1. They go as fast as they can.
as…as sb. (one) can = as …as possible 尽可能地……
as…as中间加原级的形容词或副词。例:
I will work as hard as I can. 我将尽可能努力工作。
He ran as fast as he could. 他拼命地跑。
Please come here as soon as you can. 请尽快来这里。
2. We call the first Olympic Games the "ancient" Olympics.
我们把早期的运动会叫做"古代"奥运会。
call sb. / sth. +n. 称呼某人/某物……,后面的名词作宾语补足语。
例:We call the boy DaMao. 我们称呼那个男孩大毛。
类似于这种可以用名词或名词短语作宾语补足语的动词有:
name/call/make/choose/find/think等。例:
We chose him our monitor at yesterday's class meeting.
昨天班会我们选他当我们的班长。
I find him a clever boy. 我觉得他是个聪明的孩子。
3. It seemed that Zhuang Yong and Jenny Thompson, an American swimmer, had finished at the same time.
看上去好像庄泳和美国游泳选手詹尼·汤姆森同时游完全程。
以下几种方式可以表示"看起来……,似乎……"
It seems that +从句
seem to be +adj.
seem +adj.
例:Danny seemed excited. (Danny seemed to be excited.)
丹尼似乎很激动。
seem to do sth.
例:When his wife's pet cat died, Alan didn't seem to care at all.
艾伦妻子的宠猫死了,他好象一点也不在乎。
4. Diving is one of the most popular events at the Olympics.
潜水是奥运会最受欢迎的项目之一。
one of… ……其中之一,后常加最高级及名词复数。例:
Changjiang is one of the longest rivers in the world.
长江是世界最长的河流之一。
5. Make your country proud. 使你的国家因你而自豪。
proud作宾语补足语,修饰宾语your country;
make的用法:
make the bed 铺床 make tea 沏茶
make dumplings 包饺子 make a car 制造汽车
be made of 由……制成
make sb. /sth. +n. 使某人/某物成为……
made sb. /sth. +adj. 使某人/某物如何……
make sb. /sth. do 使某人/某物做某事
名词/形容词/do (不定式,省to),作宾语补足语。
6. …his team came in twentieth. 他的队第二十名。
twentieth 第二十
整十数的序数词,变y为ie加th。例:
ninety→ninetieth fifty→fiftieth
7. We had such an interesting day at school today.
我们今天在学校度过了这么有趣的一天。
这句话也可以说成:We had so interesting a day at school today.
such和so意思都是"如此……/这样……",但用法不同。
It is so interesting a film that we all want to see it once more.
它是如此有趣的电影,我们都想再看一遍。
Thanks a lot for sending me such beautiful pictures by e-mail!
多谢你用e-mail给我发来这么漂亮的图片。
He is so weak that he can't work on.
他如此虚弱以致不能再继续工作。
8. If I don't. I won't be able to sleep tonight.
如果我不写下来的话,我今晚睡不着觉。
此句是if构成的条件状语从句,要用一般现在时代替将来时。
I'll go to the park with my friends if it doesn't rain tomorrow.
如果明天不下雨,我要和朋友去公园。