新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程3第二单元讲义.pdf

Unit2Book3

Love

I.DifficultSentences

1.Giventhebusynatureofourlives,it’stobeappreciatedthatweevenfind

thetimetoindulgeinmattersoftheheart.

(1)Whatdoesmattersoftheheart“”mean

(=somethingspiritualandemotionallikelove.)

(2)Paraphrasethissentence.

(=Takingintoaccountthatweareallbusysatisfyingourmaterialneeds,

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lovingandbeingloved.)

2.Harmlesspuppylovesthatareasbriefassoapbubbles.

(1)Whatarepuppyloves

(=Puppyloveshappentopeopletooyoungtounderstandtruelove.)

(2)Whatarethesamecharacteristicsthatpuppylovesandsoapbubblesshare

accordingtothesentence

(=Theyarebothshortinexistenceandwon’tproducetoomuchinfluenceon

peoplenorwilltheydoharmtopeople.)

3.…nothingcouldbemoreseriousanaffairforme.

(1)Whatdoesthissentenceimply

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(=Tome,aloveaffairwasthemostseriousthing.)

(2)Analyzethissentencegrammatically.

(=Thestructure“nothingcanbemore(+adj.)thansth.”meanssth.isthemost

(=adj.).Whenthecomparativedegreeisusedinanegativesentence,most

oftenitmeansthesuperlativedegree.

Moreexamples:

*Nobodycandothejobbetterthanhecan.

*Itcan’tbeworse.)

4.Thosethreehoursofunhesitantattentionbyagroupofwell-groomedyoung

gentlemenprovidedwithenoughcontenttotalkandfeelexcitedabout

forthenextfourweeks.

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(1)Whatusuallywouldhappenatthesocial

(=Thoseneatlydressedboyswouldneverhesitatetopayattentiontothe

girlsortoattractthegirls’attention.)

(2)Whatusuallywouldhappentothegirlsafterthesocial