重点词汇

1．If you take away the relative clauses，do the sentences still make sense?

如果你去掉关系从句，句子还有意义吗？

make sense有意义；有道理；讲得通；是明智的

make no sense讲不通，没意义

make sense of...了解......的意义；懂得......

in no sense决不置于句首时，句子部分倒装

in a sense在某一方面；就某种意义来说

There is no sense in doing sth.做某事没道理/意义。

(1)Why did she do a thing like that？It doesn't seem to make sense.

她为什么做那种事情？这似乎讲不通。

(2)It makes good sense to save some money for a rainy day.

存一些钱以备不时之需是很明智的。

(3)Planning so far ahead makes no sense-so many things will have changed by next year.

提前那么早作计划是没有意义的--到了明年，有许多情况会发生变化。

(4)There is no sense in going there now.现在去那里没有什么意义。

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(5)It becomes hard to make sense∧of your real need.

2．The Three Gorges Dam is a hydro­electric project which has brought an end to the danger of flooding.

三峡大坝是一个水力发电工程，它结束了洪水泛滥的危险。

bring an end to＝bring sth.to an end结束，终止

put an end to使......结束，使......终止

come to an end结束，告终

end up with以......结束，以......告终

at the end of在......的尽头

in the end最后，终于

(1)After seeing so many houses，we ended up with buying the one on the lakeside.

看了那么多的房子之后，我们最后买了湖边的那栋房子。