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Roots & Shoots 根与芽
Most people ________(遭受) what is _______(know) as “___________(以自我为中心)”. What is that? Well, say you leave the_____(龙头,阀门) ________(run) while you brush your teeth, leave a light ____when you go out or you ________(丢,掉) a piece of litter and ______________________(懒得做)pick it up. You know _____ all those things are wrong, but ___________(那又怎样)? “What difference can it possibly make?” you say to yourself. “There are millions of people in the world and I’m just me. How can it matter( )___I leave one little tap _______(run), one little light on or leave a little piece of litter on the road? And ________(不管怎样), no one will know.” Of course, it wouldn’t matter _____ there were just a few people in the world. But just think of all the millions of people _______(say) to themselves: “It doesn’t matter. It’s just me. And, anyway, no one knows.” Millions of _______(加仑) of water would ___________(waste); millions of lights would ___________(leave on); millions of pieces of litter would _________(drop). And all of this would be very __________(harm).
很多人都有所谓的“就我一个(Just-me-ism)”问题。这是什么意思呢?比方说,在刷牙时让水哗哗地流,外出时不关灯,或者掉了一块垃圾却懒得捡起来。你知道这些都是不对的,但那又怎样?“这有什么差别呢?”你对自己说,“世界上有数百万人,我不过是我而已。如果不关一个小小的水龙头,一盏小小的灯或在路上掉了一小块垃圾,这会有什么问题?不管怎样,也没人会知道。”当然,如果世界上只有几个人这样,那就无所谓了。但试想要是数百万人都对自己说:“没关系。只有我一个。而且,不管怎样,也没人会知道。”那样将会浪费数百万加仑的水,忘记关掉数百万的灯,掉下数百万块的垃圾。而这些都是非常有害的。
leave+宾语+宾补
(1) leave sb./sth. +现在分词 ,使某人或某物处于持续的主动状态。
★Don't leave your father waiting outside in the rain. 别让你爸爸在外边雨中等着你。
(2) leave sb./sth. + 过去分词,表示某人或某物处于被动的状态。
★Did you leave the doors and windows firmly fastened? 你把门窗都关好了吗?
(3) leave sb./sth. + adj./adv. 表示使某人或某物处于某种状态。
★Leave the door open, please. 请让门开着。
(4) leave sb./sth. + 介词短语,表示使某人或某物处于某种状态。
★Leave him in peace! 让他安静一会儿吧!
(1) I wish you’d stop leaving the door ______. 我希望你不要再让门敞开着。
(2) The bad weather left the project half _________(finish).由于坏天气,工程只完成了一半。
(3) They went off together and left me ________ there. 他们一起走了,留下我坐在那里。
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