范文句型分析:
1 .When I grow up,I dom't want to be like my parents.
我长大后,不要像我父母一样。
解说:
grow up 长大
grow vi.生长& vt.种植
grown-up n.成人,大人
例:Tom grew up with his grandparents.
汤姆是在祖父母家长大的。
Jane grew vegetables in the garden on her roof.
简在她屋顶的花园里种植蔬菜。
The grown-ups acted like children at the party.
那些成年人在聚会中的举动就像小孩子似的。
2. I don't want to be like my teacher, either.
我也不要像我的老师。
解说:
此为一简单句,其用法如下:
a. 否定句中用neither , nor或either;使用neither和nor时,其后须用倒装句,且因neither为副词,其前需置and,而nor为连接词,其前则不需置and。
例:Janice doesn't like people who smoke,【and neither do I./nor do I./and I don't,either.】
贾妮丝不喜欢抽烟的人,我也不喜欢。
b. 肯定句中用so或too;使用so时,其后须用倒装句,且so为副词,故其前须置and。
例:I'm going to study in Canada 【,and so is my girlfriend./,and my girlfriend is,too.】
我即将到加拿大念书,我女友也是。
3. In fact, I don't want to be like anybody I know.
事实上,我不要像我认识的任何人。
解说:
in fact事实上
=as a matter of fact
注意:
上列两个短语均为独立副词短语,使用时,通常置于句首,之后加逗号,再接主句。
例:A:Do you like swimming?
B:Yes. As a matter of fact, I go swimming every day.
A:你喜欢游泳吗?
B:是的。事实上,我每天都去游泳。
4. Everybody is just too busy.
每个人都太忙碌了。
解说:
busy a.忙碌的
be busy+V ing 忙于……
例:Walter is busy to wash his dog.(x)
一Walter is busy washing his dog.(O)
沃尔特正忙着帮他的狗洗澡。
5. They don't seem to have time for anything except work.
他们似乎除了工作之外就没有时间做任何事。
解说:
except prep.除了……以外
注意:
使用except时,须与表示“完全”概念的形容词all , every , any , no连用。
例:Many people enjoyed the party except Nancy.(x)
-All the people /Everyone enjoyed the party except Nancy.(O)
除了南希外,所有人/每个人都在聚会上玩得很开心。
6. They have their lives, but to me, they aren't really living.
他们有自己的生活,但对我而一言,他们并不是真地活着。
解说:
living a.活(着)的
alive a.活的,在世的
注意:
living与alive均为形容词,使用时,living可直接置于名词前,而alive则置于名词后作后位修饰,不可置于名词之前修饰该名词。
例:Molly's so pretty that she looks like a living doll.
莫莉漂亮得像个活生生的洋娃娃一样。
The murderer is the most wanted alive man.(x)
-The murderer is the most wanted man alive.(O)
那名谋杀犯是个头号通缉犯。
7. There must be more to life than just work,
生活中一定有比工作更重要的事。
解说:
There is more to+N + than ...……中有比……还重要/多的事
例:There is more to the problem than what Joe told us.
这个问题不只是乔告诉我们的那样而已。
8. I have, therefore, decided to be a writer when I grow up.
一I have, therefore, decided that when I grow up, I want to be a writer.
因此,我决定长大后要当作家。
解说:
a. decide vt.决定
decide + that 从句决定……
decide to+V 决定……
例:Mike decided to open a restaurant after he retires.
迈克决定退休后开一家餐厅。
b. writer n.作家
9. I will travel around as much as possible to learn about life.
我要尽可能到世界各地去旅行来体验人生。
解说:
a. travel vi.旅行
例:Scott is traveling by train to Taitung.
斯科特正乘火车到台东去。
b. as+adj. /adv.+as possible尽可能……
= as+adj. /adv.+as one can
例:The lost children yelled as loud as possible for help.
=The lost children yelled as loud as they could for help.
那些迷路的孩子声嘶力竭地呼喊求救。
10.Eventually, I'll write a book telling people how to live a full life.
最后,我要写一本书来告诉人们如何过充实的生活。
解说:
a. eventually adv.最后;终于
例:Eventually, Tom will forgive Sue for what she said.
汤姆最后还是会原谅苏曾经说过的话。
b. live a full life 过充实的生活
live a/an十adj.+ life 过……的生活
注意:
live作及物动词时,须以同系名词作其宾语,相同用法还有:
dream a/an + adj. + dream 做……一的梦
laugh a/an + adj. + laugh 笑……的笑
smile a/an + adj. + smile 露出……的微笑
例:Alan lives a simple life even though he's wealthy.
尽管艾伦很富有,他还是过着简朴的生活。
Susan dreamed a pleasant dream and woke up with a smile on her face.
苏珊做了一个很愉快的梦而面带微笑地醒来。
11.I may be too ambitious, but I believe that one day my dream will come true.
我也许野心太大了,但我相信我的梦想总有一天会实现的。
解说:
a. ambitious a.有野心的;有抱负的
ambition n,野心;抱负
例:The ambitious politician wants to be president one day.
那名雄心勃勃的政治家希望有一天能当上总统。
Jane's lifelong ambition is to be a doctor.
简一生的抱负就是当医生。
b. come true (梦想,理想等)成真,实现
例:Sam's dream of visiting Europe【came true/was realized/materialized】this summer.
山姆到欧洲一游的梦想在今年夏天实现了。
*materialize vi.实现