Unit1 School life

【重点句型讲解】

    1．He also told us that the best way to earn respect from the school was to work hard and achieve high grades.

    （1）way表示“方法、途径”时常用不定式或of后加动名词作定语，有时用that或in which引导定语从句，且in which可以省略。

    Farmers thought of ways to protect their chickens.

    农民们想办法来保护小鸡。

    Mr. Wang has a strange way of making his classes lively and interesting.

    王先生有一种奇特的方法使他的课上得生动有趣。

    I don't think the way（that / in which）you speak to your parents is right.

    我认为你不该这样与你父母说话。

    但要注意：

    The way（that / which）you thought of to finish（或of finishing）the task is possible.

你想出的完成这项计划的方法是可行的。

    （2）to work hard and achieve high grades为并列不定式作表语。

    To see is to believe.（或Seeing is believing.）

    眼见为实。

    My hope is to become an excellent teacher.

    我的理想是成为一名优秀教师。

    2．It's better to make as many comparisons as you can.

    （1）it为形式主语，不定式作真正的主语。

    It's not easy to finish the work in two days.

    在两天内完成这项工作不容易。

    It is not a good habit to stay up late.

    熬夜不是好习惯。

    It's very important for students to read aloud in the morning.

    学生早晨朗读很重要。

    （2）

    意为“多达……，……之多”。

    I have as many as l 000 books.

    我有多达1000本书。

    He can drink as much beer as 8 bottles.

    或He can drink as much as 8 bottles of beer.

    他可以喝多达8瓶啤酒。

    3．I found the homework was not as heavy as what I used to get in my old school.

    我认为作业不如我在母校时布置得重。

    They don't seem to like fruit as much as Chinese students.

    他们似乎不像中国学生那样喜欢水果。

    not as…as…或not so…as…不如……，没有……，比不上……

    I am not so rich as you.

    我没有你有钱。

    He doesn't like English as much as you.

    他不如你喜欢英语。

    It is not so cold in Guangzhou as in my hometown.

    广州没有我的家乡冷。

    4．I do like eating desserts after meals as you mentioned in your article.

    do. does或did用于谓语动词（原形）前起强调作用。

    He did tell me about it.

    他确实告诉过我这件事。

    Do come to the party tomorrow!

    明天一定来参加晚会啊!

    My sister does work hard at English.

    我妹妹学英语确实很用功。

    5．He is a person hard to please.

    此句相当于：“He is a person who is hard to please.”

    不定式to please与主语之间存在逻辑上动宾关系，不定式中的动词为及物性的，用主动式。

    The bag is too heavy to carry.

    包太重，拿不动。

    The man is difficult to get along with.

    那人很难相处。

    The maths problem is easy to work out.

    这道数学题很容易解答。

    另外注意：

    I find the maths problem easy to work out.

    我认为这道数学题容易解答。

    6．The more choices you have, the better you find decisions will be.

    the＋比较级，the＋比较级表示“越……，就越……”。

    The more one has, the more one wants.

    越有越贪。

    The more you praise him, the harder he works.

    你越表扬他，他越勤奋。

    The sooner（you do it）, the better（it will be）.

    越早越好。