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7 ?7 N7 q$ b! f% k4 s1 o 1.Banks were developed to keep people’s money safe and to make it available when they needed it.开办银行是为了稳妥地保管人们的钱财,使他们在需要时能随时提取。
' p7 u( o6 l' k (1)此句中的动词不定式短语to keep people’s money safe和to make it available作目的状语。( l# X) Q) ? m5 J
(2)to keep people’s money safe:使人们的钱财安全* I1 } V' n% B6 y
keep:to cause to continue in a state, condition, or course of action:维持:使…保持某一状态、情况或过程的动作# f% j$ |; \+ |$ w1 b: W! ]
例如:attempt to keep the patient calm.
. B2 z9 W) g4 ~* c2 b+ T4 K+ b 试图使病人镇静
9 M# a. Z$ [' p! b0 A, A+ A (3) to make it available:使存款随时可取
, A) o8 L4 e' i ①make:to cause to act in a specified manner:造成,导致:以特定的方式引起行动
# e4 N9 i" d0 ]0 G- F0 k 例如:Heat makes gases expand.
/ O/ [4 L' }) g# Z 热使得气体膨胀6 E3 ?' H# u. M0 X0 w! C
②it代表money
+ [, e- L- L5 T; O! ~1 P& S ③available:adj.present and ready for use; at hand; accessible:现实可用的;可获得的
# o$ S; Z# M9 X& ~+ |9 L) ?+ r 2.It isn’t convenient for him to send money through the mail, so he goes to the bank and opens a checking account.通过邮局汇款使他感到不方便,因此,他到银行开了一个支票账户。4 R8 ^2 H9 J' e" G
此句中的it为形式主语, 真正的主语是for him to send money…。2 p r7 v0 v; B' d* v" ?' {
3.This check is as good as money to the owner of the company. 这张支票对公司的老板来说就跟真正的货币一样。% v) f1 Q, c- W, B6 _8 O6 D5 q' `
①good money:真的货币5 r* C3 l* \0 E: B' B1 C# y
②as good as:与……几乎一样; 实际上等于
, Y" o5 u& G' T _% A0 I' n 4.It’s hard to imagine that people could do business without the services of a bank.很难想象出人们在没有银行服务的情况下做生意的情形。9 c/ k* g. u: j7 I" ^
①此句中的it是形式主语, 真正的主语是to imagine that…。% {' s- Z% t" w& o. h) A% ?
②连词that引导宾语从句 |