[佳句赏析]Equally important are the problems China seems to be running into at home.

　　同样严峻的问题是中国似乎在国内碰到的问题。

　　2．[教材原句]Four times as many people used our product last year.

　　去年有4倍之多的人使用了我们的产品。

　　[句型点拨]倍数表达法：倍数＋as＋adj./adv.原级＋as。

　　[佳句赏析]The students majoring in science are four times as many as those who major in the Arts.

　　专业是理科的学生是专业为文科的学生的四倍。

　　3．[教材原句]That is why we are considering designing a new package for our chocolate bar as well.

　　那就是我们正在考虑也要为我们的巧克力棒设计一款新包装的原因。

　　[句型点拨]why引导的表语从句。

　　[佳句赏析]That's why scientists are often related to the kind of projects they work on.

　　这也是为什么科学家们和研究项目密不可分的原因。

　　1．(教材P9)You will be amazed by his unique way of thinking and skilful writing.

　　你会对他独特的思考方式和娴熟的写作手法感到惊讶。

　　amazed adj.大为惊奇的

　　be amazed

　　①The first time I got to the island, I was amazed at/by its beauty.

　　我第一次来到这个岛屿的时候，我就对它的美丽感到惊讶。

　　②She was amazed to_learn (learn) that many people still risk traveling without insurance.

　　她惊异地发现许多人仍然不办保险就冒险旅行。

　　 [Word family]

　　③It amazed us to hear that you were leaving.

　　听说你要走，我们都很吃惊。

　　④To_my_amazement,_he has worked out the math problem that our math teacher couldn't do.

　　令我诧异的是，他已经做出了那道连数学老师都不会做的数学题。

[名师点津]　amazed"对......感到惊讶的"，指人的感受，常用来修饰人；amazing