新标准高职公共英语实用综合教程(第二版)unit6TextA.ppt

Text A- ... and it really doesn’t Text A Comprehension Words and Expressions Vocabulary Building Text Study 4. ... and it really doesn’t mean that much to me: and it isn’t so important to me. (Para.6) 这对妈妈来说并不那么重要， that: it is an adverb here, meaning “to that degree”, “so”. I can’t walk that far. 我可走不了那么远。 Text A- Mother you people Text A Comprehension Words and Expressions Vocabulary Building Text Study 5. Mother, you people aren’t interested in anything that’s relevant.: Mother, people like you do not pay attention to what is really important. (Para.7) 妈，你们这些人该关心的不关心。 you people: Here people is in apposition([?p?z???n]同位语) to you. We can also say: “people like you.” that’s relevant: ([rel?v?nt]) Here, that introduces a relative clause(关系从句),modifying anything. Text A- ... and I’m sure the time Text A Comprehension Words and Expressions Vocabulary Building Text Study 6. ... and I’m sure the time you save goes towards your education: and I believe that you spent the time you saved studying your lessons. (Para.10) 而且相信你一定是把省下的时间用来学习了。 Text A- ... why don’t you do it Text A Comprehension Words and Expressions Vocabulary Building Text Study 7. ... why don’t you do it for our sake? (Para.10) 为什么不能为了我们把床整理一下呢？ for sb.’s/sth.’s sake (for the sake of sb. or sth.): in order to help sb./sth. or because one likes sb./sth. I helped you for your sister’s sake. 我看在你姐姐的面上才帮你的。 Text A- But it’s very hard for us Text A Comprehension Words and Expressions Vocabulary Building Text Study 8. But it’s very hard for us to realize you’re an adult when you throw all your clothes on the floor. Here it is the formal subject. The real subject is “for us to realize you’re an adult.” (Para.12) 可是你把衣服都乱扔在地板上，就很难让我们觉得你已经长大了。 Text A- Those are just the Text A Comprehension Words and Expressions Vocabulary Building Text Study 9. Those are just the clothes I wore yesterday. (Para.13) 地板上的只是昨天穿过的。 I wore yesterday: is a restrictive or defining relative clause(限制或定义关系从句), modifying clothes