Unit 14 Zoology [知識點撥]

unit 14 zoology [知識點撥]

he marked all the bees that came to the nearby feeding place blue, and all the bees that went to the faraway place were marked red.
他給所有來到近的喂食處的蜜蜂標上藍色，給飛到遠的喂食處的蜜蜂標上紅色。
【點撥】faraway(遠方的)是由 far ＋ away構成的合成形容詞。 nearby(附近的)是由 near ＋by構成的合成形容詞。它們在句中都作定語。
a faraway forest(遠處的森林)，faraway times(遙遠的時代)；
a nearby hotel(附近的一家旅店)，nearby hills(附近的小山)。注意：faraway在作定語時通常都連寫，作表語或作狀語時則分寫(far away)。如： e.g. the house is not far away. 那座房子并不遠。 he lives far away from the school. 他住得離學校很遠。 nearby既可作定語，又可作狀語；既可以連寫(nearby)，也可以分寫(near by)，還可以加連字符(near-by)。
e.g. i saw her going to a near-by post-box before lunch. 我看到她午飯前去附近的信箱投信。
they live nearby----less than a kilometer.
他們住在附近，不到一公里。he gave up his seat to the old man standing near by.
他把座位讓給站在附近的老人了。
they discovered that the farther away the feeding station was, the slower the dance was. 　　他們發現，喂食處越遠，舞蹈動作的速度就越慢。
【點撥】"the+比較級……，the+ 比較級……"的意思是："越……，就越……"
這種結構用來表示兩從此過程按比例同時遞增。前一句為從句，后一句為主句。這種結構常以省略形式出現，句式精煉簡短，表意有力。例如：
e.g. the sooner, the better. 越快越好。　
the more, the better. 越多越好。
the more, the merrier. 人越多，越好玩。
the more he gives his children, the more they want.
給孩子越多，他們要的越多.
the higher we stand, the farther we see.
站的越高，看的越遠
the more he explains, the more i am puzzled.
他越解釋，我越迷惑.

so another astonishing fact came to light. 于是又發現一個令人驚訝的情況。　
【點撥】come to light作"發現"、"暴露"(to be discovered/ exposed)解。e.g. new facts about the ancient egypt have recently come to light. 有關古埃及的史實，最近已有新發現。
she was very pleased when the long-lost ring came to light.
當很久前丟失的戒指被找到時，她高興萬分.
the secret didn’t come to light until the old man died.
直到老人死后，秘密才被揭露.

integrating skills
apes use sight more than smell. 猿不僅用嗅覺,而且使用視覺.
【點撥】more than 用法小結
1. more than后面跟名詞，意為“不只是，不僅僅是”。
e.g. hibernation is more than sleep.
冬眠不只是睡覺。
kate was more than a teacher. she also did what she could to take care of her pupils.
凱特不僅僅是位教師，她還盡其所能照顧她的學生。
2. more than與數詞連用，意思是“多于，大于，超過”。
e.g. i have known him for more than twenty years.
我認識他已超過二十年了。