Unit 23 A famous person
(1)These planes are made by the students. It’s very good.
(2)Desks are made by workers.
2. It seems to be an interesting book. 似乎是一本很有趣的书。
seem在此表示“看上去”,暗示有一定依据,这种判断往往接近事实。而look着重于由视觉得出的印象,在搭配上两者都可接形容词、名词(前面常有形容词修饰)、动词不定式to be、介词短语。如:
He looks/seems a nice man.他看上去是个好人。
You look/seem tired. Let's have a rest. 看来你很累了,我们休息一会吧。
The boy looked/seemed to be very ill. 那个男孩看上去病得很重。
但以下几种情况,只能用seem,不能用look:
l)后面接动词不定式to do时。The new teacher seemed to know all his students.新来的老师好象认识他所有的学生。
2)用于It seems the that…结构时。It seemed that he lost something.看来他丢了什么东西。
3)用于There seemed +不定式结构时。There seemed to be hundreds of people on the playground. 运动场上好象有好几百人。
3.It tells us how computer technology can solve business problems in new ways. (L89)
这是一个以how引导的宾语从句,宾语从句的语序要用陈述句语序,不能用疑问句语序。如:
Could you tell me how I can get to the station? 您能告诉我怎样到达车站吗?
4.Gates was named William Henry after his father and grandfather. (L90)
name…after…意为“按照……的名字来命名”,这是英国人常用的说法,美国常用name…for.如:
He is named for his uncle. 他被按照他叔父的名字命名。
5.It was one of the best-sellers of the New York Times list. (L90)
best—seller意为“畅销品”,在这里的意思是指“畅销书”。
New York Times 是专有名词《纽约时报》。
《纽约时报》是美国有声望的报纸,该报重视国内、国际重要事件的新闻报道,现在该报纸作为美国图书馆的主要参考资料,外交官、学者和政府官员的权威读物。
6.He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. (L90)
spend 在表示“花费”时,可以表示花费时间、金钱等。它可用于两个不同的句式中:
(1)spend…on… 在……上花费
Each student spends 100 yuan on food every month. 在伙食上每个学生每个月花一百元。
Bill spent £3,000 on a new car. 比尔花了三千英镑买了一辆新车。
(2)spend…in doing sth… 花费……做某事,其中的介词in 可以省略。
She didn’t spend all her time (in ) doing the work. 她没有把全部时间用在工作上。
7.In the end, they worked out a software programme with the old machine.最后,他们利用这台老式计算机编出了一个软件程序.
in the end 是固定短语,意思是“最后;终于”,相当于at last. 注意:at the end of 意思是“在……末”,of 后必须跟名词或代词。如:
In the end, They won the relay race. 最后,他们赢得了接力赛.
At the end of last month, we finished the work..我们在月底完成了这项工作.
句中的worked out a software programme意思是“编出了一个软件程序”。Work out的意思 是“制订出、编制出、想出”。如:
We want to work out a new plan.我们想要制订一个新的计划。
8. They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers. 他们改进了该软件,使人们能更容易地运用计算机。
句中make的句型是:make it+形容词(+for sb)+ to do sth. 的结构。句中的it就是替代后面的不定式做make的宾语,该形容词既可以用原形,也可以用比较级。如:
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