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Unit 6 Women, Half the Sky(language points) Text A ⅠⅠ. Difficult Sentences ⅠⅠ 1. (Para. 1) We did have a Wiffle-ball set, but you would have been hard-pressed to find it in our playroom. 1. Translate this sentence into Chinese. ( 我们确实有一套空心棒球，但是很难在我们的游戏室找到。) 2. Analyze the sentence pattern. This sentence is a concessive clause with an emp hatic “did”. For example: 1) We did surf the Internet for necessary information, but we didn’t find anything significant. 2) Contemporary women do enjoy lots of rights, but complete gender equality is still a dream to be realized. 2. (Para. 1) Tomboys we werent. 1. Paraphrase the sentence. (=We weren’t boyish girls.) 2. Analyze the sentence pattern. 这个句子是个倒装句，起到的是强调“tomboys”这个宾语的作用。倒装句有很多用法。 例如：Little did he say at the meeting. Out rushed the girl. So happy did he feel. Playboys they weren’t. 3. (Para. 3) The car I drove needed some work but I was afraid to take it to the mechanic. 1. What does “work” here refer to? (=It refers to necessary repair or maintenance the car needed.) 2. Why was the author afraid to do so? (=Because she didn’t know anything about engineering, not to mention how to fix a car.) 4. (Para. 6) I cant help shuddering when I hear about studies that show that women are at a disadvantage when it comes to math. 1. Translate this sentence into Chinese. ( 听到有研究表明女性学数学处于劣势，我不禁不寒而栗。) 2. Why did the author shudder? (=Because the studies clearly indicate that a normal woman can’t beat a man in the aspect of math, only abnormal ones could do well in math, but the author is really good at math.) 5. (Para. 7) Once you do, theres a strong chance you will enjoy it more than anything else.