新概念第二册自学导读 Lesson85

4．a farewell dinner in his honour, 为他举行的告别宴会。

（1）farewell比goodbye要正式，可以单独使用：Farewell！（再见！再会！一路平安！）它也可以作名词或形容词用：

He said farewell to his mother and got on the plane.

他向母亲告别后便登上了飞机。（名词）

When Frank retired, they held a farewell party.

弗兰克退休时，他们开了个欢送会。（形容词）

（2）in sb.'s honour作定语，表示“为向某人表示敬意”、“为纪念某人”等，也可以说in honour of sb．：

Many people attended the party in honour of the new manager.

很多人参加了为新经理举办的晚会。

This is a farewell performance in her honour.

这是一场为她举办的告别演唱/演奏会。

5．a total of，总共。

total在这里是名词，表示“总数”、“总额”、“合计”等：

The money she spent on the dinner party reached a total of ￡  200．

她为这次宴会共花了200英镑。

6．devote oneself to，致力于，献身于，专心于。

Mary devotes herself to helping the poor.

玛丽致力于帮助穷苦人。

As a boy, Jim devoted himself to tennis.

吉姆小时候热衷于网球。

词汇学习 Word study

1．inform

（1）vt. 通知，告知：

Who informed you about/of this?

谁把这事告诉你的？

He was informed that he would receive an extra thousand pounds a year.

他被告知他每年将得到1,000英镑的额外收入。

（2）vi. 告发，检举（与against/on连用）：

He used to inform against his classmates.

他过去常打同学的小报告。

Several people have informed on him.

好几个人告发了他。

2．too与enough

这两个词都可以作程度副词，但too通常位于它所修饰的形容词/分词之前，enough则位于它所修饰的词之后。在含有不定式的句型里，too经常具有否定的含义，enough则表示达到必要的程度：

He's too weak to lift the box.

他太弱了，举不起这箱子。

He isn't strong enough to lift the box.

他不够强壮，举不起这箱子。

（这两句话中，主要动词的主语也是不定式的主语）

He is too heavy for me to lift.

他太重了，我不能举起他。

The pear is ripe enough for me to eat.

这梨熟得能让我吃了。

（这两句话中，主要动词的主语是不定式的宾语，不定式的逻辑主语由for引导）

需要注意的是，无论有没有for短语，不定式后面都绝不可以带宾语。

练习答案 Key to written exercises

1．难点练习答案

1 This car is too expensive to buy. This car is too expensive for me to buy.

2 This car is cheap enough to buy. This car is cheap enough for me to buy.

3 The tea is too hot to drink. The tea is too hot for me to drink.

4 This piece of music is too difficult to play. This piece of music is too difficult for me to play.

5 This piece is easy enough to play. This piece is easy enough for me to play.

2．多项选择题答案

1d  2d  3b  4a  5b  6a

7b  8d  9b  10b  11d  12c