新概念英语第四册07-03

Notes on the text 课文注释

do much less much far 放在比较级之前表示程度词 I’m far better.

used to: 过去（一般习惯的动作）I used to walk for a while after supper.

and : 表示结果

workshop: 作坊 专题研讨会 同义词 symposium

much less :越来越不像 表示程度词 much more 越来越像

ready-made: 现成的 作 but 方式状语

The meal is ready-made.饭好了，可以吃了。

go to: 拟人手段

cooked: 熟食fast food snack canned:罐头食品 preserved:腌制的

bake: 烤 baker:面包师 delivered:传送 doorstep:台阶

works=factory (机械的，大型的) plant(大型工厂) mill(加工木头的工厂) company(泛指)

canteen:食堂（self-help）cafeteria(高档的，餐馆的自助餐) dining-room:学生食堂

unusual: 不常见,不普通

pursue:忙

and : 表示结果

if ever : 即便有的话

补全句子：….if ever,he can see him……

paternal society: 父系社会

follow their father’s occupation 子承父业

Parents have to do much less for their children today than they used to do, and Home has become much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready made,washing can go to the laundry, food can be bought cooked, canned or preserved, bread is baked and delivered by the baker, milk arrives on the doorstep, meals can be had at the restaurant, the works' canteen, and the school dining-room.

It is unusual now for father to pursue his trade or other employment at Home, and his children rarely, if ever, see him at his place of work. Boys are therefore seldom trained to follow their father's occupation, ...