7.i ______________ agree______________.
我非常同意。(我再同意不过了。)
8.________________ you’re doing when you want to smoke—do something else!
无论你在做什么,当你想抽烟时,做点别的事吧!
1.used to 2.who inject;in more danger if ;share;with 3.helping others to stop taking drugs 4.in order to,5.so;that 6.such;that 7.couldn’t;more 8.whatever
知识详解
① reduce vt. 减少;缩减;约束,限制;使降低,降职;
使……变为(某个状态)(回归课本p12)
reduce...to...把……减少到……,reduce...by...把……减少了……,reduce sb.to doing sth.迫使某人做某事;使某人不得不做某事,reduction n.缩小,减少;缩版,make a reduction减价
【归纳总结】
【例句探源】
①the expenses have been reduced to 1,000 yuan one month.
每月的费用已降到1,000元。
②the expenses have been reduced by 200 yuan one month.
每月的费用已降了200元。
③eventually charlotte was reduced to begging on the streets.
最后夏洛特被迫沦落到沿街乞讨。
④we can make a reduction if you buy in bulk.
如果你大批购买,我们可以降低价格。
1.many students have dropped out of school and now the number of our class has ________50.
a.reduced by b.reduced to
c.increased to d.increased by
解析:选b。reduce...to后面数字指减少后的总量,reduce...by后面数字指纯减少的量或比率。由上面说到drop,故排除c、d。
【即境活用】
★2. since then the number of people stopping smoking ________10%.
a.has reduced to b.reduces by
c.has reduced by d.reduces to
解析:选c。由since then可判断主句应用现在完成时,排除b、d两项;再根据句意“自从那时戒烟人数减少了10%”,强调差额用介语by,故选c。
② likely adj. 很可能的,看来要发生的;(像是)可靠的,可信的;似乎有理的
adv. 很可能
(回归课本p9) drug users are more likely to get into trouble at school.
吸毒者更有可能在学校遇到麻烦。
【归纳总结】
① it is likely that he will be late.
=he is likely to be late.他可能会迟到。
②“he said you’d be giving them a lift.” “not likely!”
“他说你会让他们搭便车。”“绝不可能!”
③it is likely that you could suffer from bad health if you keep smoking.
如果继续吸烟,你很可能会健康状况不佳。
④that means the price is likely to go down because of the competition.这意味着价格有可能因为竞争而下降。
【例句探源】
likely,possible,probable
三者都有“可能的”之意,区别如下:
(1)likely是形容词,表示某事很可能发生,与probable 意思相近,但主语可以是人也可以是物。常用于“it is likely that...或sb./sth.be likely to do...”句型中,但不能说“it is likely for sb.to do sth.”。
(2)possible可能性相对小,作表语时,主语不能是人,常用句式为“it is possible for sb. to do sth.”或“it is possible that...”。