Merry Christmas!
that has come true!
圣诞期间到这儿来是(我的)梦想,它终于实现了。
句中的to be here作主语,是动词不定式作主语。that引导的从句在句中作dream的定语。
【例】To help her is necessary. = It’s necessary to help her.
帮助她是必要的。
动词不定式在句中可以作主语,有时可以用it来作形式主语。To be here at Christmas time is a dream. = It’s a dream to be here at Christmas time.
2. Let’s help decorate the tree.
让我们一起来装饰这棵树吧!
decorate(V.)意为“装饰”。如:
Today is Tom’s birthday. They are decorating the sitting room.
今天是汤姆的生日,他们正在装饰客厅。
另外,let sb. do sth. 意思是“让某人做某事”,必须省去to的动词不定式;help (sb.) do sth. = help (sb.) to do sth. 意思是“帮助某人做某事”,可省略to,也可不省略to。如:
Let’s help carry some water for the old woman. Let Ted help her to carry the heavy box.
让我们来为这位老妇人挑些水吧。让泰德来帮她搬这个重箱子。
3. Then we circle them around the tree and you pass them back to me until we have put lights on the whole tree.
然后我们把这些绕到树上,你从后面传给我直到把灯都绕上去。
circle(V.) “环绕,绕圈子”。如:
The birds circled around in the air.
鸟在空中绕圈子。
circle (n.) “圆,圈子”。如:
Tom has a large circle of friends. They often draw a circle on the ground to play the game.
汤姆有一大群朋友,他们经常在地上画一个圆圈玩游戏。
4. Children put stockings at the end of their beds before they go to sleep.
在孩子们睡觉之前,他们在床头挂上一只长统袜。
at the end of…意思是“在……终点,在……末梢”,通常指地点;by the end of…意思是“到……底之前”,通常指时间;in the end 意思是“最后,终于”,相当于at last. 如:
By the end of this term, we’ve learnt one thousand English words. Yesterday, we went to buy some new English book. At the end of the Hongan street, there is a supermarket. But we couldn’t find any English book there. In the end we reached the corner of a book market and find what we wanted.
到这个学期底之前,我们已经学了一千多英语单词。我们去买些新英语书。在洪安街的尽头,有一家超级市场。但是在那儿我们找不到一本英语书,最终我们在一个书市的拐角找到了。
5. Some people even put up stockings for their pets as well.
有的人甚至也为他们的宠物挂上衣袜子。
1)pet (n.) 供玩赏的动物;受宠爱的人。如:
He keeps a cat as a pet. And she is the teacher’s pet.
他养了一只猫当作宠物。她是老师最宠爱的学生。
2)as well 意思是“也;又;同样地”,放在句末。
Are you going to do your brother’s washing as well?
你也为你兄弟洗衣服吗?
句中的as well相当于“too”。
I have nothing to do as well.
我也无事可做。句中的as well相当于“either”。注意:在表达“也”这一意思时,可以用as well, too, also, either. 但是,also一般用于较为正式的文体当中,它的位置一般靠近动词,放在行为动词的前面,位于连系动词be、情态动词或助动词的后面。either只能用于否定句,且必须放在句末。as well和too通常是放在句子的末尾,as well既可用于肯定句,也可用于否定句,而too只用于肯定句,且一般放在句末,用或不用逗号分开均可。但有时也可放在句中作插入语,前后都要用逗号分开。如:
On the hill there are also a lot of people.
在山上也有许多的人。
Jack hasn’t seen the film. I haven’t seen it, either.
杰克没有看过这部电影,我也没有看过。
He speaks English too.
他也讲英语。
Waste water, too, can be recycled.
废水也可以回收再用。
She sent me a letter and a present as well.
他给我寄来了一封信,还有一件礼物。
6. Father Christmas is very kind – hearted.
圣诞老人心肠非常好。
kind- hearted是复合形容词,它由“形容词 + 名词 + ed”构成,常用来描述人或物。如:
true – hearted 忠实的
cold – hearted 冷酷的
warm – hearted 热心肠的
black – haired 黑头发的
blue – eyed 蓝眼睛的
three – legged 三条腿的
7. Father Christmas is based on a real person in history.
圣诞老人源于历史上一个真实的人物。
be based on 意思是“以……为根据;以……为基础。”
real (adj. ) 常指“事实上存在的;不虚构的;具体的”;
true (adj.) 指的是“与事实相符的;抽象的”。如:
– His argument is based on facts. The story is about a real man.
他的辩论是以事实为根据的。这个故事是真人真事。
– Is it true you’re going to play it for your family?
你将为你的家人表演这个故事是真的吗?
– Yes, I’m looking for the true answer about that man’s name.
是的,我正在寻找关于那个人名字的正确答案。
– I don’t think John is his real name.
我认为约翰不是他的真名。
8. He didn’t know what to do.
他不知道做什么。
动词不定式和疑问代词who, what, which等,疑问副词when, where, how等连用,在句子中作主语、宾语、表语等句子成分。如:
Where to go is still a question.
到哪儿去仍然是个问题。(作主语)
I can’t decide which to buy.
我下不了决定到底买哪一个。(作宾语)
&nbs
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