新概念三寫作訓(xùn)練營第九天

一、Why people are prepared to tolerate a four-hour journey each day for the dubious privilege of living in the country is beyond me.

人們?yōu)槭裁辞樵该刻煸诼飞媳疾?個小時去換取值得懷疑的鄉(xiāng)間的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，我是無法理解的。

【解析】

1.XX is beyond somebody：意思是“某人無法理解某事”，Why…is beyond me.可以作為一個固定句型用在作文中。

2.be prepared to do something：意思是“情愿做某事”（通常是指難做或平時不做的事），比如：You have to be prepared to take risks in this kind of work. 做這種工作你必須準(zhǔn)備好承擔(dān)風(fēng)險。

作業(yè)一、人們?yōu)槭裁辞樵笭奚h(huán)境來換取經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展，這一點(diǎn)我是無法理解的。一個不斷惡化的環(huán)境會對公眾健康造成長期損害，限制一個國家的經(jīng)濟(jì)潛力。

Why people are prepared to sacrifice the environment for economic development is beyond me.A deteriorating environment will cause long-lasting damage to the public's health, limiting a country’s economic potential.

二、There is no doubt that if she had not lost her rudder she would have won the race easily.

毫無疑問，如果中途沒有失去舵，“卡蒂薩克”號肯定能在比賽中輕易奪冠。

【解析】

1. no doubt可以用no question/way/need等詞代替，比如：There is no question about their success. 毫無疑問，他們會成功。

2. race: “競爭，競賽”，“和…比賽，參加比賽”，這個詞大家應(yīng)該很熟悉了，只是需要注意后面的介詞是against，比如：Who will he be racing against in the next round? 下一輪他和誰比賽？

作業(yè)二、毫無疑問，處于競爭關(guān)系的人是很難好好合作的。

There is no doubt that people can hardly cooperate well if they are also racing against each other.

三、It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about.

他花了四年時間策劃出這精心設(shè)計的鬧劇，只是想證明評論家們有時并不了解它們所談?wù)摰氖虑椤?/p>

【解析】

1. It 做形式主語，實際主語是不定式to do。it is difficult/impossible to do就是這個句型。比如，It is impossible to satisfy all demands. 有求必應(yīng)是不可能的。

2. elaborate: “復(fù)雜的；詳盡的；精心制作的”，比如，She had prepared a very elaborate meal.她做了一頓精美的飯菜。另外，這個詞也可以做動詞，表示“詳盡闡述；詳細(xì)制訂；精心制作”，比如，He said he was resigning but did not elaborate on his reasons.他說他準(zhǔn)備辭職但未詳細(xì)說明原因。注意后面介詞的搭配，可以是on或者upon.

 作業(yè)三、好習(xí)慣不是一天養(yǎng)成的；相反，養(yǎng)成好習(xí)慣需要花費(fèi)大量時間，并且這一過程需要精心規(guī)劃。

Good habits are not formed in a day; rather, it takes a long time to develop a good habit, and this process needs to be elaborately planned.

四、Harry used to consider it a great joke to go into expensive cosmetic shop and make outrageous requests for goods that do not exist.

哈里曾認(rèn)為走進(jìn)一家名貴化妝品商店，荒唐地提出要買一種根本不存在的商品是件開心的事兒。

【解析】

1. It做形式賓語，實際賓語是后面的to do不定式。

2. outrageous: “駭人的；無法容忍的”，比如，outrageous behavior, 極端無禮的行為

作業(yè)四、當(dāng)孩子被父母寵壞時，他們孩子能做出多么極端的行為，簡直難以置信。

It is hard to believe how outrageously children can behave when they are indulged by their parents.

五、Fortunately for me, as I was wondering what to do next, there appeared on the horizon a man on horseback, riding in my direction.  

不過幸運(yùn)的是，正當(dāng)我走投無路的時候，從天邊出現(xiàn)一個騎馬的人向我走來。

【解析】

1. There be句型中，除了be，一些不及物動詞也常與there 連用。這些動詞或是表示狀態(tài)的(如live, exist, remain)，比如，There remains nothing more to be done. 沒什么別的事可做了?；蚴怯脕砻鑼懩呈碌陌l(fā)生或某人的到達(dá)（如come, rise, appear, enter, follow），比如，There followed an uncomfortable silence.接著是一陣令人尷尬的沉默。

2. on the horizon: “很可能即將發(fā)生；已露端倪”，比如，There's trouble looming on the horizon. 可能快要出事了。

作業(yè)五、青少年過度追星帶來的問題已初露端倪，盡管目前關(guān)于如何正確引導(dǎo)年輕人還存在一些爭議，但家長們和學(xué)校都應(yīng)該重視起來了。

The problems brought by youngsters’ celebrity worship are on the horizon, to which parents and schools need to pay attention, although there remain some disagreements about what measures should be taken to steer young people in the right direction.