I'm looking out for a book on the life of Francis Bacon. 我在找一本关于弗朗西斯·培根生平的书。
5, The more we practice, the better we get at listening to speech in a foreign language. 练习得越多,就越能更好地听懂用外语所说的话。
get better at doing… 相当于 be better at doing…,意为"更善于做……"。
6, So when you listen to someone, you should listen with complete attention, and with complete respect for the other person. 因此,当你听某人说话时,你要一心一意地听,对别人完全尊重。
句中的 respect 是不可数名词,作"尊敬"解。说"对某人(表示)尊敬"常用"(show/have)respect to/for sb."结构。例如:
Youth should always show respect to old age. 年轻人应该永远尊敬老年人。
I have a great respect for journalists, but I don't know why. 我对记者非常尊敬,但不知道是什么原因。
She had no respect for the manager. 她对经理一点也不尊重。
All the students treated the teachers with respect. 所有学生对老师都很尊重。
respect 也可以作及物动词,也作"尊敬"、"尊重"解。例如:
All children should respect their parents. 所有孩子都该尊敬父母。
Our chemistry teacher is much respected in our school. 我们的化学老师在学校是很受人尊敬的。
You should respect the opinions of your friends. 你应该尊重朋友们的意见。
7, Often, all we need is a good friend who will listen to us while we"talk things through". 我们常常需要的是一位能倾听我们"畅叙衷肠"的好朋友。
短语动词 talk through 作"充分讨论"解。例如:
We talked the plan through for nearly an hour. 我们对计划讨论了将近一个小时。
After three long meetings, the question seemed to be talked through.
经过三次长时间的会议后,这个问题似乎已经详细讨论过了。
【语法-主谓一致】
1. 主语 people 作"人们,人民"解时,谓语动词用复数,作"民族"解时,有单复数之分。如:
Our people is a great one.
There are 56 peoples in China.
2 . 主语是 a / this / that kind of + 名词,谓语用单数形式,主语指的不是一种而是多种,谓语动词用复数。如:
This kind of cloth feels soft.
There are different kinds of animals.
3 . 主语是"each of … ","neither of … ","either of … ","one of … "等时,其谓语用单数。如:
Each of them has his own duty.
4 . 陈述部分用 everybody , everyone , somebody , someone , anybody , anyone , nobody , no one 或 no + 复数名词等作主语时,反意部分用 they。而陈述部分用everything , something , nothing , anything 时,反意部分代词则采用单数,用 it 。
Somebody is waiting for you , aren't they ?
Everything is all right , isn't it ?
5 . 动名词或动词不定式作主语,其谓语用单数形式。
When and where to build the new factory is not decided yet .
6 . 用引号的词语作主语时,谓语用单数第三人称。
"I" is the ninth letter of the English Alphabet .
7 . 在强调结构中如被强调的是句子的主语,则 who 或 that 后面的谓语动词的人称和数应和主语一致。
It is Mike who always helps me study maths after class .
8 . wish 后接宾语从句用虚拟语气,如表示与现在事实相反,无论主语是单数还是复数,be 动词用 were。
I wish I were ten years younger .
9 . police , cattle 等集合名词作主语时,谓语用复数。
The murderer has run away . The police are searching for him .
10 . 算式中表示数目的主语通常看作单数,其谓语常用单数形式,也可用复数。
Five times four is twenty .
11 . youth 作"青年们"解作主语时,谓语用复数。
The youth of China today are doing their best to study modern science and technology .
12 . each 作同位语放在复数主语后,谓语不受单数 each 的影响。如:
The boy and the girl each have their own toys .
13 . 当 with 引出的短语结构后面出现 both 时,with 的含义变成 and ,此时谓语动词应该用复数形式。如:Martin with his wife ,both working in the same company ,
have decided that they would send their little daughter to the nearest kindergarten .
14 . "one of + 复数名词 + 谓语"是固定结构,谓语动词用单数。但是,在"one of + 复数名词 + 定语从句"句型中,定语从句的谓语用复数;若 one of 的前面有 the , the only 时,谓语仍用单数。试对比:
He is one of the people who always help others.
She is the only one of my guests that comes from India .
15 . 主语是以-ics 结尾的学科名词以及 news , works (工厂) , politics 等都属形式复数,而意义单数的名词,其谓语用单数形式。另外 means 一词单复数同形应视具体情况而定。
Mathematics seems to be difficult to learn .
A new means of teaching is being used in that school .
注:学科名词前如有物主代词修饰时,谓语常用复数。如:My mathematics are week .
16 . 主语是用作书名、剧名、报纸名、国名等的复数名词,谓语一般用单数形式。
The United States is a developed country.
【例题解析】
例1,Neither of us _______to take part in this game.
A were wanting B wants C want D are wanting
【答案】B.
【解析】neither, either 作主语时,要用单数谓语动词。这样的词还有each, each of, no one, the other, another。
例2,The New York Times _______ first published in the early 1860's.
A was B were C are D had
【答案】A.
【解析】因固定专有名词、书刊名、时间、距离、度量衡、价值等词作主语时,要用单数谓语动词。
例3,_________ neither he nor I right?
A are B is C am D does
【答案】B.
【解析】因作为陈述句时, Neither he nor I am right用am, 因am与I 接近。但作为疑问句,则与he接近应用is.
例4,When and where ________ this building built ?
A
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