【课程笔记】
91.Kayaking
Kayaking 美国西部 使用的 印第安土语 只可以容纳一个人
canoe 独木舟,轻舟 美国东部部 (又长又窄) 前后各一人
kayak 可以做动词
例句: let’s kayak
1.If you are a little adventurous, like water sports, and enjoy being around nature, then kayaking is definitely for you.
adventurous adj. 爱冒险的 adventure n.冒险
例句:The adventurous boys climbed the mountains alone. timid
多个动词 之间 必须 用 and 连接
Enjoy + doing → like /love + doing /to do
Nature 表示自然的时候 不可以+ 冠词
2.Floating, drifting and speeding down rivers is all part of kayaking.
Floating 漂浮
drifting 飘荡
speeding v. 冲 快速行进 → 开车时 v. 超速
speeding ticket → 此处 speeding 为 adj. 且 ticket = fine (n. 罚款)
all → completely
由于把 floating, drifting and speeding 当做 单数概念 后接 is 而不是 are
3.What better way is there to spend a boiling hot summer day ?
What better way is there + to do sth Then to do… 还有什么更好的方式能够比的上 (通过)做…….去做…
boiling hot →boiling adv. 快沸腾地热 → 酷热地
freezing cold → freezing adv. 冷得快冻住 → 透骨奇寒
Hopping mad → hopping adv. 生气的跳脚 → 怒不可遏
4.And if you think it is dangerous, you're dead wrong.
dead wrong → dead adv. 完全错了→ 大错特错 → completely wrong
例句: his aim is dead accurate (精准的)
5.It's so safe, you don't even need to know how to swim!
so …that… 如此 以至于
6.Everyone wears a life jacket while kayaking.
while 后省略 he is
7.So, you see, it's not a sport for the brave only.
① The brave →② brave people
① The +adj. →② adj. +people (若用 第二种 前不可以+the)
8.Kayaking may look difficult but it's really very easy.
词句亦可以转换为 :Kayaking may look difficult but in reality it's very easy.
In reality 事实上
例句 :Sam looks fat, but in reality he is very strong.
9.Sea kayaking can be learned in 5 minutes! However, it takes about two days to learn river kayaking.
Can be learned in doing / 时间 可在 …之中 习得
It takes + 时间 + to do 做….花费….的时间
10.And for an estimated US$1, 500, you'll be able to own all the proper equipment, including the kayak.
equipment → u n. → a piece of equipment → a lot of / some equipment
for an estimated 据估计
own 拥有
proper 适当的. 该有的
11.It's not cheap, but good things seldom are.
good things are seldom cheap → good things seldom are.
主系表 结构中 省略 adj. 时候 副词提前 置be动词之前