Unit 4 Astronomy-Language points[课件].pptVIP

12. …the earth may become too hot to live on. 地球可能会因此变得太热而不适合生物的生存。 有关too的一些用法 too作 “太” 讲。 There is too much water.水太多了。 This shirt is too large for me. 这衬衫我穿起来太大。 The problem is rather too hard for me. 这个问题对我来说太难了。 2) 当“too ＋adj.(形容词)＋inf.(动词不定式)”时, 有两种不同的意义, 一种为“太……以至(不)……”, 在翻译时要加上一个否定词;另一种是“太……”, 语意肯定, 但too后的形容词常用ready, heavy, beautiful等。 The question is too hard to understand.问题太难, 理解不了。 He is too proud to see his own shortcomings. 他太骄傲了以至于看不到自己的缺点。 You are too ready to find fault with others. 你太爱挑别人的毛病了。 3) 当“only/all/not/but＋too ＋adj. (形容词) ＋ inf. (动词不定式)”时, 后面的动词不定式在翻译时不必加否定词。only等与too连用等于very (非常)。 I shall be only too pleased to hear from you further. 我非常欢迎你再来信。 They are but too glad to do so. 他们非常喜欢这么做。 We are only too pleased to work together with the workers. 我们和工人们一起劳动, 非常高兴。 4) 在“cannot／can never...too”结构中，应理解为“无论怎样……也不会过分”。 You cannot praise him too highly. 你无论怎样表扬他也不过分。 We cannot be too careful in doing experiments. 我们做实验无论怎样小心也不过分。 You can never be too careful of your health. 你越注意健康越好。 ---- Are you going to the football game? ---- No. The tickets are __ expensive for me. A. very much B. far too C. highly D. so much 解析: too+形容词+for sb. 表示 “太……”, far 可置于too前表示 程度。 B 13. …whether life will continue on the earth for millions of years to come will depend on whether this problem can be solved. 在未来的千百万年中, 生命能否在地球一延续将取决于这个问题能否得到解决。 depend vi. 相信, 信赖;依靠, 依赖 (尤指钱); 视……而定 ① You can depend on John — he is always on time. 你可以相信约翰, 他总是很准时。 相关短语： believe sb. 相信某人（所说的话） believe in sb. 信任/信赖某人 trust (in) sb. 相信/信任/信赖某人 depend on c