本課語言點

　　1. Learning a language is easy.

　　這是一個 主語+動詞+表語 (SVP)句型。句中l(wèi)earning a language為動名詞短語，在句子中做主語。再如：

　　Forgetting the past means betrayal.(忘記過去就意味著背叛。)

　　請翻譯下面的句子：

　　1) 閱讀英語比講英語容易。 (Reading English is easier than speaking it.)

　　2) 集郵是我弟弟的愛好。(Collecting stamps is my little brother''s hobby.)

　　2. Even a child can do it.

　　even在句中作副詞用，加強語氣，表示“甚至(…也)，連(…都)”。如：He even didn''t trust his best friend.(他甚至不信任他最好的朋友。)

　　請注意even與 even if / though的區(qū)別并翻譯下面的句子：

　　1) 這個我連聽都沒聽過。(I haven''t even heard of it.)

　　2) 即使花了數天時間復習，他也沒能考好。(He didn''t do well in the exam even though he spent days reviewing.)

　　3. Most adults who are learning a second language would disagree with this statement.

　　句中who are learning a second language為定語從句，修飾先行詞most adults，再如：

　　The man who wrote this book is a teacher.(寫這本書的人是一位教師。)

　　請翻譯下面的句子：

　　1) 穿藍色夾克的那個男孩是我們的班長。

　　(The boy who is in a blue jacket is our monitor.)

　　2) 你昨天借給我的那本書很有趣。

　　(The book that you lent me yesterday is very interesting.)

　　句中的would是助動詞，表示“可能”，“(將)會”。例如：

　　A picnic without you wouldn''t be fun.(野餐沒你參加會很沒意思。)

　　助動詞would的用法很多，概括起來主要有如下幾種：

　　1) 表示過去將來時：I felt confident that everything would be all right.

　　2) 表示意愿：I asked him not to do it， but he wouldn''t listen to me.

　　3) 表示習慣性：Every evening， we would go for a walk along the river.

　　4) 表示虛擬，假設，條件：If you had come earlier， you would have seen him.

　　5) 表示婉轉地請求或建議：Would you look after my cat while I am away?

　　4. They need hundreds of hours of study and practice， and even this will not guarantee success for every adult language learner.

　　注意句中hundreds of hours的用法，閱讀課本第六頁注解2.