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Module 5 Look after yourself
Unit 2 Get off the sofa!
1. Thanks to better health care, most people are living healthier
and longer lives.
由于医疗保健(服务)的改善,大多数人生活得更健康,更长寿了。
thanks to意为“多亏;归功于”, to为介词,其后多接名词
或代词。
» Thanks to the English language, we can learn a lot from other
countries.
多亏了英语这门语言,我们能学到其他国家的很多东西。
Language points
【拓展】
thanks for (doing) sth.意为“因(做)某事而感谢某人”。
» Thanks for inviting us to your birthday party.
谢谢你邀请我们参加你的生日聚会。
______ the kind-hearted lady, the homeless boy has a new family.
A. Thanks to B. Thank to
C. Thanks for D. Thank for
【解析】A 句意:多亏了这位热心的女士,那个无家可归的
男孩有了一个新家。thanks to意为“多亏;由于……”,后接
要感谢的对象;thanks for意为“因……而感谢”,后面强调感
谢的原因。根据句意故选A。
【练习】
[辨析]
because of, thanks to均表示“由于”之意。
because of: 着重某个结果的原因,在句中通常作状语。
thanks to: 突出一种感激之情,含“多亏”意味。
thanks for是客套用语,thanks相当于 thank you,意为“因……而感谢”,for强调为何而感谢,其后可接名词或v-ing。
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for inviting us to your birthday party.
live a --- life
过着---生活 live a hard/simple /happy life
过着艰苦的/简朴的/幸福的生活live healthier and longer lives
生活得更健康,更长寿了
2. Someone who is born today can expect to live about thirty-five
years longer than someone who was born in the nineteenth century.
现在出生的人预计比19世纪出生的人多活大约35年。
expect 动词,意为“预料;预计”。其主要用法如下:
expect搭配
expect+n./pron.
expect (sb.) to do sth.
expect+that从句
期待……
期待(某人)做某事
预计/料想……
Language points
expect其后可接 that 从句,若从句谓语为否定,注意否定的转移。如:
I don’t expect that he has done such a thing.
我预料他不会干出这种事来。
expect其后可接 that 从句,但不接疑问词引导的从句,若遇有疑问词,则要使用“疑问词+do you expect …”这样的句式。
When do you expect to leave?
你想什么时候离开?
Teachers expect all their students ________ progress day by day.
A. to make B. make C. to take D. take
【解析】A 句意:老师们期待他们所有的学生逐渐地进步。
expect sb. to do sth.意为“期待某人做某事”,答案为A。
【练习】
Language points
1.What time do you expect her________?
A. arrive B. is arriving C. arriving D. to arrive
【解析】考查动词的用法。expect sb. to d