(单词翻译:单击)
重点词汇词组
1.read aloud 大声朗读
例:When we were children, our father read aloud to us.
当我们是孩子时,我们的父亲大声地朗读给我们听
。【常见短语】
①read sth. out 宣读;朗读
例:He read out the names of all the winners.
他大声宣读所有获胜者的名字
。②read sth. over/through 快速通读,从头到尾浏览
例:Always read over your work when you've finished.
每次完成作业后,一定要通读检查一下
。【相关俚语】
①read sb.'s palm 给(某人)看手相
例:In a tent an old gypsy woman was reading palms.
帐篷里,一个吉普赛老妇人正在给人看手相
。②read between the lines 听懂话外音;看出(或听出)真实的意思
例:Reading between the lines, I'd say he isn't happy with the situation.
听他话里的意思,我觉得他对目前状况不太满意
。2.protest 声言,断言;抗议
例:A young girl was crying, protesting that she didn't want to leave her mother.
一个小女孩哭闹着,不想跟妈妈分开
。【相关俚语】
protest too much 说得过多反而不可信
例:She keeps trying to impress on me how she doesn't like him but does she protest too much?
她不停地试图让我觉得她不喜欢他,但她是不是做得太过了呢?
3.turn sb. away 把……打发走, 解雇
例:They had nowhere to stay so I couldn't turn them away.
他们无处安身,所以我不能把他们打发走
。【常见短语】
①turn sth./sb. down 拒绝(提议或请求)
例:He turned down the job because it involved too much travelling.
他拒绝了这份工作,因为出差太频繁了
。②turn sth. in 交还;上交;获得(利润)
例:I haven't even turned in Monday's work yet.
我连星期一的作业还没交呢
。③turn sth. around 使(企业、计划或体系)好转,使扭转
例:The new management team turned the ailing company around in under six months.
新的管理团队使这个不景气的公司在不到半年的时间里焕发了生机
。长难句解析
His cousin1 was2 as absurd as he had hoped3, and he4 listened to5 him6 with the keenest enjoyment, maintaining at the same time the most resolute composure of countenance7, and, except in an occasional glance at Elizabeth, requiring no partner in his pleasure8.
解:1主语+2系动词+3比较状语从句+4主语+5谓语+6宾语+7状语+8状语
析:①as引导比较状语从句,基本结构是“as...as”,这里前一个as是副词,而后一个as是引导比较状语从句的连词
。本句中的结构是“as+形容词+as” 。②本句中的maintaining at the same time the most resolute composure of countenance和requiring no partner in his pleasure是用现在分词短语作伴随状语
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