新编实用英语综合教程2（第三版）Unit 3.ppt

7. (Para. 8) Pumping gas at the station? Analysis: This is an elliptical sentence. The complete sentence should be Are you pumping gas at the station? Translation: 你在加油站加油吗？ Example: (Are you) Making a deposit at the bank? (Para. 9) Language Points 1 Explanation of Difficult Sentences Back 8. (Para. 8) Why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Analysis: In this sentence, why is used as an interrogative adverb, followed by a bare infinitive to form a rhetorical question, which can also take a negative structure such as Why not do something? The former means why should we do something or we don’t need to do something, while the latter means the opposite: let’s do something. Translation: 既然你可以用信用卡在加油泵旁自动刷卡，免除与人打交道的 麻烦，何必还要对加油站的工作人员打招呼呢？ Example: Why smoke when you know it is so unhealthy? Why not try to train your character when you have the opportunity? Language Points 1 Explanation of Difficult Sentences Back Unit | Three 9. (Para. 11) I am no Luddite. Analysis: In this sentence, no means not at all. Translation: 我并不反对自动化。 Example: Don’t cheat her. She’s no fool. She is no friend of mine. Language Points 1 Explanation of Difficult Sentences Back 10. (Para. 11) Giving them up isn’t an option — they are great for what they are intended to do. Analysis: The clause They are great for what they are intended to do serves to explain why giving them up isn’t an option. Great for means very good for. What they are intended to do means what they are designed to do. Translation: 放弃他们并不可取——人们赋予它们的功能太美妙了。 Example: Going there isn’t a good idea — it’s too far away from he