文档介绍：Paragraph One
In these days, much of the profit of a business ___ sometimes the whole of its ess ___ depends on the use of the odds and ends. The odds and ends are various small things. They are left over when the main thing is produced. Yet they have a real value of their own.
Paragraph One
1. odds and ends: small articles, bits and pieces, of various sorts and usually of small value
.
I gave all our odds and ends to the babysitter.
What shall we do with all those odds and ends?
I’ll have some odds and ends to do this evening.
2. They are left over when the main thing is produced.
The sentence is in the passive voice.
leave over .
If you cannot eat them all, leave the dish over for tomorrow.
You’d better finish the job today, don’t leave it over.
How much money was left over, when you had bought everything you wanted?
Paragraph Two
All kinds of big businesses have their odds and
ends. In a big meat factory, for example, there are
countless odds and ends ___bones and hair, to
name only a few. The bones are made into glue;
the hair is made into rope. If these odds and ends
were to be looked down upon, it would mean a big
difference in the amount of the profit of the factory.
Paragraph Two
1. …to name only a few.: …just give you a few examples. .
What’s your name? My name is …
This university was named after him.
He said he couldn’e for the meeting and he named several reasons.
He was named in today’s newspaper.
He has been named for the vice president of the US.
Can you name all the plants in this garden?
2. If these odds and ends were to be looked down upon,…
look down upon / on .
She always looks down upon those e from the country.
The girl likes playing the piano, but she looks down upon the guitar.
We should help the poor, not look down upon them.
Paragraph Three
We students have our own odds and ends. Take time for instance. Every one of us has the same amount of it. Our ess or failure depends on the use of our time. But we use th