课文详注 Further notes on the text
1.the rest,剩余部分。
这里指其余的题,注意rest与定冠词连用的用法。
2.at the top of,在……顶端。
反义词为 at the bottom of(在……末端)。
3.next to,邻近,贴近。
语法 Grammar in use
too与enough
(1)enough的用法
A 在形容词之后使用:
He failed the exam because it wasn't easy enough.
他考虑不及格,因为题不够容易。(不说 enough easy)
B 在名词之前使用:
He didn' t buy the car because he didn't have enough money.
他没买那部车,因为他没有足够的钱。
C 可以用在 enough… for sb./sth.和 enough… to do sth.结构之中:
She hasn't got enough money for a holiday.
她没有足够的钱去度假。
This dress isn't big enough for her.
这件衣服对她来说不够大。
She's not old enough to live alone.
她未到独自生活的年纪。
(2)too的用法
A too 表示“过于”:
I can't go out. It's too hot.
我无法外出,太热了。
She couldn't answer the questions because they were too
difficult for her.
她无法回答问题,因为对她来说太难了。
B 可以用在 too…for sb./sth.结构之中:
This skirt is too big for me.
这条裙子对她来说太大了。
It's too easy for me.
这对我来说太容易了。
C 可以用在 too…to do sth.结构之中:
The exam was too difficult for him to pass.
考试太难了,以至于他无法通过。
The box is too heavy for you to carry.
这个盒子太沉了,你没法扛起。
She i too young to live alone.
她年纪太小了,无法独自生活。
It's too far to walk home from here.
从这儿步行回家太远了。
请比较:
The wall is too high for them to climb over.
这堵墙太高了,他们无法攀越过去。
The wall is low enough for them to climb over.
这堵墙矮到如此之程度,以至于他们可以攀越过去。
词汇学习 Word study
1.fail v.
(1)失败;及格:
Doctors failed to save the old man's life.
医生们未能挽救那位老人的生命。
He failed his French paper because it was too difficult.
他的法语考试没及格,因为试卷太难了。
(2)(身体等)衰退;变弱;凋谢:
My eyesight is failing.
我的视力在衰退。
The flowers failed for lack of sunshine.
花因缺少阳光而凋谢。
(3)(后接不定式)不,不能;忘记:
I fail to see why you find it so extraordinary.
我不明白为什么你们认为它如此与众不同。
He failed to persuade me.
他没能说服我。
2.hate v.
(1)讨厌;不喜欢;有反感:
He hates exams!
他讨厌考试!
I hate beef.
我不喜欢牛肉。
(2)憎恨;憎恶:
He said that he hated hypocrisy.
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