大学英语精读第一册Unit Six.pptVIP

Unit Six Sam Adams, Industrial Engineer whatsoever: a.=of any kind, at all任何的，丝毫的 它用在含否定词或any的句中，放在n.后面，表示“任何的(=at all)”, 语气比whatever强。 E.g. Is there any chance whatsoever? (有一点可能性吗？) dull: a. (of color or surface) not bright or clear(指色彩、表面)不鲜明的, 发灰的, 阴暗的,暗淡的 另外，修饰颜色的其它词，如： bright=(of a color) strong, clear and easily seen (色彩)明亮的，清晰的 dark=(of color) tending towards black(色彩)深 light=(of color) not deep of dark(色彩)浅 E.g. dull gray(暗灰) dull color(暗淡的色彩) bright gray(明快的灰色) bright color(明亮的色彩) dark gray (深灰色) dark color (深色) light gray (浅灰色) light color (浅色) find out= learn to discover 查明,发现(尤指坏事) E.g. You may get away with dishonesty for a while, but you will be found out sooner or later. (不诚实只能蒙蔽一时, 迟早会被发现的.) Jenny was angry when her boyfriend found out her secrets. (珍妮在她男朋友发现她的秘密后,非常生气.) turn out=happen to be or found to be in the end 结果是, 证明是 E.g. Our plan turned out not quite successful as expected. (结果,我们的计划没有像期望的那么成功.) His statement turned out to be false. (最后证实他的话是错的。) It turned out that he was Jim’s father. (结果,他就是吉姆的父亲.) as a result vs as a result of as a result= because of… 作为结果，因此 E.g. Tom didn’t study hard, as a result, he failed to pass the exam. as a result of…=because of, owning to…由于 E.g. He is unable to go to school as a result of the fall from his motorbike. 辨析: expect for 与 except 1. except for : 是“除了…”; 引出一个与述说的主要意思相反的原因或细节, 从而部分地修正句中所述的主要意思. E.g. Your composition is very good except for some spelling mistakes. (你的作文很好,只是有几个拼写错误而已.) Except for its high cost, this type of machine would be very suitable. (这种机器非常合适, 只是价格贵了些.) 2. except:也是 “除了…”; 它用来表示从整体中排除其中的一部分, 其后可接名词或从句. E.g. He answered all the questions except (for) the last one. (除了最后一个问题, 所有的问题他都回答了.) I couldn’t do anything except just sit there and hope.(我除了干坐在那儿盼望外,无事可干.)He has always been in good health except that he has had a slight headache in the past few days.(除了在过去几天里稍有点头痛之外, 他身体一直很好.) 3. except for… 还可以表示“如果不是由于…”; 等于but for.