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* Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark. (Reading) 他过去惹了许多麻烦 He used to cause a lot of trouble. 然而，几年前他的父亲去世后，马丁的生 活变得更难了。 【析】death (n.) 死，死亡 【译】However, after his father’s death a few years ago, Martin’s life became much more difficult. 【练】他的死终于泰山。 His death was heavier than Mount Tai. ◆辨析◆ dead (adj.) 死亡的；无生命的，作表语或者定语 【译】他在花园里发现一只死鸟。 He found a dead bird in the garden. die(vi.) 死；死亡，作谓语，现在分词： 【译】20多人在那场交通事故中死亡。 More than 20 men died in that accident. dying 注意：die是非延续性动词，与时间段连用时，需要转化成 be dead 【译】她的爷爷去年去世了。 距今为止他已经离开10个月了。 Her grandpa died last year. So far he has been dead for ten months. 2. 他妈妈负担不起她孩子的教育费用。 【析】afford(vt.)承担起……的费用 常与can，could，be able to连用 多用于否定，疑问句中，后+n. / pron. / to do 【译】 His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her child’s education. 【练】王先生买得起一辆小汽车。 Mr Wang can afford to buy a car. = My Wang can afford a car. 【析】pay for 交付；付钱；为……而付款 【译】如果你丢了那本书，你必须赔偿。 If you lose the book, you must pay for it. 付现金 pay cash 3. 他妈妈尽可能地照顾好他。 【析】as ... as one can “尽可能……”， 相当于as ... as possible 【译】His mother looked after him as well as she could. 【练】我将尽可能帮你。 I’ll help you as much as I can. = I’ll help you as much as possible. 3. 他妈妈尽可能地照顾好他。 【析】as well as “和……一样好”， 【练】他的英语和我说得一样好。 He speaks English as well as I do. 【拓】as well as作连词，表示“又，也”。 用来连接两个相同的成分， The girl is tall as well as beautiful. 注意：当它连接并列成分做主语时，谓语动词 与其前面的名词或代词在人称和数上一致。 Your mother as well as your grandparents is going to take you to Beijing. 4. 很不幸，马丁仍然为他自己和他的家人惹来麻烦。 【析】unfortunately (adv.) 不幸地 = unluckily 反义词：fortunately = luckily 【析】cause (v.) 引起；造成；使发生；导致 【译】Unfortunately，Martin still caused prob