Unnit1 Making a difference 重难点解析教案一、重难点解析1
It takes a very unusual mind to understand analysis of the obvious
分析明显存在的事物需要非凡的头脑
(There did not seem) much point in working on my PhD --- I did not expect to survive that long
取得博士学位对我来说似乎没有什么意义了,我没有期望活那么久
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) 指"博士学位"
1)There is no point in doing sth
表示"做某事没有作用或没有意义"
例如:There is no point in arguing further
继续争辩下去没有意义了
There’s very little point in protesting
It won’t help much
抗议没有什么用,于事无补
2)that 在此处作副词,意为"那么",可以修饰形容词
this 也有类似的用法
例如:I didn’t expect he was that rude
我没料到他会那么粗鲁
Please cut my hair about this much
请把我的头发剪掉这么长
Yet two years had gone by and I was not that much worse
但两年过去了,我的情况却没有那么恶化
go by 意思是"(时间)过去"
例如:Time went by so quickly
We are already at the end of our summer holiday
时间过得真快,转眼我们就要过完暑假了