1、1. It seemed that in general that the robot satisfied Mr Jiangs needs.(P39,Lines17) 看起来这个机器人大体上满足了江先生的要求。知识点:seem的用法&satisfy ones needsseem的用法seem可用作连系动词或不及物动词,意为“似乎;好像”,其常见用法现归纳如下: 一、“主语+ seem +(to be )+表语”,表语多为名词或形容词,有时是其他的词或短语,以说明主语的特征或状态。例如:Tom seems (to be ) a very clever boy. 汤姆看上去是一个非常聪明的男孩。T
2、he man over there seems to be a new teacher. 那边的那个人看上去像一个新老师。Mr Black seemed to be quite happy. 布莱克先生好像十分快乐。This small town seems changed a little. 这个小城镇似乎有点儿变化。二、“主语+ seem + 不定式”,此句型中的seem与不定式一起构成复合谓语。例如:Mrs Green doesnt seem (或seems not ) to like the idea. 格林夫人似乎不太喜欢这个主意。The children seemed to be
3、eating something in the room. 孩子们好像正在房间里吃东西呢。The young man seemed to have changed much. 这个年轻人看起来变化很大。三、“It seems + that从句”,其中it 是形式主语,that引导主语从句。例如:It seems that no one knows what has happened in the park. 似乎没有人知道在公园里发生了什么事。It seems to me that Mr Brown will not come again. 在我看来布朗先生不会再来了。四、“There + s
4、eem to be +名词”,其中to be 可省略。seem 的单复数形式要根据后面作主语的名词的单复数形式而定。例如:There doesnt seem to be much hope of our beating that team. 看来我们战胜那个队没有多大希望。There seems no need to wait longer. 看来没有再等的必要了。satisfy ones needs = meet ones needs满足某人的需要be satisfied with 对感到满足(满意)The big cake was not enough to satisfy his hun
5、ger.这只大蛋糕不足以让他解饿。2. After a few comfortable weeks, however, things started to go wrong. 几周舒适的生活之后,情况就开始不对了。知识点:go wronggo wrong 可表示机器“发生故障,出毛病”Something has gone wrong with the watch.这块表出毛病了。After a few weeks = a few weeks later 几周之后3. The quality of this robot is not up to standard either.(P48) 这个机
6、器人的质量也不合格。知识点:up to standard 意思是“合格”The product is up to standard. 此产品合格。4. I regret having bought a robot like this.(P48) 我后悔买了这样一个机器人。知识点:regret的用法上文句子中regret having done something 意思是“后悔做了某事”eg: She regrets not having bought that book. 她后悔没买那本书。regret to do对要做的事遗憾。(未做)regret doing对做过的事遗憾、后悔。(已做)e
7、g: I regret to have to do this, but I have no choice.我很遗憾必须这样去做,我实在没有办法。I dont regret telling her what I thought.我不为告诉她我的想法而后悔。5. It is hoped that people can start all over again and build a better world on Mars.(P52,lines4-5) 人们有望能够在火星上重新开始,建设一个更好的世界。知识点:hope的特殊句型It is hoped that.表示“.可以指望”,指说话者希望如此
8、eg:It is hoped that we can finish the project before this weekend. 我们有望在本周末前完成此项目。6. At present, our spacecraft are too slow to carry large numbers of passengers to Mars-it would take months.(P52,lines5-6) 目前,我们的宇宙飞船太慢了,无法运送大批的乘客去火星因为要花几个月的时间。知识点:large numbers of 表示“大量的”意思,也可以说 a larger number of只能修
9、饰可数名词的:a large/ great/ good number of, a good/ great many, dozens of, scores of, quite a few 只能修饰不可数名词的:a great deal of, a large amount of, quite a little,a large sum of既可修饰可数也可修饰不可数名词的:plenty of, a lot of, lots of, a large quantity of, a good supply ofLarge numbers of/A large number of people go travelling during the National Day holiday.很多人在国庆节假期去旅游。