大专英语(III)Unit1.docVIP

Book III Unit 1 I Am Home 1. find one’s way into: be brought to; get into 进入 Computers have found their way into millions of households. 计算机已进入了千家万户. The word ‘boring’ never finds its way into my study. 我学习从不感到厌倦. 2. labor: n. (BrE: labour) 1) [U] effort or work, especially tiring physical work 努力, 劳动 Building roads still involves manual labor. 修路还需要体力劳动. 2) [U] workers, especially those who use their hands, considered as a group or class 工人; 工人阶级 labor relation 劳资关系 There is a shortage of skilled labor. 缺少熟练工人 a labor of love is a set expression, indicating that a particular activity (e.g. gardening in the greenhouse, gathering cattle, etc.) may be troublesome to other people, but you take great care to do the work properly because you really enjoy it --- hence, to them, the work is a ‘labor of love’. For me, arranging books on the shelf every morning is a labor of love. 对我来说, 每天早晨把书架上的书摆整齐是件愉快的差事. Note: Please note the use of the indefinite article (不定冠词) ‘a’ before the word ‘labor’. Generally speaking, an abstract noun (抽象名词) such as labor is not preceded by ‘a’. Here, the use of ‘a’ suggests ‘a kind of’. Compare the following sentences: The beauty of the scene fills us with enchantment. 这里的美景使我们着迷. The beauty of a mountain stream in autumn possesses an enchantment that is universal. 秋天的山涧美景有一种谁都会为之着迷的魅力. 3. asleep: adj. sleeping 睡着的 He was fast (adv. 酣睡地) asleep when I entered the room. Note: The word ‘asleep’ is a predicative adjective (表语性的形容词); that is, it cannot precede the noun it modifies. For instance, we say ‘sleeping beauty (睡美人)’, not ‘asleep beauty’. Similar adjectives that begin with the letter ‘a’ and can be used as predicative adjectives only are: afraid: The child is afraid. (Yes ) He is an afraid child. (No) alive: The fish is alive. (Yes) This alive fish is mine. (No) alone: The boy is alone by himself. (Yes) I met the alone boy yesterday. (No) 4. though: adv. = however (both in mea