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Unit 11 Section B 2a-2e
1. Peter kept his eyes on the ground … 彼得盯着地面.......
keep one’s eyes on sth. 意为“盯着......”
e.g. Tina kept her eyes on the book the whole afternoon. 蒂娜一下午都盯着书本。
keep an eye on… 意为“留意;照看”
e.g. I need to go out for a while. Would you please keep an eye on my son?
我需要出去一会儿。你能照看下我儿子吗?
2.He felt like there was a heavy weight on his shoulders as he walked home alone.当他独自走回家的时候,感到肩上有 沉重的负担。
本句是一个主从复合句,主句是 He felt like there was a heavy weight on his shoulders ("feel like+从句"句型),从句是 as引导的时间状语从句。
weight为名词,意为"重量;分量",原形weigh是动词,称重的意思。
What's your weight?你的体重是多少?
固定搭配:the/a weight of……的重量
lose/put on/gain weight减 肥 /增肥
I weigh myself after a bath.我洗澡后称了体重。
3. How could he have missed scoring that goal?
他怎么能没有踢进那个球呢?
本句含有could have done 结构,意为"过去本能够做某事(却未做)",含有责备的意味。
He could have won, but he failed. 他本来可以赢的但是他输了。
4.He had let his whole team down. 他让整个团队失望了。
let sb.down意为"使某人失望;辜负某人的期望",是"动词+副词"构成的短语,宾语为人称代词时,则必须放在两词中间。
let sb.down相当于make sb. disappointed或 disappoint sb.
I'm afraid she let us down badly.恐怕她让我们大失所望。
I’m afraid she let us down badly.
let sth. down 意为“放下;降低;降下”
We let the bucket down by a rope.
5. His team lost the game because of him.他们队由于他输了比赛。
because of 是介词短语, 意为“因为;由于”, 后面可接词
代词、动名词或what引导的名词性从句等。
He walks slowly because of his bad leg.
1) thanks to意为 “由于或因为某人(某事)”, 通常用于好的方面, 译为“多亏”, 但有时作反语;引导的介词短语可置于句首或句末。
e.g. Thanks to the bad weather,the match had been can celled.
2) due to意为“由于; 因…...造成”, 在句中既可作状语(此时一般不用于句首),也可作表语或定语;作表语或状语时可将due to看作是owing to的同义短语。
e.g. Accidents due to driving at high speed were very common that weekend.
在那个周末因高速驾驶造成的交通事故很多。
6.He was really worried that his coach may kick him off the team.
他很担心教练会把他踢出球队。
kick sb. off sth. 意为“使某人离开;开除;逐出”, 相kick
sb. out of sth. 。
e.g. You will be kicked off the club if you break the rule again.
如果你再违反规定的话, 你将被逐出俱乐部。
7. But whatever it was, don’t be too hard on yourself.
但不管结果怎样, 不要对自己要求太苛刻。
be hard on sb.意为“对……很严厉;要求很苛刻;苛待(为难)某人”。
e.g. Don't be too hard on him