对应的形容词",这类名词前可用no, some, any, little, much, great等对其进行修饰。
①What you are saying is of no interest (=not interesting) to me.
你说的话让我提不起兴趣。
②His opinion is considered to be of great value (= greatly valuable).
大家认为他的观点很有价值。
(2)名词是size, kind, type, price, height, depth, width, length, weight, age, shape, colour等时,该结构表示不同的人或物具有某种共同特征,这类名词前可用a, an, the same, different等修饰。
③She is looking for some girls of an age.
她在寻找一些同岁的女孩。
3.What if I was? (P29)
如果我是又怎样呢?
★What if ...? 意为"倘若......将会怎么样?;即使......又怎么样?",相当于"What would happen if ...?"。用来征求对方的意见或看法,也可用于提出建议。
①What if someone says something negative about me?
如果有人说一些对我不利的东西呢?
[点津] 如果表示对过去情况的假设,what if 后的句子常用一般过去时;若表示的是将来的情况,what if 后的句子常用一般现在时。
②What if we failed in the last exam?
要是我们在上次的考试中没有及格怎么办?
③What if we fail in the next exam?
要是我们在下次的考试中不及格怎么办?
What about ...?(=How about ... ?)
......怎么样?
What for? 为什么?为何目的?
Guess what? 你猜怎么着?猜猜看。
So what? 那又怎么样?那有什么关系?
What's up? 怎么了?(相当于What's the matter?或What's wrong?)
④What/How about a trip to France this summer?
今年夏天去法国旅游如何?
4.Simply phonetics studied and classified from people's own speech.(P29)
只是学了点语音学,把人们的发音区分一下而已。
★classify vt.分类;归类
(1)classify sth.by/according to 根据......把某物分类
classify ... as ... 把......归类为......
classify ... into ... 把......分为......
(2)classified adj. 分类的;机密的
(3)classification n. 分类;分级;归类
①The books in the library are classified by/according to subject.
图书馆的书是按科目分类的。
②It is proper to classify Helen as a popular singer.
把海伦归为流行歌手是合适的。
③Memory can be classified into shortterm and longterm memory.
记忆可分为长期记忆和短期记忆。
5.You can place a man by just a few remarks.(P29)