了。
Some children often feel left out when their little brother/sister arrives
e.g. No one speaks to him, he always feels left out.
没人跟他讲话