Global warming Period 2 Language Study
【知識拓展】
(1)quantity 量,數量。如:
without quantity there can be no quality.沒有數量就沒有質量。
the government has been buying silver in great quantities.
政府一直在大量購進白銀。
(in great/small quantities意為“大/少量”,用作狀語。)
(2)表示“大量的”時,可用以下形式:
①修飾可數名詞
many,a great/large number of,great/large numbers of,a good/great many (后面沒有of),many a(后接單數名詞,其謂語動詞也用單數形式)
②修飾不可數名詞
much,a great/large amount of,great/large amounts of,a great/good deal of
③既可以修飾可數名詞,也可以修飾不可數名詞
a lot of=lots of,a quantity of=quantities of,a mass of=masses of,plenty of (前面沒有a)
▲這些短語均常被形容詞修飾,如:a large number of,a small amount of,a great quantity of。
▲quantities of/amounts of+不可數名詞+復數動詞;a lot of/lots of/plenty of+不可數名詞+單數動詞。
▲in amount/amounts/quantity/quantities/number意為“在數量上,大量地”。
【即景活用】
(1)we aim at quality rather than ______.
a.number b.amount
c.figure d.quantity
(2)with more forests being destroyed,huge quantities of good earth ______ each year.
a.is washing away b.is being washed away
c.are washing away d.are being washed away
suggested answers:(1)d (2)d
5.even if(p27)
【原句再現】
even_if we start reducing the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases,the climate is going to keep on warming for decades or centuries.
盡管我們已經開始減少二氧化碳和其他溫室氣體的排放量,但是在未來的幾十年或幾個世紀里氣候將會持續變暖。
【觀察探究】
even if it rained heavily,we still marched on.即使大雨傾盆,我們還是繼續前進。
even if you are a good high-jumper,you jump no more than three meters.
即使是個優秀的跳高運動員,你也跳不過三米。
we shall go,even if it rains.就是下雨,我們也要去。
【歸納總結】
even if有“雖然、即使、盡管”的意思,引導讓步狀語從句,可以與even though互換,語氣比although和though強,可以放在主句前面也可以放在主句后面。
【知識拓展】
though,although引導讓步從句的用法:
though,although引導讓步從句時,后面的從句不能有but,但是可以用 yet。如:
although it's raining,they are still working in the field.