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Lesson 1
Finding fossil man
发现化石人
① We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write.
read 阅读(书、报等等)
read of 借助阅读发现或了解某人或某事的情况 = read about
我在今天的报纸上读到关于她的消息。
I read of her in today’s newspaper.
我在校网上得知了这次英语志愿者报名活动。
I learnt of English volunteers recuitment on the school website.
speak of / talk of
hear of / learn of / know of
think of
dream of
地点状语先于时间状语
为了句子结构的紧密,改变相应成分的位置
We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write.
Several cases have been reported in Russia recently of people (who can read and detect colors with their fingers, and even see through solid doors and walls.)
He maybe conceited, ill-mannered, presumptuous or fatuous, but I do not turn for protection to dreary cliches (about respect of elders) -- as if mere age were a reason for respect.
If we glimpse the unutterable, it is unwise to try to utter it, nor should we seek to invest with significance that (which we cannot grasp).
conceited 自负的
ill-mannered 态度恶略的
presumptuous 放肆的
fatuous 愚蠢的
dreary cliches 陈词滥调
定语从句呈现状语从句的逻辑
We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write.
We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, because people first learned to write there.
We endeavour to avoid the old, romantic idea of a gusher, because it wastes oil and gas.
We endeavour to avoid the old, romantic idea of a gusher, which wastes oil and gas.
gusher 喷油井
The small ship, Elkor, after she had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home.
The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home.
Much to the aristocrat’s amusement, the gaoer returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter and he proceeded to read it to the prisoner.
Much to the aristocrat’s amusement, the gaoer returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and