Unit 2 Working the land
e.g. now we are leading a happy life.
in the old days farmers led a terrible life in the country.
11. be satisfied with, be content with
e.g. the young lady isn’t satisfied with the peaceful life.
are you satisfied with his answers?
12. would rather, prefer to
would rather do sth
e.g. i’d rather walk than take a bus.
i’d rather you knew that now, than afterwards.
他寧愿到農村去工作。he ______ ______ work in the countryside .
translate:
i would rather you had gone there,too. __________________________
i’d rather you came text weekend. ___________________________________
summary:
would rather +從句，常用虛擬語氣。如表示與現在的事實或將來的愿望相反，謂語一般用__________時態；如表示的與過去的事實相反，從句中應用 _________________時態。
二 some difficult sentences
1.indeed ,his sunburnt face and arm and his slim ,strong body are just like those of millions of chinese farmers,for whom he has struggled for the past five decades.的確，他那被太陽曬得黝黑的臉龐和手背，以及他那瘦削而又結實的身體，就跟其他成千上萬的中國的農民一樣，過去50年來，他一直在努力幫助他們。
for whom… 為______ +引導詞 的結構的定語從句，注意，struggle 后面的for 的干擾，for the past five decades是 “過去50年來” translate:
the man with whom you talked is our manager._______________________________________
they lived in a big house,in front of which stood a big tree.
___________________________________________________.
2. dr. yuan longping grows what is called supper hybrid rice.
袁隆平博士培植出了超級雜交水稻。 what is called super hybrid rice 是由what 引導的______從句，在整個句子中充當______的_____語，。此外，此結構還可以作_____或_____.
如：請相信我的話。___________________________
他所說的話全是真實的。_______________________________.
3.in 1974,he became the first agriculture pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.1974年他成為世界上第一位種植高產水稻的農業先鋒。
本句理解的難點是動詞不定時to grow rice that has a high output 作_________,修飾先行詞________,注意：前面的序數詞first 一起了一定的作用，因為先行詞前有__________,后面一般用動詞不定時作定語。類似的還有 the second ,the last ,the only 等。翻譯：
昨天晚上，約翰最后一個離開教室。______________________________________________.
4.the special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one –thire more of the crop in the same fields.這些特殊的水稻使得同樣的田地多收獲三分之一的產量。
make it …to do sth 意思是____________________.it 在句中作_________,真正的賓語是_________________________________. 翻譯：
好天氣使我們下周的旅行成為可能。_____________________________________________.