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Unit 2 重、难点解析 1. Curiosity drove Wang Pengwei inside. (Reading) （1）curiosity是一无生命的名词，在句中作主语。英语中常用无生命的名词作主语，使句子简洁、生动。如： Dusk found him crying in the street. 黄昏时他在街上哭泣。 The bad weather has sent vegetable prices up. 天气不好使得蔬菜价格上涨。 （2） drive在句中意为“驱使，迫使”，inside是副词，在句中作宾语补足语。drive表示此意时，还可跟不定式、形容词、介词短语作宾语补足语。如： Hunger drove him to steal. 饥饿迫使他偷盗。 The pain nearly drove her mad. 她痛得都快发疯了。 The sad news drove him out of his mind. 那噩耗使他丧失了理智。 2. ...but I found your menu so limited that I stopped worrying and started advertising the benefits of my food. (Using Language) （1） benefit意为“利益、好处、优越条件”时，通常用作不可数名词；指具体的好处时，可以用作可数名词。如： We developed trade with them for mutual benefit. 我们本着互惠互利的原则同他们开展贸易。 Building the railway has already brought many benefits to our province. 修建这条铁路已经给我们省带来了许多好处。 （2） benefit用作及物动词，表示“对……有好处，有益于……”。 Taking exercise will benefit you. 锻炼对你有好处。 （3）benefit作不及物动词时表示“得益于……”，常用结构为benefit from / by sth.。如： She benefited from the teacher’s advice. 老师的建议使她受益匪浅。 You’ll benefit by a holiday. 假期对你有好处。 3. They served raw vegetables with the hamburgers and boiled the potatoes rather than fried them. (Using Language) rather than在这里是并列连词，连接两个并列成分，意为“而不是……”、“与其……不如……”。它连接的主要成分有以下几种： （1）谓语动词 He ran rather than walked to the school. 他是跑着而不是走着去学校的。 （2）不定式或-ing形式 Nuclear energy is developed to benefit people rather than to harm them. 发展核能是为了造福人类，而不是危害他们。 I always prefer starting early, rather than leaving everything to the last minute. 我总是及早动手，而不是把什么事情都拖到最后一分钟才去做。 （3）名词 He gave me some valuable advice rather than money. 他没有给我钱而是给了我一些很有价值的建议。 （4）形容词 The shoes are comfortable rather than pretty. 这鞋与其说是漂亮，不如说是舒服。 （5）介词短语 Victory is awarded to the team rather than to an individual. 胜利的荣誉授予集体而不是个人。 （6）分句 What made his parents angry was that he told a lie rather than he came home late. 使他父母生气的是他说了谎而不是回家晚了。