2011年公共英语(PETS)三级阅读学习笔记(19)

    下面是公共英语三级阅读学习笔记，育路教育网特别为您搜集整理，内容如下：

十九单元

　　1、I seem to be suffering from all the illnesses imaginable.

　　这里的"suffer from……"是个固定搭配：(遭受、忍受的意思。)

　　2、To crown it all, I had an accident the other day.

　　To crown it all：(更糟糕的是)the other day：前几天。

　　3、I get short of breath.

　　short of breath：呼吸短促。

　　4、For the sake of your health, keep off alcohol. If possible, give up smoking.

　　谈谈 "for the sake of" 与"in order to"的区别：

　　for the sake of 由于.. 或者是"看在...的份上"

　　for the sake of God 看在上帝的份上

　　in order to 为了...

　　Many students listen to the teacher carefully in order to receive a good mark.

　　学生上课认真听讲是为了得到好成绩

　　for the sake of + 名词

　　in order to + 动词

　　虽然二者都是表示"为了"这个意思

　　可以这么看,前者 是 为了某个东西,所以+ 名词

　　后者是为了做某事,所以+ 动词

　　5、Likewise, many changes are taking place in hospitals, where the costs of medical equipment and care is skyrocketing.

　　同样，医院里正发生着很多的改变，医疗设备与医疗保健的费用突升猛涨。

　　6、Because of the high costs, patients now spend a limited number of days in the hospital, depending on their illness.

　　因为高价的花费，现在,病人们根据自身的病情,尽量花更少的时间呆在医院里。

　　7、It has worried me a good deal for the last week, and so now I am going to put it on my dressing-table and watch it ache.

　　上周牙疼一直困扰着我，所以现在我要把它摆放在我的梳妆台，看它还怎么疼!