Unit 13 Rainy days make me sad.
confusing與misleading是兩個現(xiàn)在分詞,相當(dāng)于形容詞,在句中作表語,主語通常是表示物的名詞或代詞。
they can be some confusing or misleading advertisements.
它們可能是一些混淆黑白或誤導(dǎo)消費(fèi)的廣告。
【即學(xué)即用】
所給詞的適當(dāng)形式填空:
the strange advertising can be , it makes all of us .(confuse)
5. at times an ad can lead you to buy something you don’t need at all. 有時,一則廣告會誘導(dǎo)你去買你根本就不需要的東西。(section b, 3a)
at times意為“有時,不時”,與sometimes同義。兩者在句中的位置較靈活,可位于句首,句中或句末。
at times i make mistakes when i speak english. 我說英語時有時會出錯。
they went to town at times during the cold winter.在寒冷的冬天,他們有時候進(jìn)城去。
sometimes they walk to school. 有時候,他們步行上學(xué)。
he sometimes plays football with his friends. 他有時和朋友一起踢足球。
6. to start with, it was raining, and rainy days make me sad. 起初,天在下雨,雨天使我心情很不好。(self check, 2)
◎start with作“首先”解時,只用于動詞不定式,在句中常常以插入語的形式出現(xiàn)。
to start with, the computer room must be kept very clean.
首先,計(jì)算機(jī)工作室必須保持清潔。
7. our group had five members, to start with.剛開始,我們小組只有五個人。
◎start with可表示“從……開始”;“先從某事做起”,與begin with是同義詞組。反義詞組是end with“以……結(jié)束”。
the meeting ended with a speech given by the chairman.會議以主席的講話結(jié)束。
he wanted to start/begin with the smallest country and end with the largest one.
他打算先去最小的國家,最后去最大的國家。
◎start單獨(dú)使用時,意為“開始”,可用作及物動詞或不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,其后跟名詞、代詞,也可跟動詞不定式或動名詞形式。begin是start的同義詞,兩者在用法上沒有很大差別。
as soon as we got there, it started raining. 我們一到那兒就下雨了。
when did we start/begin this lesson? 我們是什么時候開始講這一課的?
8. i prefer to receive a gift that… 我寧愿接受一件……禮物。(reading)
prefer表示選擇時,可用兩種句型:
(1)prefer+名詞或動名詞+to+名詞或動名詞。
they prefer red to blue.與藍(lán)色相比,他們更喜歡紅色。
i preferred doing something to doing nothing.我喜歡做點(diǎn)什么,而不喜歡閑著。
(2)prefer+不定式或名詞+rather than+不帶to的動詞不定式。
he preferred to walk there rather than go by bus.
他喜歡走著去那兒,不喜歡乘公共汽車。
she prefers to read rather than sit idle.她喜歡讀書而不愿閑坐著。
【即學(xué)即用】
he prefers at home reading rather than out shopping on sundays.