新视野大学英语读写教程第三版第1册Unit2sectionAAchild'sclutterawaitsanadult'sreturn儿时百宝箱老大归家梦1Achild’sclutterawaitsanadult’sreturn(Title)Meaningbeyondwords:Herethewordclutterreferstothemanysmallpersonalitemscollectedbychildreninthecourseoftheirgrowingup
Allthesethingsareimportantanddearmemoriestothem
Nomatterwheretheyareorhowfarawaytheyarefromhome,theclutterremainsabondbetweenthemandthefamily,representingahappychildhood
Usagenote:await,wait这两个词都是动词,都有“等候;期待”之意,但用法却有所不同:1await是及物动词,后面直接跟宾语,用法比较正式;wait一般用作不及物动词,常与for,till,until等词连用
2一般来说,await的宾语大多为抽象名词,如decision,reply,arrival,return,announcement等;而waitfor的宾语一般是人或事物
例如:Theywereawaitingthebirthoftheirfirstchild
他们在等待着他们第一个孩子的降生
He’sawaitingtrial,whichisexpectedtobeginnextmonth
他在等候审判,预计下个月开始
Ihavebeenwaitingforherforanhouratthebusstop
我已经在公共汽车站等了她一个