“天上掉馅饼”就是这么容易 |
http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/06/09 10:36 世博英语 |
本课您将学到:simply(不是简单,而是强调),range from sth. to sth.(从……到……),what if句型 兜里没钱了,不用愁,有人会把钱送到你家门口。上网乞讨吧,“天上掉馅饼”就是这么容易。 Need to reduce credit card(信用卡) debt(借款)? Desperate(绝望的) for money for music lessons? Simply tired of working and too embarrassed(尴尬) to stand on the corner with a tin cup? Try“cyberbegging”. Yahoo started a“begging”category(目录) with four sites(网点) in 1996. There are now 51 sites in the category, ranging from some shamelessly(无耻地) looking for cash(现金、钱) to others seeking financial(财政的、金融的) assistance(援助) for loans(贷款) or medical treatments. 这个办法可行吗?让我们来看看“受益者”的现身说法: Rich Schmidt, a freelance(自由工作者) music marketer, who was one of the first cyberbeggars,“I thought, what if one percent of the Web surfers(网上冲浪者) out there sent me a dollar,”Schmidt said.“That was the impetus(推动力) for the idea.”His site has raised(增加到) more than ,800 since it was set up about three years ago. 【世博读书笔记】 如果您想减少信用卡的欠款额,(Need to reduce credit card debt?)或是因缺钱上不起音乐课,(Desperate for money for music lessons?)而您又工作得太累(Simply tired of working)或觉得站在街上行乞太丢人。(too embarrassed to stand on the corner with a tin cup)不妨试试“网上行乞”。(Try“cyberbegging”) 这段中的simply可不是指“简单地”,而是起强调的作用,比如别人想出了一个好主意,你就可以这么夸奖他: What a simply wonderful idea! 真是绝妙的好主意! 当然,在表达否定意思的时候,也可以用simply来强调,比如 This piece of work simply isn't good enough. 这篇作品确实不怎么样。 雅虎网站早在1996年就为“行乞”开了一个目录,(Yahoo started a“begging”category with four sites in 1996)现在这个目录已收录了51个网站,(There are now 51 sites in the category)内容从纯粹想要现金到为贷款或医疗服务而融资。(ranging from some shamelessly looking for cash to others seeking financial assistance for loans or medical treatments) range from A to B意思就是“从A到B所有的(包括A和B)”,它可以指价格、温度年龄等客观的东西, There were 120 students whose ages ranged from 10 to 18. 这有120名年龄在10和18之间的学生。 也可以指人的主观感觉、行动等,比如: Their reactions ranged from anger to humiliation. 他们的反应各不相同,有的生气,也有的觉得羞耻。 自由音乐人Rich Schmidt,(Rich Schmidt, a freelance music marketer)作为第一批网络乞丐中的一员,(who was one of the first cyberbeggars)说:“我当时想,如果上网的人里有1%的人肯给我一美元就好了。(what if one percent of the Web surfers out there sent me a dollar)这个想法就是行动的动力。(That was the impetus for the idea.)”自从他的网站建立三年前建立以来,(since it was set up about three years ago)他共讨得4800美元。(His site has raised more than ,800) 【世博句型留言板】 今天我们要来学一个在口语中非常常用的句型what if… 这个句型可以用在两种情况中: 1、用于提建议,(文中的话就属于这种情况)比如: What if we go and see a film tomorrow night? 我们明晚去看电影好吗? 2、用于询问将来可能发生的事或面临的情况,特别是不太好的情况。 在出门旅行的路上,一位太太忽然担心起家里的安全,就说: What if we get burgled while we're on holiday? 要是我们度假时家里被撬了怎么办? 今天的基础英语轻松学,我们讲了simply和range from sth. to sth.的用法,还掌握了what if句型。如果你都记住了,那么what if see you next time? 本栏目是由世博英语(360abc.com)大妮子原创编写!从零开始,循序渐进,地道英语,轻松入门!世博英语版权所有!未经书面授权,请勿转载! |
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