②表示年龄的说法有以下三种:
(1)When sb. was + 数字
(2)at the age of + 数字
(3)in one's + 十的倍数
e.g. in his early/ late twenties 在他二十出头或二十好几时
3. They included six out of seven gold medals at the 1982 World Championship, and three at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles(as well as two silver and a bronze).它们(金牌)包括1982年世界锦标赛总共七枚金牌中的六枚,1984年洛杉矶奥运会上的三枚金牌(以及两枚银牌和一枚铜牌)。
"包括"、"包含"的说法:
(1) include强调"包括作为整体的一部分", 如:
The list included his name.
这个名单上包括他的名字。
(2) comprise指"由许多部分组成", 或"由许多部分构成一个整体", 如:
Our curriculum comprises Politics, Chinese, English and History.
我们的课程共有四门:政治、汉语、英语、历史。
(3) comprehend系正式用语,指"包括在某一范围内", 一般用于观念陈述、纲要等, 如:
The word "beauty" comprehends various concepts.
"美"这个词包括许多概念。
(4) embrace侧重"所包括、包含的种类多", 如:
Natural science embraces many subjects.
自然科学包括许多学科。
(5) involve指"由于同主要的有联系而必须含有", 如:
Housekeeping involves cooking, washing and cleaning.
家务包括烹饪、洗衣和清扫等。
4.But even though he had won everything it was possible to win in his sport, Li Ning retired with the feeling that he had failed.
It is +adj +for sb. + to do... 这个结构的形容词常常是easy,difficult,hard,important, necessary等,常与事物的特征有关
Eg. It is difficult for the boy to work out the problem.
It is important for us to learn English well.
拓展:It is + adj. + of sb. + to do...这个结构的形容词常常是good, kind, nice, wrong, clever, silly, (im)polite等, 常与人的性格特点有关
It's very kind of you to help me.
It was impolite of him to speak to the teacher like that.
It is wrong of you to laugh at the disabled boy.
5. make a list of 列出
6. six out of seven 七分之六,七中有六
7. gold medal, silver medal and bronze medal 金牌,银牌和铜牌
Paragraph 2.
1. But it was this sense of failure that made him determined to succeed in his new life.
第一句是强调句型。强调句型的结构形式为"It + be的适当形式+被强调成分+