6.be fond of 喜欢
7.take sth.seriously 严肃对待某物
8.loads of 很多,许多
9.at dusk 黄昏时刻
10.opposite to 与......相反
1. That's why surfing is such a popular sport.
那就是冲浪之所以是一项如此受欢迎的运动的原因。
[句式分析] that's why ...意为"那就是......的原因",why引导表语从句。
[佳句赏析] 这就是他出国的原因。
That's why he went abroad.
2.I can't bear the way the native Australians have been treated.
我忍受不了澳洲的土著人受到的待遇。
[句式分析] the way后为其定语从句。
[佳句赏析] 你思考问题的方式很独特。
The way (in which/that) you think about things is unique.
3.They are now a minority group and most of them live in terrible conditions while the rest of us are quite welloff.
他们现在是一个少数群体,他们大多数人生活条件很差,然而,我们却十分富有。
[句式分析] while为并列连词,意为"然而",表对比。
[佳句赏析] 发达国家很先进而一些发展中国家则很落后(backward)。
Developed countries are very advanced while some developing countries quite backward.
4.(长难句分析)At first, we didn't feel we belong here, but now we are attached to the land we live on.
起初,我们并不认为自己属于这里,但是现在我们已对我们所居住的土地非常依恋了。
[句式分析] 本句是由but连接的并列句;在第二个并列分句中,we live on为定语从句省略了关系代词that/which,修饰先行词the land。
What do you first think of when talking about Australia?
Match the pictures with the following:
a.sheep b.koala