本课您将学到:911系列词汇,anything short of句型,can和be able to的区别
美伊战事如火如荼,我的思绪却回到了某年九月那个噩梦般的日子曾经象征着权利与财富的双子大楼,一夕之间毁于一旦,让人震惊也让人惋惜,今天就让一起缅怀它的历史。
Everyone knows that New York Citys World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists, but very few people know the story of how the twin towers first came to be.
The idea for the building came from millionaire(百万富翁) banker David Rockefeller. Completed(完成) in 1973, the tower were said to mark the beginning of the information age. Since that time, the idea of the New York Trade Center has been copied the world over.
这座110层的大楼,被视为建筑是上的奇迹,各种安全措施及其完备,甚至不怕台风地震的打击。
They were believed to be able to survive anything short of a nuclear(原子核的) attack. While this symbol(象征) of power and money has fallen, the global economy it helped create continues.
经济的发展敌不过战争的阴云,富裕的生活却隐藏着恐怖的阴影,以史为鉴,让我们看清自己的未来。希望战争早日结束,希望世界永葆和平!
「读书笔记」
如果你很喜欢看好莱坞影片,一定听说过《星战前传Ⅱ:克隆人的进攻》这部片子,它的英文名称就是:Star Wars Episode Ⅱ Attack of The Clones,attack通常指的就是充满敌意,伤害很大的进攻、袭击,911事件就是这样一次恐怖袭击。(Everyone knows that New York Citys World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists)
terror是名词,可以指对某事恐怖,如:My elder sister has a terror of fire.(我姐姐怕火。)也可以指恐怖行动,参加恐怖行动的人就是terrorist(恐怖分子),恐怖主义就是terrorism.现在,911恐怖袭击似乎成为了一个专有名词,经常被人们这样提起:September 11th terrorism attacks.
于此相对,了解双子大楼(twin towers)历史的人却是寥寥无几。(very few)few是形容词,意思是很少数的;几乎没有的,修饰可数名词,如:There were few people in the streets.(街上人很少。)在它前面加上a,就表示有几个,如:He has a few friends in this city.他在这个城市里有几个朋友。
任何事情都始于一个想法,这双子大楼的主意就是美国著名的石油大亨David Rockefeller(大卫 洛克菲勒)想出来的,当时他除了石油,还有地产、银行等许多产业,所以文中称他为巨富银行家。(millionaire banker)
建成于1973年的大楼,(Completed in 1973)被称作(were said)信息时代的标志。(to mark the beginning of the information age)自从那时起,(Since that time)纽约世贸大楼的这种建筑模式(the idea of the New York Trade Center)就被全世界抄袭着。(has been copied the world over,可以理解成:has been copied over the world)比如,马来西亚吉隆坡的双塔形建筑,(电影《偷天陷阱》的外景地)就是其中之一。
在类似since that time或since then的情况下,since后面接一个时间的起点,since做介词,表示自以来,从至今,从时间上看是一个从过去一直持续到现在的过程,所以,应该和现在完成时或过去完成时连用。如:I havent heard from him since last year.(我自去年以来未曾收到过他的信。)
下一段的they代指双子大楼,人们相信他们可以在许多灾难中幸免,(They were believed to be able to survive)除了核武袭击。(anything short of a nuclear attack)然而,这座象征权利与金钱的大楼终于还是倒了,(While this symbol of power and money has fallen)它曾经协助创建的全球经济(it helped create修饰the global economy)却并没有受此影响,还在继续向前发展。(所以,一栋大楼并不能代表什么,经济的发展靠的不是这些,而是踏踏实实的艰苦奋斗啊!)
「句型留言板」
anything short of
除了的任何东西
孩子们有句口头禅,天不怕,地不怕,就怕老师找我爸,就可以这样说:
I dont fear anything short of the teacher asking for my father.(外国人大概不会了解这句话的意思,毕竟打孩子也是很有中国特色的教育方式嘛!)
一个专情的男孩可能会这样向他的女朋友表白,
I dont want anything short of you.
Short of也可用于句首,表示除外,如:
Short of calling a meeting, they dont know how they can get their plan approved.(除非召开会议,否则他们真不知道他们的计划怎么才能获准。)
「语法小教室」
can和be able to的区别
表示能力这一意义时can和be able to基本相同, 但can只有两个时态即现在时(can)与过去时(could)而be able to有多种形式。
Will you__ come this afternoon?
He__ read in English.
试比较这两个填空,第一句是将来时,显然只能用be able to,第二句则两个都可以用。
需要注意的是,对未来的能力做决定时, 一般用can如:
Were too busy today, but we can repair your can tomorrow.
今天我们太忙, 但明天我们能给你修车。
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