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　　2）continue有“延伸”的意思，相当于“go farther”

　　The desert continued as far as the eye could reach．沙漠一望无际。

　　3）continue有“持续”之意，常和last互换。

　　The story is to be continued in the next issue．这个故事在下期连载。

8.The government has started a new school project in which Inuit teach their own young children．政府已经开始实施一项新的办学计划，使因纽特人能教授自己的后代。

　　1.start vt．其后面可跟名词、代词、不定式和动名词作宾语，并且意义各不相同：

　　1)开始

　　We have started a new experiment．我们已经开始了一项新的实验。

　　2)开办

　　He is collecting money to start a special school．他正在筹集资金开办一所特别学校。

　　3)使……开始，使……发动

　　Because of the cold weather, we couldn’t start the car this morning．由于天气寒冷，今天早上我们发动不了汽车

　　2.start vi．

　　1)表示“起程，开始旅行”

　　We started for London at 6 o’clock．我们六点钟出发去伦敦。

　　2)表示“开始工作，开始起作用，开始运转”

　　The bus won’t start．汽车发动不起来。

　　3.start后常加不定式或动名词表示“开始做某事”，即start to do或start doing，一般情况下可以互换，但下列情形中，往往选择其中之一。

　　1)当我们谈论一项长期的习惯性的活动时，用动名词,如：

　　How old were you when you first started playing the piano? 你最初弹钢琴的时候有多大？比较

　　She sat down at the piano and started to play/playing the piano．她在钢琴前坐下开始弹了    起来。

　　2)在start本身为进行时态的时候，不使用动名词。

　　I’m starting to cook the dinner．我正要开始煮饭。

　　3）以上用法也适合于用begin表“开始”。

　　注意：在一些习惯用法上，start和begin的搭配不同：

　　Come along, everybody. Let’s start work at once．

　　Come along, everybody. Let’s begin to work at once．

　　伙计们让我们立即干起来吧

　　Today we start from page 15．

　　Today we begin at page 15．

　　今天我们从第 15页开始。

9．So, it is hoped that the way of Inuit life will be kept alive for many mare centuries. 这样，人们希望因纽特的人的生活方式保存更多的世纪。

　　l）It is hoed that…就相当于People hope that…“人们希望……”这样一个句型，像这样的句型还有：

　　It is said that…“据说，人们说”

　　It is reported that…“据报道，有报道说”

　　It is announced that…“据公布，据报道”

　　It is suggested that…“据建议，有人建议”例如：

　　It is said that he is writing a new novel. Or: People say that he is writing a new novel.据说他正在写一部新小说。

　　It is reported that a fire broke out in that village．据报道那个村庄发生了一场火灾。

　　It is suggested that the sports meet should be put off to next Friday．有人建议把运动会改在下星期五开。

　　2）keep…alive使……活着，使……继续保持下去。keep为使动词，意为“使……怎么样”后面可跟形容词、分词及介词短语作宾语补足语，如：

　　I’m sorry to keep you standing like that．对不起，让你就这么站着。

　　Please keep the door open．请不要关门。

　　Keep him away from the wet paint．不要让他靠近未干的油漆。

　　3）alive adj.常作表语或后置定语，意思是“活着的，存在的，在世上的”，如：

　　They are the happiest children alive．他们是当代最幸福的孩子们。

　　An enemy officer was caught alive．一名敌军官被活捉。

　　After that war, all his fellows died, and only he was alive.那场战争后，他的同伴都死了，惟独他还活着。

10.settle v.??

　　1)定居，安家落户

　　After years of travel, we decided to settle here.?

　　He settled in the country after his retirement.?

　　2)在某处停歇或停留一时

　　The bird settled on a branch.?

　　Clouds have settled over the mountain tops.?

　　3)使……平静，镇静，放松?

　　Wait until all the excitement has settled.?

　　He had been quite anxious, but I managed to settle his mind.?

　　4)解决，处理，安排好?

　　Nothing is settled yet.?

　　We've settled that we will leave next week.?

11.refer v.?

　　1)提到，说到，涉及到

　　When I said some people were stupid, I wasn't referring to you.?

　　Don't refer to this matter again, please.?

　　2)与……有关，关系到……?

　　What I have to say refers to all of you.?

　　3)查询，查找?

　　If you don't know what this means, please refer to a dictionary.?

　　I referred to my watch for the exact time.?

12.freeze v.??

　　1)结冰，凝固?

　　Water freezes at 0℃.?

　　The government decided to freeze prices for six months.

　　2)指天气，冷得使水结成冰，严寒?

　　Don't go out in such freezing weather.?

　　It may freeze tonight, so make sure the plants are covered.?

　　3)能冷冻储藏，冷藏?

　　Some fruits don't freeze well at all.?

　　He bought a packet of frozen peas for the girl.?

　　13.struggle against与struggle for

　　struggle against 和……斗争，相当于fight against。

　　struggle for 为……而斗争， 相当于fight for。

　　1）The revolutionaries struggle________ the freedom of all people.?

　　A. for   B. with? C. against   D. to

　　答案：A?

　　2）They struggled________ the strong wind and finally reached the village.?

　　A. for    B. with?  C. against     D .to

　　答案：C

语法---主谓一致

　　1．主语在形式上是复数, 而谓语动词则用单数。

　　1) 表时间、重量、长度、距离等的名词, 尽管是复数形式, 但通常看作一个整体, 谓语动词用单数。

　　Two hours is not enough for the work.两小时对于这工作是不够的。

　　2) 以-ics 结尾表示学科名称的名词作主语时, 谓语动词用单数。

　　 Mathematics is my favourite subject．数学是我最喜欢的科目。

　　3) 书名、国名、组织机构等专有名词作主语, 谓语动词用单数。

　　 The United Nations was founded in 1945．联合国成立于1945年。

　　4) 有些用来表示由两个相同部分连成一体的复数名词, 如shoes, trousers等作主语时, 若前面有“一双”、“一条”之类的词时, 谓语动词用单数, 否则用复数。

　　 A pair of shoes is under the bed．床下有一双鞋。

　　My trousers are worn out．我的裤子穿破了。

　　2．主语在形式上是单数, 而谓语动词则用复数。

　　1) 有些集体名词, 如 police, people, cattle, 等, 形式上是单数, 但谓语动词要用复数。

　　Traffic police are always very busy．交警总是很忙。

　　2) 有些形容词加上“the”, 表示一类人, 此时谓语动词要用复数。