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1、67b7a593a9f6e378bae8b993c5eb55c0.docBookIIIUnit1IAmHome1.findone’swayinto:bebroughtto;getinto进入lComputershavefoundtheirwayintomillionsofhouseholds.计算机已进入了千家万户.lTheword‘boring’neverfindsitswayintomystudy.我学习从不感到厌倦.2.labor:n.(BrE:labour)1)[U]effortorwork,es
2、peciallytiringphysicalwork努力,劳动lBuildingroadsstillinvolvesmanuallabor.修路还需要体力劳动.2)[U]workers,especiallythosewhousetheirhands,consideredasagrouporclass工人;工人阶级llaborrelation劳资关系lThereisashortageofskilledlabor.缺少熟练工人alaborofloveisasetexpression,indicatingtha
3、taparticularactivity(e.g.gardeninginthegreenhouse,gatheringcattle,etc.)maybetroublesometootherpeople,butyoutakegreatcaretodotheworkproperlybecauseyoureallyenjoyit---hence,tothem,theworkisa‘laboroflove’.lForme,arrangingbooksontheshelfeverymorningisalaborof
4、love.对我来说,每天早晨把书架上的书摆整齐是件愉快的差事.Note:Pleasenotetheuseoftheindefinitearticle(不定冠词)‘a’beforetheword‘labor’.Generallyspeaking,anabstractnoun(抽象名词)suchaslaborisnotprecededby‘a’.Here,theuseof‘a’suggests‘akindof’.Comparethefollowingsentences:lThebeautyofthescene
5、fillsuswithenchantment.这里的美景使我们着迷.lThebeautyofamountainstreaminautumnpossessesanenchantmentthatisuniversal.秋天的山涧美景有一种谁都会为之着迷的魅力.3.asleep:adj.sleeping睡着的lHewasfast(adv.酣睡地)asleepwhenIenteredtheroom.Note:Theword‘asleep’isapredicativeadjective(表语性的形容词);thati
6、s,itcannotprecedethenounitmodifies.Forinstance,wesay‘sleepingbeauty(睡美人)’,not‘asleepbeauty’.Similaradjectivesthatbeginwiththeletter‘a’andcanbeusedaspredicativeadjectivesonlyare:afraid:Thechildisafraid.(Yes)Heisanafraidchild.(No)alive:Thefishisalive.(Yes)T
7、hisalivefishismine.(No)alone:Theboyisalonebyhimself.(Yes)Imetthealoneboyyesterday.(No)4.though:adv.=however(bothinmeaningandingrammaticalfunction)Itappearsinthemidorfinal,ratherthaninitialpositionofasentence.l‘Itisnotuseful.It’spretty,though,isn’tit?’“这东西
8、没什么用处.不过,这东西很好看,对吗?”767b7a593a9f6e378bae8b993c5eb55c0.docl‘Hesaidhewouldhelpme;hedidn’t,though.’“他说他会帮我的,可是他并没那样做.”5.diagnose:v.discoverthenatureofadiseaseorfaultbymakingacarefulexamination诊断(疾病);判断(问题)diagnosis:n.(