作者:丁德田
一、give up doing sth. 停止做某事
【考点说明】 句中doing something为动名词短语作宾语。如:
You should give up smoking because it is harmful to your health.
你应该戒烟,它对你的身体有害。
Has she given up drinking?
她戒酒了吗?
【知识串联】 同义短语stop doing sth., 如:
The teacher asked the students to stop talking.
老师让学生停止讲话。
二、so ... that ... 如此......以致......
【考点说明】that引导结果状语从句,so后面应接形容词或副词原级。如:
She is so clever that I admire her very much.
她如此聪明,让我很羡慕。
He ran so fast that I couldn't catch up with him.
他跑得如此之快以致于我赶不上他。
【知识串联】 such ... that ... 如此......以致......,that也引导结果状语从句,such用来修饰名词。如:
It is such a beautiful flower that I like it very much.
这是一朵如此美丽的花以致于我很喜欢它。
It was such fine weather that we decided to go skating.
天气真好,我们决定去溜冰。
三、too ... to ... 太......而不能......
【考点说明】该句型引导结果状语,too与to中间应接形容词、副词原级,含有否定意味。如:
At the sight of the dog, she was too frightened to move.
一看见这条狗,她吓得不敢动了。
【知识串联】该句型可转换成be not ... enough to ... 或so ... that ... 句型的否定式。如:
He is too young to go to school. = He is so young that he can't go to school.= He isn't old enough to go to school.
他太小了,不能去上学。
四、think a lot / much of 对......评价高,看重
【考点说明】 该句型为对某人/物的良好评价用语,of后面接名词、代词、动名词等。如:
He thinks a lot / much of her progress in English study.
他对她在英语学习上所取得的进步评价很高。
She thinks a lot / much of his invention.
她很看重他的发明。
【知识串联】 think of考虑,想起。如:
She thinks more of her students than of herself.
她关心学生胜过关心自己。
I can't think of his name at the moment.
我一时想不起他的名字。