综合英语Book_VI_Unit8教材教学课件.ppt

Unit 8 Text I Appetite Language Points 1. It is one of the senses that tells you that you are still curious to exist, that you still have an edge…multitudinous flavours and juices:该句不是强调句型，因为it在此指代appetite。senses后的that从句是修饰one of the senses (即appetite)的定语从句。在这个定语从句中，谓语动词tell带有并列的两个由that引导的直接宾语从句，即that you are still curious to exist和that you still have an edge on your longings and…。 【to be continued】 这样分析开来，句中的三个that的作用就容易理解了。词组have an edge on表示be (slightly) better than or have a (slight) advantage over,意为“胜过”，如have an edge on top speed (胜过最高速度)。名词 longing意为“渴望”，是可数名词。文中该句里的have an edge on your longings表示be pricked by keen desires,意为“强烈的渴望激励着你”。 2. Wilde said he felt sorry for those who…,but sorrier still for those who did:句中Wilde指Oscar Wilde, 王尔德(1854～1900)，爱尔兰作家、诗人、戏剧家。句中sorrier still for those who did是个省略句，其完整形式为he felt sorrier still for those got their heart’s desire,即省略了与前面相同的he felt,并用did代替了前面的动词短语got their heart’s desire,动词get在句中意为“得到，实现”。 3. I got mine once only, and it nearly killed me, and I’ve always preferred wanting to having since:句中mine指代前文提及的heart’s desire,句末的since用作副词，意为“从那时以后，后来”，与完成时态连用。及物动词prefer有以下四种常见搭配用法：①prefer+名词/动名词/代词+to+名词/动名词/代词，表示“宁愿…而不愿…”，文中该句中的prefer就属于这种用法，又如The heroine preferred death to surrender. (女英雄宁死不屈)。 【to be continued】 ②prefer to + 动词原形 + rather than + 动词原形，如prefer to run rather than walk. (情愿跑，而不愿走)。③ prefer + that从句，从句用虚拟语气，如Would you prefer that we (should) reschedule the meeting for next week?④ prefer + sb./sth. + 动词不定式，如prefer you not to stay there too long (倒希望你不要在那儿呆得太久)。 4. when treats and orgies were few:名词treat在此表示something that gives great pleasure or delight, esp. when unexpected,意为“难得的乐事”，又如I took my son to the zoo as a birthday treat. (我把儿子带到动物园去玩，作为他生日的庆祝活动)。orgy也可写作orgie,在此意为“纵酒宴乐，狂欢”，表示此意时，通常用复数。 5. Which is why I would carry the preservation of appetite to the extent of deliberate fasting: which在这儿的用