《创新大学英语·综合教程·2册》教学课件CX_B2_U7_SENTENCE.pptVIP

Sentence Study With the hectic pace of many families’ lives and with more women working full time, even health-conscious parents are finding it easy to tolerate less than desirable eating habits. (L.1) Because the pace of many families’ lives is faster than ever and more women take full time jobs, even parents who care about health are finding they tolerate eating habits which are not really good enough. “with more women working”由“with + 复合结构”构成，复合结构作介词with的复合宾语，复合宾语中第一部分宾语由名词或代词充当，第二部分补足语由形容词、副词、介词短语、动词不定式、现在分词或过去分词充当，结构方式如下： (1) with + n./pron. + adj. e.g. She came into the room, with her nose red because of the cold. (with 结构作伴随状语) (2) with + n./pron. + adv. e.g. With the meal over, we all went home. (with结构作 时间状语) (3) with + n./pron. + prep. phrase e.g. The master was walking up and down with the ruler under his arm. (with 结构作伴随状语) (4) with + n./pron. + infinitive e.g. With the boy to lead the way, we will find the house easily tomorrow. (with 结构作伴随状语） (5) with + n./pron. + participle e.g. She fell asleep with the light burning. (with 结构作伴随 状语) 英语中有些及物动词，除有一个宾语外，还要有一个宾语补足语（补充说明宾语的特征或发出的动作等）才能使句子的意思完整，这类动词主要包括：call，consider，feel，find，hear，have，let，make，think等。充当宾语补足语的成分通常有名词、形容词、副词、介词短语、不定式、分词等。 “health-conscious”为复合形容词，修饰“parents”，相当于定语从句“(parents) who are more conscious about health”。使用复合词使句子更加简洁。类似的词还有waterproof（防水的），ice-cold（冰冷的），duty-free（免税的）等。 A lot of parents don’t want to struggle with the issues so they give up, letting kids make their own choices. (L.4) Many parents don’t want to argue with their children on the issues of eating habits, so they give up and let their children make decisions by themselves. “letting kids make their own choices”为现在分词短语作状语。现在分词常常在句子中作状语，可以表示时间、条件、伴随、原因、让步、结果等，如： e.g. Rushing out of the building, he was knocked down by a car. （时间） I got home, feeling very tired. （伴随） Not knowing her address, we couldn’t get in touch with her. （原因） Working this way, the cost will be reduced. （条件） Additionally, research