文档介绍：Lesson1
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the national push for Asian literacy in Australia【Prep. Adverbial】, there has been foreign languages fervor in China【there be】, with English on top of the list.【absolute construction】
Translation:就如澳大利亚在全国推行学习亚洲语言一样,中国也掀起一股外语热,在这股热潮中英语首当其冲。
(1)"with" absolute construction:
with +n. + prep. phrase
eg. The man entered the room, with a book in has hand.
wth +n. + infinitive
eg. With Li Ping to help us, I'm sure we can finish our task.
with +n.+ past participle
eg. With his homework done, the boy ran out for a swim.
with+n. + present participle
eg. With the boy leading the way, we had no difficulty in finding your home.
with+n. + adj./adv
eg. They were listening to the teacher with their eyes wide open.
With her mother away from home, she felt lonely.
2.… adult English learners would sacrifice the weekend at an English corner in a public park practicing their spoken English with people of the same interest and determination.【post attribute】
(1)practicing做伴随状语
eg: He wrot to us, saying that he was studying abroad.
(2)of the same interest and determination 介词短语作后置定语,可转化成相应的定语从句: people who have the same interest and...
3. Is English such a difficult language that it really demands people to invest a large amount of timeand energy before it is mastered?
(1)" such...that" adverbial clause of result.
Eg. + a(n) + adj.+ n.
such + adj.+ uncountable n. that...
+ adj. + plural n.
It is such a lovely day that everyone is feeling happy and gay.
注: 当such 放在句首时,主句要用部分倒装。
(2)"before" adverbial clause of time.
a. conj. 强调从句动作发生在主句之前,意为“不等......就......”
eg. Before I could get in a word, he had measured me.
b. 在" It +be +时间段+before从句"中, 意为“......之后才......”
eg. It will be ten years before we can meet again.
"It +be+ 否定形式+long+ before 从句"中,意为“......不久就......”
eg. It was not long he told me me about it.
d. 在特定的情景中,意为“趁着......”
eg. I must write it down before I forget it.
(3) Translation:英语真