新编大学英语NCE_book_4 unit_1-2.ppt

* * * 语法训练 But, what is it that makes a story or a joke funny? (Line 2) 本句为强调句型的疑问句，用于强调句子中的主语。 译 文 那么，到底是什么东西使一个故事或笑话让人感到滑稽可笑呢？ Why is it that several students in a class will fall out of their chairs laughing after I tell a joke while the rest of the students look as if I’ve just read the weather report? (Line 10) 语法训练 本句为强调句型的特殊疑问句，用于强调原因状语。句中it是形式主语， that引导真实主语从句。 句中的两个并列真实主语是several students…和 the rest of the students…两个主语从句。laughing after I tell a joke 是现在分词短语做伴随状语修饰several students。 译 文 Example 为什么每次我有重要约会时，脸上都会冒出一个很大的青春痘呢？ Why is it that every time I have a hot date, I break out with a big zit on my face? 嗯……这个工作最让你感兴趣的方面是什么呢？ Hmm, what is it that interests you most about the job? 你上一次看见她是多久以前的事? How?long?ago?is?it?that?you?last?saw?her？ Why is it that several students in a class will fall out of their chairs laughing after I tell a joke while the rest of the students look as if I’ve just read the weather report? (Line 10) 译 文 为什么听我讲完一个笑话后，班上有些学生会笑得前仰后合，而其他学生看上去就像刚听我读了天气预报一样呢？ 句型应用 no less（than）: quite as…as 和……一样， 不少于，不亚于。 译 文 The joke is no less funny because it is so often used. (Line 49) Example 她和从前一样活跃。 She is no less active than she used to be. 一个动物,即使是一只小昆虫,对疼痛的敏感程度也不比人类少。 An animal, even a small insect, is no less sensible to pain than man. 译 文 这个笑话并没有因为经常讲而变得不再那么好笑。 The joke is no less funny because it is so often used. (Line 49) 句型应用 How come: How did it happen ( that ) 为非正式用语，用于询问，意思是“为什么？是怎么回事？”，并表示惊讶。 译 文 “How come you completely copied somebody else’s homework?” (Line 66) Example 他第一次去那儿时怎么没有人发现呢？ How come nobody found out the first time he went there? 没有自行车的广告，这是怎么回事 ？ How come there are no commercials for bicycles? 如果那是事实，为什么那么多聪明人会有笨孩子呢？ If that’s true, how come so many smart people have stupid children? 译 文 你为什么一字不改地抄别人的作业？ “How come you completely copied somebody else’s homework?” (Line 66) universal (adj.) (Line1, Para1) 1) relating to everyone in the world or everyon