Unit1语言点预习精选.doc

Language Study #Para 1 The idea of becoming a writer had come to me on and off since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn’t until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. on and off (or off and on): from time to time, now and again, irregularly断断续续地，有时 e.g. It has been raining on and off for a week. That’s why the clothes feel damp. 他不时地打瞌睡，但并没有深睡。 ___________________________________________________________ possibility: n. state of possible; (degree of) likelihood (usu. Followed by that-clause or of)可能性 e.g. the possibility of terrorist attack They haven’t arrived. The