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发展 Ⅱ. No t es t o t he T ex t Passage A 1. L2 ~

4 While Ted went n and on bout the technical details he had picked up from the book, Dan hesitantly offered only a few comments .: While Ted talked continuously about the technical details he had got from the book ,Dan hesitantly made only a few remarks .当特 德继 续不断 地谈 论着 他 从书上看到的一些有关技术细节时, 丹却只能吞吞吐吐地讲上三两句. 上句中的两个副词 on 用 and 连接 起来使 用 ,表 明谈话 的动作 继续不 断 地发生. e .g . he cried n and on ill midnight . 上述结构中的 and 还可以连接两个名词、 动词以及其他词语等. e .g . hey marched on and on for ays and days When children were happy, they aughed and laughed . 2. L12~13 With proper skills people can actually improve their learning a- bility .: By using suitable skills people can in fact improve their ability to learn .运用适当的技巧 ,人们确实能够提高他们的学习能力. 这里的 with (介词 ) 是用来表达 do sth .by using 的意思.同样 , … mas- ter them with practice ( L14 ~

15 ) 也是 … master them by practicing/ through practice 的意思. (L43~44 ) 3. L15~16 Here, gathered from the ideas of experts across the country, are some proven ways to increase your learning ability .: Here are some proven ways to improve your learning ability, and these ways are gathered from the i- deas of experts all over the country .下面就是根据国内专家 们的见解所 收集

3 Unit One 到的已经证实能提高你学习能力的几种方法. proven ways = the ways that have been proven to be true or correct 已经证 实是正确的几种方法. 上句原文 ( L15~16) 用 的是倒 装语序 , 把 here 置于 句首.过去 分词短 语 gathered from the ideas of experts across the country 用作 proven ways 的修饰成分 , 插在 here 和 are 之间 ,主要是求得全句平衡. 4. L12 There is increasing proof that human intelligence is expandable .: More and more practical examples prove that human intelligence is able to be changeable and developing .越来越多的实例证明了人的智力是可以变化发展 的. 句中的 that…expandable 从句是同 位 语从 句,跟它 的 先行 词 proof ( 名词) 同位. 在某些名词(如proof , idea , fact , rumour , news , hope , belief, thought ,doubt , message , guarantee , question 等)后可以用that 或连接代(副)词引导一个同位语从句. e .g . s this not another proof that the so-called detente is just empty talk ? 这难道不又一次证明所谓缓和只不过是一句空话 ? We demanded a guarantee that no similar incident would occur again . 我们要求保证不再发生类似事件. Then arose the question where we were to get the machines needed .这 时就产生了这样一个问题 :我们到哪儿去找所需要的机器. 有时为了平衡全句的需要 ,这种同位语从句可以不紧跟在它说明的名词后 面 ,而被别的词隔开 : cf . he order soon came that all civilians should evacuate the village .不久命令下来了 , 让所有的平民都撤出村子. 5. L40~41 The trick is to invent visual clues that will make unfamiliar ma- terial mean something to you .: The special skill/ secret is to create visual clues that will make unfamiliar material meaningful to you .诀窍 在于 设想 出 视觉形象作为线索 ,这些视觉形象会使不熟悉的材料成为对你有意义的某些 东西. trick :feat of skill;