south of London. 机场位于伦敦以南几公里处。② The clouds are coming from the west. 那些云自西边涌起。 8. On the 24th of August in 79 AD, between two and three in the afternoon my mother drew my uncle's attention to a cloud of unusual size and shape. 在公元79年8月24日那天,下午两三点时分我妈妈让我叔叔注意到了一片不同寻常大小和形状的云。(p.76 Reading 第二段 第2行) 1) draw one's attention : “引起某人注意” 我们可说:attract/capture/catch/command/draw/get/bring to one's attention。如:① Her shouts drew the attention of the police. 她的喊叫声引起了警察的注意。② He drew atten- tion to the rising unemployment. (=The rising unemploy- ment drew his attention.)失业率的日渐升高引起了他的注意。③ I drew his attention to the fact. 我使他注意此事。④ The matter attracted our attention. 那件事引起了我们的注意。⑤ She waved her hand to catch my attention. 她挥手以引起我的注意。 【链接】与attention构成的常见搭配:devote one's attention to 专心于;give/pay attention to 注意;hold one's attention on 将注意力集中在;direct/turn one's attention to 将注意力转向;fix one's attention on 留意,专心于;with attention 专心,注意地;stand at attention 立正;Attention,please! 请各位注意! 【注意】pay one's attention to 还意为“向女人献殷勤”。 【拓展】attention 除作“注意”讲,还可意为“照料;治疗;亲切;殷勤”。如:① The boy shows his mother much attention. 这男孩非常关心他母亲。② The patient needs immediate attention. 那病人需要立即治疗。③ He tried to win her heart by a lot of attention. 他向她献殷勤以获芳心。 2) be of a (n)/the/the same +表示年龄、形状、大小、样式、种类等名词,可在句中作定语或表语,说明名词的特征或性质。如:① The two boys are of middle height. 这个男孩中等个子。② Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚。③ They are of the same age. 他们年龄一样大。 ④ The two rooms are of a size. 这两个房间一样大小。 8. We watched it rising from a mountain — at such a distance we couldn't tell which one, but we later learnt that it was Mount Vesuvius. 我们看见它是从一座山上升起来的-在这么远的地方我们分辨不出是哪座山,但后来我们得知那是维苏威火山。(p.76 Reading 第二段 第3行) 1) at a distance意为“从远处;隔开一段距离”。如:① Dogs that bark at a distance never bite. 在远处叫的狗不咬人。② The sound of the waterfall can be heard at a distance of 2 miles. 在2英里外就能听到瀑布声。 ③ The pyramids are visible at a distance of several kilometres. 一座座金字塔在数英里的地方就能看到。 ④ While she was yet at some distance,he turned and saw her. 她在远处还有一段距离时,他转身看到了她。⑤ She kept him at a distance until he had proved he could be trusted. 在他证明自己确实可依赖之前,她一直对他很冷淡。 【链接】与distance构成的短语:from a distance 从远处 in the distance 在远处,远方的;keep one's distance 保持距离;不亲近;keep sb. at a distance 冷待某人; go the full distance 走完全程;work out distance 计算出距离;by distance 按里程;within hearing distance 在能听到的地方 2) tell此处意为“断定;辨别;识别;看出”,通常用于否定句和疑问句, 与can, could或be able to连用。如:① The two brothers are so much alike that it is almost impossible to tell one from the other. 这两兄弟非常相像,几乎不可能把他们分辨出来。② I can't tell which bag is hers. 我分辨不出哪一个手提袋是她的。③ Can you tell the difference between the two? 你能看出两者之间的差别吗? ④ No one can tell what will happen in the future. 谁也不知道将来会发生什么。⑤ I can't tell whether/if it's right. 我不能判定此事是对还是错。 (责任编辑:admin) |