The man in asbestos语言点.ppt

★ to begin with(para.1) as the first of reason ; first of all 1. You are wrong about the facts?to?begin?with. 首先你把事实都没弄对。 2. It was fine?to?begin?with?and then It started?to?rain. 起初天气很好，后来才开始下雨。 3. I found it tiring?to?begin?with?but I soon got used?to?it. 刚开始时我觉得很累，不过很快就适应了。 Compare all these prepositions or prepositional phrases that may be used to express a reason. Because of 意为“由于，因为”，强调因果关系，在句中仅作状语，修饰句中的一部分，与其他成分不用逗号隔开。 Owing to 与because of 一样，也强调因果关系，除作状语外，也可作表语，做状语时修饰整个句子，可在句首或句末，用逗号隔开。 Due to 引出造成后果的原因，在句中作表语、状语和定语。作表语和状语时与owing to同义，作状语时，一般不与其他成分隔开。 On account of 与because of，owing to同义，但语气较为正式。可作状语、表语，不作定语。 It seemed unfair that other writers should be able at will to drop into a sleep of four or five hundred years, and to plunge head first into a distant future and be a witness of its marvels.（para.2） ★ at will 随意 You?are?free?to?leave?the?house?at?will. 你可随意离开屋子。 ★ drop into(para.2) a. go somewhere in passing b. throw … into c. fall into 1. In this weather the cliff face was a foggy drop into infinity. 在这种天气条件下，雾蒙蒙的悬崖隐入广漠无限之中。 2. Drop your cigarette ashes into the ashtray. 请把香烟灰弹在烟灰缸里。 3. The old men tend to drop into a doze. 老人往往爱打瞌睡。 drop asleep 入睡drop away 离开， 散去， 减少drop back 退后drop back into 恢复drop behind 落后， 落伍drop by 随便访问drop by drop 一滴一滴地 drop down 卧倒， 顺着向下移动drop in 顺便走访， 不预先通知的拜访drop in on 顺道拜访drop off 离开， 散去， 逐渐减少， 死去 drop on 训斥， 惩罚drop out 不参与， 离去， 放弃 ★ plunge into(para.2) a. to jump into sth, especially with force. b. to start doing sth in an enthusiastic. way,especially without thingking carefully about what you are doing. 1. The?boy?takes?off?his?clothes?and?plunge? into the?swimming?pool. 男孩脱下衣服，跳入游泳池 2. The students plunged into their examinations. 学生们投入到他们的考试中。 It seemed unfair that other writers should be able at will to drop into a sleep of four or five hundred years, and to plunge headfirst into a distant future and be a witness of its marvels.（para.2） To go to right into the dist