重点词汇词组:
Harry1 learned2 that there were seven hundred ways of committing a Quidditch foul and that all of them had happened during a World Cup match in 1473; that Seekers were usually the smallest and fastest players, and that most serious Quidditch accidents seemed to happen to them; that although people rarely died playing Quidditch3, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert4.
长难句分析
解:1主语+2谓语+3让步状语从句+4宾语从句
析:宾语从句:that there were…and that all of them…that Seekers were…and that most serious…that although people…in the Sahara Desert
本句总共有5个并列的that引导的宾语从句,在此情况下,第一个从句的引导词that一般可以省略,后面的that不可省略。此外,宾语从句一般不省略that的情况还有:①有间接宾语时;②在“it(形式宾语)+补语”之后时;③that位于句首时等。
1.get through 完成;处理
例:There's a lot to get through.
有很多事要处理呢。
常见搭配:
①get in/get into sth. 当选;被录取
例:He wanted to go to Cambridge, but he didn't get in.
他想上剑桥大学,但没被录取。
②get back to sth. 继续(做……)
例:Anyway, I'd better get back to work.
不管怎么说,我最好还是继续工作吧。
③get sth. across 使被理解;使被传达
例:This is the message that we want to get across to the public.
这就是我们想传达给公众的信息。
2.turn up 出现;露面
例:He's still hoping something will turn up.
他仍然在希望会有机会出现。
常见搭配:
①turn out 最终发现
例:It turns out that she had known him when they were children.
结果发现,她和他从小就认识。
②turn sth./sb. down 拒绝
例:He turned down the job because it involved too much travelling.
他拒绝了这份工作,因为出差太频繁了。
相关俚语:
①turn the corner 好转;渡过难关
例:After nine months of poor sales we've finally turned the corner.
经历了9个月的滞销后,我们的境况终于有了好转。
②turn the other cheek 不予还击;容忍
例:Neither nation is renowned for turning the other cheek.
两个国家从来都不是打不还手的。
3.save sb. from sth 把某人从……救起;拯救……免于
例:We need to save a rare species from extinction.
我们需要拯救珍稀物种免于灭绝。
常见搭配:
①save on sth. 节省,节约
例:It was a warm winter, so we saved on electricity.
那是一个暖冬,因此我们省了不少电。
②save (sth.) up 储蓄,存(钱)
例:She's saving up for a new bike.
她正在存钱,想买一辆新自行车。
相关俚语:save the day 转危为安
例:The team seemed to be heading for disaster until a late goal saved the day.
这支球队似乎就要陷入绝境,直到后来凭借一颗进球才扭转败局。
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