综合英语Book_VI_Unit9教材教学课件.pptVIP

Unit 9 Text I A Red Light for Scofflaws Language Points 1. Yet it is painfully apparent that millions of Americans who would never think of…and nourish their society:在该句中，it用作形式主语，真正的主语是apparent后由that引导的主语从句，其中又包含两个定语从句，一个是who would never think of themselves as law-breakers, let alone criminals,修饰Americans；另一个是that are designed to protect and nourish their society,修饰legal codes。词组take liberties with表示behave in a rude, too friendly way towards,意为“对…放肆随便；随意对待”，又如take great liberties with grammar (全然不顾语法规则)。 2. Harvard Sociologist David Riesman suspects that a majority of Americans have blith