21世纪大学英语第一册第二单元笔记 Conversational Ballgames

Unit Two — Text A

她躺着沉思了一会儿。

The film managed to distract me from these problems for a while. 这部影片分散了我的注意力，让我暂时忘记了这些难题。 She sat stunned for a while, until she recovered. 她一时昏迷，坐下呆了一会儿才醒过来。

2. to the point where—to the extent that e.g. I studied Japanese to the point where I became a fluent speaker. I could not fall asleep unless I exercised to the point of exhaustion. to the point: 切题, 切中要害 e.g. She hates him to the point of not talking to him.

她讨厌他到不和他讲话的程度。

Noise is coming to the point where we can't put up with it. 噪音快到我们无法忍受的地步。

The speaker came to the point straight away. 讲演者直述要点。

They argued to the point of fighting with each other. 他们争吵到打架的程度。

He didn't say anything to the point. 他没有说出什么很中肯的东西。

To regret one's errors to the point of not repeating them is true repentance. 对自己的错误后悔到不致重犯的程度是真正的后悔。 I'm in a hurry, so come to the point. 我赶时间，直截了当说出来吧。 Let's get to the point. 让我们言归正传。

3. just as…, so…--sth. happens in the same way as another e.g. Just as the French love their wine, so the English love their beer.

Just as Christmas is an important holiday for westerners, so is the Chinese New Year to the Chinese. Just as every coin has two sides, … is no exception.

4. “agree” 的用法 【语法用法】

① agree指“承认”时，后可接that从句。

I agree that the book is well worth reading. ② 不定式前通常加agree而不是accept。

I agreed to meet them here. 不用accept to do。 ③ agree接不同介词表示不同意思：agree with指“同意”，后面接“人”或者“意见”。

I agree with you.

I agree with what you say.

I’m afraid I can’t agree with you on this point. agree to指“同意于”，后面接意为“提议”，“办法”，“计划”等的词。 I agree to the proposal / arrangement. I hope they would agree to our terms.

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agree on/upon指“(双方)决定”。 They agree on/upon these terms.

The two sides agreed on the price of the land. ④ agreed指“互相同意的”，作为不及物动词的过去分词时，可作形容词，后可接that从句。 We are agreed that the meeting must be held not later than 8 August. ⑤ agree也可作为及物动词的过去分词。

We met at an agreed place at an agreed time.

5. knock down: 击倒, 撞倒, 拆除

e.g. (Having been) Knocked down by a car, he spent a week in the hospital.

被车子撞倒后，他在医院里度过了一星期。

He knocked down his opponent with a powerful left. 他一记有力的左手拳将对手击倒。

His hapless lover was knocked down by a car. 他那不幸的恋人被汽车撞倒了。

These old houses are going to be knocked down. 这些旧房子将予拆除。

I managed to knock his price/him down (from 500 to 450). 我设法压了他的价(从500英镑减到450英镑).

The painting was knocked down (to an American dealer) for 5000. 那幅画拍卖时以5000英镑售出(给一个美国商人).

He knocked his opponent down three times in the first round. 在第一回合中他把对手击倒了三次。 She was knocked down by a bus. 她被公共汽车撞倒了。

6. no wonder: used to express sth. is fully anticipated难怪, 怪不得 e.g. It is no wonder (that) he'll sign the contract tomorrow.

他明天签约是不足为怪的。

No wonder people say that computers are taking over the world. 难怪有人说电子计算机正渐渐接管世界。

No wonder the firm makes a loss; the office is terribly overstaffed. 难怪公司亏损，办公室严重超编。

No wonder you are licking your chops, there's pork for dinner. 怪不得你们在舐着嘴唇，原来晚餐有肉。 No wonder you were late! 难怪你来晚了！

7. fall apart: break; fall to pieces; end in failure

e.g. I slipped on the floor and the glass in my hand fell apart. Lisa did what she could to keep the marriage from falling apart.

8. get sth. going: start doing sth.; make sth. begin to operate

e.g. We’ve spent too much time discussing; now let’s get the program going. Put two quarters in the slot, and you can get the washing machine going.

9. take one’s turn: take an opportunity or a duty to do sth.

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e.g. The team members each take a turn to speak, and then remain silent until their turn comes round again. After my colleagues I also took my turn to greet our new boss. If people take turns to do something, they do it one after another.

10. refer to: vt. 涉及, 指的是, 提作, 参考, 适用于 e.g. Don't refer to this matter again, please.

请不要再提这件事了。

For further particulars, please refer to Chapter Ten. 详情请看第10章。

The new law does not refer to land used for farming. 这条新的法律不适用于农用土地。

For net meeting instructions refer to Microsoft's documentation or online help. 关于NetMeeting指南，可参考Microsoft文档或在线帮助。

It can also refer to a conflict or disagreement, often involving violence. 这个词还可指冲突或不和，常涉及暴力行动。

11. now that: as a result of the fact; since

e.g. She is much more mobile now that she has a car.

她现在出去方便多了，她有了一辆汽车。

Now that you are a college student, you should learn to be independent of your parents' help. 既然你已是个大学生了，就应当学着独立，不靠父母的帮助。 Now that you are grown up, you should not rely on your parents. 既然你长大了，就不应该依靠你的父母。

Now that I'm 90, I find the exertions of travelling too great. 我已经年届90, 出远门已力不从心。

Now that I've paid the tax demand and the children's school fees, I'll be head-over-heels in debt for the next six months.

由于我已缴了应纳的税和孩子们的学杂费，在以后的6个月中我将债台高筑。 Now that she has a job in France she can gratify her desire to see Europe. 既然现在她在法国工作，那就可以满足她游览欧洲的愿望了。 Now that prices are rising so fast, all my money is draining away. 由于价格上涨太快，我的钱都快花光了。

Now that I am free, I can enjoy music for a while. 既然有空，我可以享受一下音乐。

III. Grammar Focus

1．Whoever, whatever, wherever, etc. can be used as conjunctions in the same way as the expressions no matter who, no matter what, no matter where, and so on. They are used to join two clauses e.g. Please let us know no matter where you go. → wherever you go

Life goes on no matter how upset you are → however upset you are

2. change the following sentences orally with whatever, whoever

① He complains no matter when his dad smokes.

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② Please be polite, no matter who it is that you have to deal with. ③ Everyone makes mistakes, no matter how wise he is. ④ The spoilt child wants to take everything he gets his hands on in the supermarket, no matter how

expensive it might be.

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