Unit 3 ---Language points • 1. have … in common 与…有共同之处 We just had nothing in common and I couldn’t communicate with his dull business friends. have ______ in common; have ______ in common; have __________ in common; have __________ in commonlittlea lotsomethingone thing • 2. in one’s opinion 据 ( 某人 ) 看来 =in the opinion of sb. In our opinion, this answer is right. *opinion 在这里不可数 • 3. a calculating machine 计算器 calculating 是定语 , 相当于形容词 ,修饰 machine, 表示 machine 的用途 ; 类似的例子还有 : a walking stick 拐杖 a fishing pole 钓鱼竿 a swimming pool 游泳池 a reading room 阅览室 • 5. I Follow instructions from cards with holes. 我执行穿孔卡的命令。• follow instructions 执行命令• follow • *You should follow what your father has told you just now. *The duckling follows its mother everywhere. *What? I can’t quite follow you.跟随；明白；懂得；遵循cards with holes 穿孔卡 ,with holes 是定语，修饰 cards, 表示伴随的情况，意为“有着…的”； *I painted a girl with a pigtail. *I like the lamp with green shade. • 6. be made to do sth. 被驱使去做… People who won’t work should be made to work. We were made to work all night.• make…do … 使…做… You may take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink.• 7. As the years have gone by, I have been made smaller and smaller. as 此处引导时间状语从句，意为“随着…” ;*This thought grew________________.*We get wiser_____________.as the days passedas we get older • 8. so/such… that… 如此…以致…• We started ___early that we caught the early bus.• He made ____ progress that he caught up with the other classmates soon• He made ___ much progress that he caught up with the other classmates soon.• He made ___ lit...
