Unit 2 Robot
2. as a result, mr jiang no longer needed to get up early to do the housework. 結果是江先生不再需要起早做家務了。
as a result意思是“結果是……”，表示事情的結果，一般放在句首。
e.g. my brother doesn’t work hard at school. as a result, he often fails in his exams. 我弟弟在學校不用功，結果是他經常考試不及格。
3. mr jiang was very happy with his robot. 江先生對他的機器人很滿意。
這里be happy with不表示“高興”，而是表示“對……滿意”，類似于be satisfied with。e.g. are you happy/satisfied with your job now? 你對現在的工作還滿意嗎？
4. a few weeks later, however, things started to go wrong. 然而幾周后，情況開始有些不對了。
go wrong 在這里表示“出現問題”。e.g. things started to go wrong when they moved to the city center. 當他們搬到市中心去后，問題出現了。
go wrong 用于機器時，可以表示“不工作了，出故障了”。 e.g. something has gone wrong with the clock. 這只鐘出毛病了。
5. when mr jiang got home, he would find coins were spread all over the floor. 當江先生回到家，他發現硬幣撒得一地都是。
spread在這里意思是“使分散，使分布”。
e.g. seeds are often spread by the wind.種子通常是隨風傳播的。
請注意：動詞spread的過去式和過去分詞和它的原形是一樣的，即spread-spread-spread.
additional exercises:
完成句子
1.因特網已經在很多方面改變了我們的生活。
the internet _________ __________ our life _________ _________ _________.
2.為了能挽救那個病人的生命，醫生們已經試用了所有有效的藥物。
________ ________ ________ save the ________ _________, doctors _______ ________ all the effective medicines.
3.新規定使這座城市的交通狀況產生了很大的改觀。
the new rule ________ a ________ _________ __________ the city’s traffic conditions.
4.他改變了飲食習慣并且每天鍛煉，結果很快便減肥成功了。
he ________ his diet and _________ every day. ________ ________ ________, he successfully ________ his ________.
5.我的電腦上周感染了一個病毒，它開始工作不正常了。
my computer _________ _________ _________ last week and it started to _________ ________.
keys to the additional exercises:
1. has changed; in many ways 2. in order to; patient’s life; have tried
3. made; great difference to 4. changed; exercised; as a result; lost; weight
5. caught a virus; go wrong