A man who never gave up

　　当他还是个孩子的时候，他总是问一些问题，试验一些新的想法。

　（1）always与进行时态连用，表示说话人厌烦、赞赏、不满、批评等情感，意为“总是……”。如：

　　The girl behind me is always talking in class.

　　坐在我后面的女生上课总是讲话。 （表示厌烦）

　　The PLA are always doing good deeds for the people.

　　人民解放军总是为人民做好事。 （表示赞赏）

　（2）try out 意为“试验；试用”。如：

　　The inventor is excited, and he is going to try out his new machine. His idea sounds fine, but we need to try it out in practice

　　这位发明家很兴奋，他要试一下他的新机器。他的主意听起来不错，但我们要在实践中试验一下。

　　2001年高考题例：We didn’t plan our art exhibition like that but it ________ very well.

　　A. worked out            B. tried out       C. went on       D. carried on

　答案：A

　6.  Most of the questions had nothing to do with his lessons.

　　多数问题都与他的功课无关。

　　have nothing to do with 意思是“与……无关“。如：

　　You stay in another city. This has nothing to do with your.

　　你在另一个城市。这跟你没有关系。

　　另外：

　　have something to do with　　与……有关

　　have much to do with　　　　 与……有很大关系

　　have a little to do with　　 与……有一点儿关系

　　have little to do with　　　 与……几乎没有关系

　　注意：此处的替换词都是不可数的，不能用many, a few，或few替换。疑问句中要用anything，如：

　— Did her speaking have anything to do with the question?

　— Yes, it did. What she said had something /much /a little(little) to do with our work.

　— 她的话与问题有关吗？

　— 是的，她的话和我们的工作有些关系/有很大关系/有一点儿关系(几乎没有关系)。

　7.  The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom any more.

　　老师再也不想教汤姆了。

　　not…any more 意思为“不再；再也不”相当于not…any longer，通常可用no longer代替，在句中作状语，表示动词或状态不再延续。如：

　　I can not wait any longer /any more. = I can no longer wait.

　　我再也不能等了。

　8.  He learnt very fast and became very interested in science.

　　他学得很快，对自然科学产生了浓厚的兴趣。

　　be (become )  interested  in …对……感兴趣。注意此处是interested，不是 interesting。

　　That girl is (becomes ) interested in singing and dancing. My brother feels drawing is interesting. They both have their own special likes and hobbies.

　　那女孩对唱歌跳舞感兴趣。我弟弟对画画感兴趣。他们都有自己的喜好。

　9. Edison saw a little boy playing on the railway tracks at a station.

　　爱迪生看见一个小男孩在车站的铁轨上玩。

　　see sb doing sth 看见某人正在做某事，表示某人的动作正在进行，用现在分词；see sb.do sth.看见某人做某时，表示某人的动作已结束，使用省略to的不定式。如：

　　A thief robbed Jim’s wallet last night. Mary saw a wallet lying on the ground after that. I said I saw the thief enter the shop twice that day.

　　昨晚，一个小偷抢了吉姆的钱包。之后，玛丽看见地上有个钱包。我说我曾看见那个小偷进了那家商店两次。

　10. The boy was too frightened to move. …The boy’s father was so thankful that he taught Edison how to send message by telegraph.

　　男孩吓坏了，动不了。……男孩的父亲非常感激他，就教爱迪生如何通过电报发送信息。

　（1） too…to…太……以致不能……

　　too 后只能接形容词或副词, too…to可以转换成so…that…。so+形容词/副词+that +从句 意思为：“如此；以致于”转换后的that从句应是否定句。如：

　　She is too young to do the job. = She is so young that she can’t do the job.

　　他太年青了，不能做这项工作。

　　The book is too difficult for me to read. = The book is so difficult that I can’t read.

　　这本书太难了，我看不懂。

　　I was so angry that I couldn’t speak. = I was too angry to speak.

　　我愤怒得说不出话来。

　　He spoke so fast that I could hardly follow him. = He spoke too fast for me to follow.

　　他讲得太快，我几乎听不懂他的话。

　　注意后一句中follow 后面不能再接him，因为:如果不定式动词与主语具有逻辑上的动宾关系，则不能再加宾语。

　（2）句型such(a/an)+形容词+名词+that从句,也可表示 “如此……以致于……”。such后面的名词可以是单数，复数或不可数。如：

　　This is such a good book that all of us like it very much. =

　　This is so good a book that all of us like it very much.

　　这是一本很好的书，所有的人都喜欢看。

　　She is such a good teacher that all of us love her. =

　　She is so good a teacher that all of us love her,

　　她是一位好老师，我们都爱她。

　注意：在such…that 句型中，当such后的名词有many, much, some, few, little several等词修饰时则需用so…that句式。如：

　　She has so few friends that she is always lonely.

　　她们很少有朋友，以致于总是寂寞的。

　　I’ve so many falls that I’m black and blue all over.

　　我摔了这么多跤，弄得全身青一块紫一块的。

　11. What do you want to do after you graduate from school?

　　你毕业后想做什么？

　　句中graduate 作动词，后接介词from，如：

　　I want to be a teacher after I graduate from school.

　　我毕业后想成为一位老师。

　12. Don’t you think his radio is too noisy?

　　难道你不认为他的收音机太吵了吗？

　　分析：这是一个否定疑问句，相当于“难道不……?”回答以事实为根据，事实是肯定