新目標英語九年級 Unit10-12 知識詳解
7. in 1938, a radio program by actor orson welles announced that aliens from mars had landed on the earth. (p80)1938年,由orson welles主持的電臺節目宣布來自火星的外星人在地球上登陸了。
(1)announce 意思是“宣布”,常指首次公開或正式宣布人們關心的某件事情。
the new government announced its policy at once.新政府立即宣布了它的政策。
the headmaster announced the result of the exam. 校長宣布考試成績。
知識拓展
announcer,名詞,“宣布者”,“播音員”;announcement名詞,“宣告”,“通告”,“預告”。
(2)aliens是“外僑”的意思,在這里指的是“來自另一世界的生物”,與from mars搭配,表示“來自火星的外星人”。
(3)on the earth意為“在地球上”,而in the earth卻是“在地里”,“在地下”的意思。
we live on the earth. 我們生活在地球上。
in the winter some animals hide in the earth. 冬天有些動物藏在地下。
特別提示
on earth表示“究竟”,“到底”,常用在who, what, where, when, why等特殊疑問詞后,以加強疑問的語氣;也可以用在否定詞之后,以加強否定的語氣。
how on earth did you know it? 你到底是怎么知道的?
nothing on earth could make him change his mind.無論什么都不能使他改變注意。
◎on earth還可意為“在世界上”,“世間”,有時用于最高級之后,以加強其含義。
you are the happiest man on earth. 你是世界上最幸福的人。
8. welles was so convincing that hundreds of people believed the story, and panic set off across the whole country. (p80)welles的話是如此具有說服力,以至于成百上千人相信了他的話,全國處于一片恐慌之中。
(1)so...that在這里引導結果狀語從句,表示“如此……以至于……”,that后面接從句,常見的句型有:
◎主語+系動詞(be, become等)+so+形容詞+that從句。
the computer is so useful that each of us wants to buy one.
計算機太有用了,我們每個人都想買一臺。
◎主語+行為動詞+so+副詞+that從句。
he ran so fast that we couldn’t catch up with him. 他跑得太快,我們追不上他。
◎so...that后面也可以跟so many/few加復數可數名詞或so much/little加不可數名詞。
he had so many falls that he could ride a bike at last.
他摔了很多跤,終于學會了騎車。
there’s so much noise in the meeting room that i can’t hear the speaker clearly.
會議室里的噪音太大,我聽不清演講者的發言。
知識拓展
so...that句型轉換的四種方法
◎當從句的主語與主句中的主語一致,且that從句是否定式時,常用too...to...轉換。
the little girl was so tired that she couldn’t walk farther.
=the little girl was too tired to walk farther.
這個小女孩太累了,她不能再走路了。