4.break down损坏,不能运转;身体垮掉;失败;崩溃;拆毁,拆除;分解 [教材原句]First,his two sledges broke down,and then the horses began to have serious difficulties with the snow and the cold. 先是他的两个雪橇坏了,接着马匹开始应付不了大雪和严寒的天气。 写出下列句中break down的含义 ①He had to pause from time to time to wipe the sweat from his forehead,because the air-conditioning system broke down. ____________ ②The firemen broke down the wall in order to gain quick access to the building on fire. ____________ ③He is showing signs that he might break down. ____________ ④It's reported that peace talks have broken down in the Middle East. ____________ ⑤Bacteria break down the animal waste to form methane gas (沼气). ____________ 答案 ①损坏,不能运转 ②拆毁,拆除 ③身体垮掉 ④失败 ⑤分解 [句 式 透 析] 1.[教材原句]Although people enjoyed reading his book,many of them thought that Marco's stories about China were too fantastic to be true. 尽管人们喜欢读他的书,但是很多人认为马可讲的关于中国的故事太离奇了,令人难以置信。 (1)句中的too...to...结构,意为“太……而不能……”,too后面跟形容词/副词,但当其后接形容词修饰单数可数名词时,要把不定冠词a(n)放在形容词之后。 `①If the population continues to increase,the earth will become ________________ so many people. |