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Section II 阅读 7. Whatever great achievements the future may have in store for China, it is 1ikely that many of them will be born in northwestern Beijing. 无论中国将来会有什么样的伟大成就，其中许多很有可能会诞生在北京的西北部。(p.3 第一段1－2行) 1) be likely to do sth. 很可能(发生某种情况) Our team is likely to win the game. 这场比赛我们队很可能赢。 2) It is likely that + 从句 It is likely that we’ll go on a picnic in the forest tomorrow. 很可能明天我们去森林里野餐。 辨析：likely，probable与possible: * likely系常用词，指“从表面现象看很有可能”。 * possible指“由于有适当的条件和方法，某事可能发生或做到”，强调“客观上有可能”，但“实际希望很小”。 * probable语气比possible强，指“有根据、合情理、值得相信的事物，带有‘大概’、‘很可能’”的意思。 * likely之后常跟不定式 (be likely to do sth.)，而possible，probable之后通常不跟不定式；likely的主语可以是人，而possible，probable的主语不能是人。 The hurricane is likely to come. 飓风可能要来。/ It is possible to go to the moon now. 现在有可能登上月球。/ I don't think the story is probable. 我不认为这个故事合情合理。 联想：likely; friendly; fatherly; motherly; sisterly brotherly; manly; lovely; lively; lonely; orderly 8. Zhongguancun was set up as a special economic zone in the late 1990s and… 中关村是20世纪90年代末建成的经济特区… (p.3 第二段 第1－2行) 1) set up: (1) 竖立起来 Let's set up the tent first. 我们先把帐篷搭起来。(2) 建立，成立 Edison set up a chemical lab of his own at the age of ten. 爱迪生10岁就建立了他自己的化学实验室。(3) 使(自己或他人)从事某职业 (as) He has set himself up as a bookseller. 他开始经营书籍。 辨析：set off与set out set off与set out这两个动词短语都有“出发”和“动身”的意思，都可以解释为start to move或begin a journey。 set off的原意是“使爆炸” (cause to explode)；set out的原意是“着手做” (begin work with the intention of achieving a particular aim)。 注意：set out在用来表示“着手做”时，后面总是跟动词不定式。The slightest spark can set off the explosives stored here. 一点点火星就能够使储存在这里的火药爆炸。/ The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them. 那位新闻记者立即着手去获得这些重要的资料，但是他把这些资料寄来却用了很长时间。 拓展: set about着手(开始)做; set an example树立榜样; set apart留出，拔出; set fire to点燃，生火; set foot in (或on) 登上；涉足；访问 2) as用法小结 (1) as用作连词 ① 作“当……的时候”解，引导时间状语从句，表示从句动作与主句动作同时发生、同时进行。As he looked at her she made a face. 他看她时，她作了个鬼脸。/ He sang as he walked. 他一边走，一边唱。 ② 作“由于”、“因为”解，引导原因状语从句，表示比较明显的原因。由as引导的原因从句通常放在主句之前。As he didn't know much English，he got out his dictionary and looked up the word. 由于他不懂得多少英语，他拿出来词典查了这个词。 (责任编辑：admin) |