①Have you read the article on France in the newspaper?
你读过报上那篇关于法国的文章吗?
②That book is on an important subject. 那本书是讲一个重要的问题。
★about用作介词,意为“关于”,是一个普通用词,强调一般性和通俗性。如:
①They held a discussion about dinosaurs. 他们举办了一次关于恐龙的讨论会。
②He likes watching a TV programme about school life.
他喜欢看有关学校生活的电视节目。
5. They are writing their own TV programmes for a writing competition.
他们正在编写自己的电视节目来参加一场写作比赛。
★one’s own用作形容词,意为“自己的”“特有的”。如:
①That is my own camera. 那是我自己的相机。
②I saw it happen with my own eyes. 我亲眼目睹了那件事的发生
③The orange has its own scent. 桔子有它独特的香味。
★own用作代词,意为“自己”。如:
①May I keep it for my own? 我可以把它作为己有吗?
②I’ll do the work on my own. 我将独立地工作。
③Why didn’t you tell her to use her own? 为什么你不叫她用她自己的呢?
★on one’s own是一个习惯短语,意为“独自”“独立”。如:
①He runs a factory on his own. 他独立经营工厂。
②She still lives on her own. 她仍然独自一人生活。
★own用作动词,意为“拥有”“有”,指具有法律上的所有权,其主语往往是人。如:
①Who owns this land? 这块地为谁拥有啊?
②He used to own a lot of houses. 他过去拥有好几处房子。
③His family owned neither land nor house. 他家既无田地又无房子。
6. A weekly round-up of what is happening in sports, with lots of up-to-date information.
体育方面所发生的事件一周综述,为你提供大量的最新的体坛信息。
★weekly用作形容词,意为“每周一次的”“每周的”。如:
①They are doing the weekly cleaning. 他们在进行每周一次的大扫除。
②Have you read the weekly newspaper? 你看过周报了吗?
★weekly它还可以用作名词,表示“周刊”,monthly表示“月刊”。如:
①I have subscribed to a weekly. 我已经订了一份周刊。
②This is a monthly magazine. 这是一个月刊。
③Our club has a monthly meeting. 我们俱乐部每月开一次会。
★weekly也可以用作副词,意为“每周地”。如:
①He receives his wages weekly. 他每周领一次工资。
②Mr. Davies pays me rent weekly. 戴维斯先生每星期付我一次租金。
7. happen的用法小结
★happen用作不及物动词,意为“(偶然)发生”,指具体客观事物的发生,往往带有偶然的意味,其主语往往是物。Happen不用于被动语态。如:
①This story happened in Shanghai. 这个故事发生在上海。
②A fire happened in his factory last night. 昨晚那个工厂发生了火灾。
★happen to sb. / sth. 意为“某人/物出了某事”,to为介词。主语一般是某物。如:
①If anything happens to the machine, do let me know.
假如机器出了什么毛病,务必通知我。
②What has happened to him (=What’s wrong / the matter with him?)
他怎么了?
③What finally happened to the boy? 这男孩最后怎样了。
★happen to do sth. 意为“碰巧做某事”,如:
①Her birthday happens to be New Year’s Day. 她的生日碰巧是元旦这一天。
②I happened to be out when you called. 你来访时我碰巧出去了。
③He happened to be watching TV when his father came home.
父亲回来时,他碰巧晨看电视。
★It happened that + 从句。意为“碰巧……”。如:
①It happened that I saw him yesterday. 昨天我碰巧见到他了。
②It happened that she was thinking of something when the teacher called her.
当老师叫她时,珍妮碰巧在想事情。
③It happened that he had seen the film. 他碰巧看过那部电影了。
【注】happen注意其否定句中否定词的位置转移。如:“我碰巧身上没带钱”可有多种译法。
I happened not to have any money with me.
I didn’t happen to have any money with me.
I happened to have no money with me.
It happened that I had no money with me.
It happened that I didn’t have any money with me.
★take place也表示是“发生”的意思,指事先布置或策划好,然后发生,没有偶然的意思,是不及物动词词组,没有被动语态。如:
①Great changes have taken place in our city in the past 5 years.
过去的五年里,我们市发生了巨大变化。
②The October Revolution took place in 1917.
十月革命发生在1917年。
③Great changes have taken place in my hometown since 1980.
自从1980年以来,我的家乡发生了很大的变化。
④He asked me whether the sports meet would take place the next week.
他问我运动会是否在下星期召开。
8. up-to-date的用法
★up-to-date是复合形容词,意为“现代的”“新式的”“最新的”。如:
①This book is up-to-date. 这本书是最新的。
②The equipment here is really up-to-date. 这里的设备很新式的。
★out of date意为“过期的”“过时的”。如:
①Her clothes are about ten years out of date. 她的衣服已经过时十年了。
②This information is out of date. 这资料已经过时了。
9. The programme covers different sports, such as basketball, swimming, badminton and football.
本节目涵盖了不同的体育项目,诸如篮球、篮球、游泳、羽毛球和足球。
★cover用作动词,意为“包含”“包括”“涉及”。如:
①The lectures covered a lot of subjects. 这些讲座涉及的内容极为广泛。
②The survey covers all aspects of the business. 调查包括这个企业的各个方面。
③The exhibition covers an area of 5,000 square metres.
展览会展出面积为5,000平方米。
★cover用作动词,也可以“盖”“遮盖”。如:
①Flood water covers our fields. 洪水淹没了我们的田地。
②Lies cannot cover up facts. 谎言掩盖不了事实。
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