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5 H$ o: x: O5 `/ ~, ~# b 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。
: K( k1 f1 m- u (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。
+ Y0 i9 U4 m$ M. y5 C6 E$ I3 }/ i' c (2)to keep people’s money safe:使人们的钱财安全
1 Q7 H) \8 G. A: U 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 ; x9 _( R0 o4 o% I
例如:attempt to keep the patient calm. 3 j; Z+ c/ i; }" _& T+ X; h
试图使病人镇静
n) S% t# ?2 N5 {( a& m O9 _# p (3) to make it available:使存款随时可取
; s6 E) `- m/ ]. n# [' w- Y+ [ ①make:to cause to act in a specified manner:造成,导致:以特定的方式引起行动
- Z* J: w" ?2 `5 l: U7 ?) r6 U( Z( `5 R 例如:Heat makes gases expand.
' f- D( d1 s9 h7 Y7 O5 G 热使得气体膨胀
# S" v" `1 {) n ②it代表money
; G: {* O- j* f/ U, t; T ③available:adj.present and ready for use; at hand; accessible:现实可用的;可获得的 3 _, V+ e7 W, T7 L
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。 ' n" [' D) @" Q' F1 W {
此句中的it为形式主语, 真正的主语是for him to send money…。
- j3 x) A3 ?% q f- h, P 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。
* L e/ p/ y W7 @6 n ①good money:真的货币 % p, @- n y! V7 f9 {+ d
②as good as:与……几乎一样; 实际上等于 4 ]. i, u2 w# |, U
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。
7 n6 P/ R, v. o2 L- c: o ①此句中的it是形式主语, 真正的主语是to imagine that…。 1 B2 M% c, ?# T' |( f
②连词that引导宾语从句。 |