Sheila unit 2 book 2 14-15下.ppt

逐渐老去并不可怕,可怕的是让人觉得越来越老 ----肯尼*罗杰斯 * * convince sb. of sth. / convince sb to do sth. 使某人相信， 说服某人做某事 我让他相信我是诚实的。 I convince him of my honesty. * fail to do sth.: being not successful in achieving sth. be capable of doing sth.: having the ability or qualities necessary for doing sth. What she said convinced me that I was mistaken. 她的一番话使我认识到我错了。 He is capable of running a mile in four minutes. 他能用四分钟跑完一英里。 * e.g. We convinced Anne to go by train rather than plane. convince: to bring by the use of argument or evidence to firm belief or a course of action 说服：通过进行辩论或者提供证据使…确信或使…采取某种行为 Compare: convince persuade -- According to a traditional rule, one persuades someone to act but convinces someone of the truth of a statement or proposition: 根据一条习惯规则，一个人persuades （说服）某人做某事而 convinces（使确信） 某人相信一句话或一个提议的正确性： e.g. By convincing me that no good could come of staying, he persuaded me to leave. 通过让我确信留下来没有好处，而说服我离开了。 -- If the distinction is accepted, then convince should not be used with an infinitive: 如果这一区别被接受的话，那么convince 就不应和不定式连用： He persuaded (not convinced ) me to go. 他说服（不能用 convinced ) 我离开。 -- In an earlier survey, a majority of the Usage Panel held that this distinction should be maintained, but the use of convince with an infinitive has become increasingly common even among reputable writers, and it is unlikely that this stricture can be maintained for much longer. 在更早的一次调查中，用法专题使用小组成员的大多数人认为这一区别应当保持，但是甚至在知名作家中convince 和不定式连用的用法也已变得日渐普遍起来， 这一限制不可能会保持很久 e.g. We convinced Anne to go by train rather than plane. 我们说服了安妮放弃乘飞机而坐火车走。 * Wouldn’t any person over thirty gladly sign with the devil just to be young again? (Para.2) -- Wouldn’t any person over thirty are ready to do anything, even work for the devil just to be young again? * delay: postpone e.g. Scientists in California believe they may have discovered a way to delay the aging process. (Vo. Ex. III. 1. P94) 加里福尼亚的科学家相信他们可能已经发现了一