Reward for virtue

【課文】

My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which wereforbidden. The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate; and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!

【課文翻譯】

我的朋友休一直很胖，但是近來情況變得越發(fā)糟糕，以致他決定節(jié)食。他是一星期前開始節(jié)食的。首先，他開列了一張長長的單子，上面列了所有禁吃的食物。這張單子上的大多數(shù)食物都是休喜歡吃的：黃油、土豆、米飯、啤酒、牛奶、巧克力和糖果。昨天我去看望了他。我按響了門鈴，當看到休仍和往常一樣胖時，我并不感到驚奇。他把我領進屋，慌忙把一個大包藏到了桌子下面。顯然他感到很尷尬。當我問他正干什么時，他內疚地笑了，然后把那個大包拿到了桌上。他解釋說，他的飲食控制得太嚴格了，以致不得不偶爾獎賞自己一下。接著他給我看了包里的東西。里面裝了5大塊巧克力和3袋糖果!

【生詞匯總】

reward n. 報償

virtue n. 美德

diet n. 節(jié)食

forbid v. 禁止

hurriedly adv. 匆忙地

embarrass v. 使尷尬

guiltily adv. 內疚地

strict adj. 嚴格的

reward v. 給獎賞

occasionally adv. 偶爾地

【短語匯總】

go on a diet節(jié)食減肥

pay a visit拜訪

first of all首先

write out寫出

【知識點講解】

1，so that與so……that的區(qū)別( things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet)

連在一起的so that是目的狀語從句的連接詞之一，意思和in order that 完全一致，都表示“以便于……”“為了能夠……”

例：I keep on a diet so that I can be slim again.我節(jié)食減肥目的是能夠重新苗條起來。

分開來的so that可以看作是too…to句型的反義，表示“太……以至于……”

例：It is so hot that I have to stay at home all day long.天氣太熱了，以至于我一天都得呆在家里面。

2，定語從句連接詞的省略(The list included most of the things Hugh loves)

定語從句的連接詞包括:that,which,who,where,when,why,whose等，可以省略的有且僅有that一詞，而且是有條件的——當它后面的那個從句成分上缺失賓語的時候才可以將其省略。

例：this is the cellphone that you gave me last year.可以省略為：this is the cellphone you gave me last year.后面的句子中，gave無賓語，即給的內容。

3，surprise用法匯總(I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever)

首先，作名詞的時候surprise重點記憶to one's surprise這樣一個短語，意思是“令人驚訝的是”。

作動詞，surprise是及物動詞，意思是讓某人驚訝。

最重要的是surprise做形容詞用，要進行兩個變形：surprising和surprised，ing形式的形容詞意思統(tǒng)一是“令人覺得很驚訝”，而后面的過去分詞形式的形容詞意思是“感覺到很驚訝”。如：The news i surprising, and I am surprised.

4, as……as句型用法匯總( Hugh was still as fat as ever)

首先，as……as中間插入形容詞副詞時表示和什么一樣的意思，如：she is as diligent as you.她和你一樣勤奮。

其次，as……as possible\you can的意思是“盡可能的……”。如：run as quickly as you can盡可能的跑快一點。

最后，as soon as是一個獨立的短語，意思是“一……就……”，如：I arrived home as soon as it started to rain.天一開始下雨我就到家了。

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