《新境界-综合教程1》培训教材unit8.ppt

Reading of Text A Reading Skills Language Points 1. (Para. 1) Being a citizen and being a good citizen are far from the same thing. far from: of a distinctly different and especially opposite quality than what you expected 远离；远不如 e.g. The beat is far from over. 战争还远远没有到结束的时候。 Far from seeming glad to see him, Rose looked almost angry. 罗丝看到他非但不高兴，反而显得有点生气。 Translation: 做一个公民和做一个好公民是截然不同的。 (The end) Back Language Points 2. (Para.1) Being a good citizen and exhibiting signs of good citizenship is far removed from the legal distinction of being a citizen of one country or another. Paraphrase: Being a good citizen and showing signs of good citizenship is greatly different from what the law defines a citizen of one country or another. (to be continued...) Back Language Points Structure Analysis: “Being a good citizen and exhibiting signs of good citizenship” is a gerund phrase which is the subject of the whole sentence. e.g. Climbing mountains is really fun. 爬山真是有趣。 Her coming to help encouraged all of us. 他来帮忙鼓舞了我们所有人。 exhibit: to show something publicly展示；陈列 e.g. His works has been exhibited regularly at the Walker Art Gallery. 他的作品一直定期在沃克美术馆展出。 She’s beginning to exhibit symptoms of stress. 她开始表现出紧张的症状。 (to be continued...) Back Language Points far removed from: greatly different from 相差甚远 e.g. What you say is far removed from what you said before. 你现在说的跟你过去说的相差甚远。 The world of TV sitcoms is far removed from reality. 电视情景喜剧的世界与现实相差甚远。 Translation: 做一个好公民和展现良好的公民素质，跟法 律上的区分一个国家的公民和另外一个国家的公民，有 很大的差别。 (The end) Back Language Points 3. (Para. 2) In communities where good citizenship is evident, local ties flourish and people come together – both in bad times and in good. Structure Analysis: “where good citizenship is evident” is an attributive clause which modifies the antecedent “