Unit 8 learning a foreign language
請多注意你自己的利益。that may not seem true to you. 對你來說那也許不是真的。[點撥]may not 表猜測時意為“也許不”，而cann’t用于猜測時表示絕對否定“不可能”。 eg: she can’t be serious.她不可能是當真的。 she may not be serious.她也許不會當真。but once you consider the situation further, you will realize that this is indeed the case.但是一旦你更仔細地考慮這種情況，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)這的的確確是真的[點撥]this/that’s the case=this/that’s true . the case 實情，真相eg.1. is it the case that you have lost all your money? 你的錢全部都損失了，是真的嗎？eg.2. if that’s the case, you will have to work much harder. 如果情形是那樣的話，你將必須更加努力工作。as it often the case with … 這是常有的事 in any case 無論如何 in case 萬一 …in other words, you were studying the language all day long!換句話說，你一直在學這種語言。 [點撥]in other words 意為“換句話說”，類似于“that’s to say 、namely”等。eg: in other words, he cheated us.換句話說，他欺騙了我們。與word 構(gòu)成短語有：in a word 總之，簡言之 eat one’s words認錯，收回前言并道歉 ， get in a word 插話，have a word with 與某人談話， break one’s word/promise 食言,失信 固定句型：word come that…消息傳來…so that is an awful lot of hours.所以說那是極長的時間。[點撥]so that 在此句中不是固定短語“以便，以致于…”的意思。此處so 為連詞,that在句子中充當主語。if you spend as many hours studying english…如果你花同樣多的時間學英語……[點撥]此句為省略句，呈前省略了“as studying your mother tongue.”if you were to spend as many hours studying english, you would make great progress.如果你花同樣多的時間學習英語,你將會取得很大的進步. [點撥]此句為虛擬語氣，對未發(fā)生事情或情況的虛擬，從句用“主語+should/were to/過去式”，主句用“主語+would/should/could+動詞原形。” eg: how nice it would be if we were still living by 2100！ 如果到21XX年我們?nèi)曰钪脑?該多好啊！we have textbooks, teachers and classmates to instruct and assist us in the process…在學習的過程中，我們有教科書，有老師來指導我們，有同學幫助我們…[點撥]①instruct + n 教授… eg: instruct a class in history教授一個班的歷史