writing and cultural corner.ppt

1、Writing 幸虧,多虧 常位于句首, 表感謝或諷刺意味。 Thanks to your help, we finished the work head of time. 多虧你的幫助, 我們提前完成了任務(wù)。 Thanks to the bad weather, the match had been put off. 多虧這倒霉的天氣, 比賽推遲了。,due to sth./sb. 某人某事物引起的; 由于某人某事物 The teams success was largely due to her efforts. 該隊(duì)的成功在很大程度上是由于她的努力。 They arrived late

2、due to the storm. 他們由于風(fēng)暴而來(lái)遲。,owing to: 由于;因?yàn)?Owing to the rain, the meeting has to be put off. 會(huì)議因雨而推遲了。 I couldnt attend the meeting owing to illness. 我因病不能出席會(huì)議。,because of 用在句首或句子后面，表示原因 Because of the heavy rain, the sports meet has been put off. I came late because of the heavy rain.,短語(yǔ)比較：,compa

3、rewith把和進(jìn)行比較 compareto 把比作 Compared to/ with 與相比(固定搭配,常作狀語(yǔ)),1. Life is often _ voyage. 2. _ the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all. 3. He began to _ himself with the workers in his workshop.,compared to,Compared to / with,compare,單詞比較：adopt/adapt,adopt 采取; 采納; 吸收 過(guò)繼, 收養(yǎng) (as) adapt 使適應(yīng), 使適合 (to) 改編, 改寫(xiě) (for),1. After much deliberation, the president decided to _ her suggestion. 2. The author is going to _ his play for television. 3. Mr. Kern _ the orphan as his own son. 4. He tried hard t