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0 e) R. A& a' F# o8 q3 J1 I 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。! B" }* {7 h _5 Y$ i! S
(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。 \0 x6 h$ A: K) J3 ^& m. w$ R5 f
(2)to keep people’s money safe:使人们的钱财安全
5 y4 Y) A# h0 i# E 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$ C' I8 i9 W9 _7 G, {+ b4 p
例如:attempt to keep the patient calm.
/ u3 I5 y0 U0 [ ~ 试图使病人镇静9 n8 v' ^$ J2 d. R/ j/ x( ~
(3) to make it available:使存款随时可取 o3 _+ b$ R6 Z; q7 s
①make:to cause to act in a specified manner:造成,导致:以特定的方式引起行动
" j# [( d; ~% v5 R) | 例如:Heat makes gases expand.' i) I/ u5 ?6 P: P6 V
热使得气体膨胀0 I! L3 O! {% l
②it代表money0 `4 u5 c& ]8 F& s
③available:adj.present and ready for use; at hand; accessible:现实可用的;可获得的
1 }1 ?" s- @" @4 {8 \9 g W! T) \ 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。
1 ` a; v7 n# `4 ] 此句中的it为形式主语, 真正的主语是for him to send money…。
2 H! C; G7 v5 t$ H9 z8 c6 ~ 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。7 r& Y9 i' V( }2 D6 r. [$ j& K8 l
①good money:真的货币
r3 U6 R, n4 h3 r' b6 J. } ②as good as:与……几乎一样; 实际上等于$ _, H. p. l8 @+ u5 O" a( x
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。
1 o) w, Q8 W0 E1 W! p" H; O g ①此句中的it是形式主语, 真正的主语是to imagine that…。
$ V2 `) y/ \. p: u ②连词that引导宾语从句 |