自考“综合英语（一）”下册详解（1）

    1.Many years ago trying to help people with every kind of trouble left me with one sure conviction …多年以前，帮助人们解决各种各样问题的过程使我深信，……

    Trying to help people with every kind of trouble caused me to believe one thing firmly…

    help *****.with… 帮助某人做 ……

    Could you help me with the cooking？ 你能帮我做饭吗？

    trust/faith/belief/conviction

    trust信任，信赖 某人时，你便是依靠于他。 Pupils put their trust in their teachers.小学生们都信赖他们的老师。

    faith 信任，信念，表示对某人或某时非常信任，而这却可能是无法提供证据的。I have faith in this medicine.我相信这种药。

    belief相信，信念，信仰，指虽然没有确切的证据，但还是认为某事物是真实的，从而在思想上予以接受，该词使用范围很广，可涉及到观点、理论、哲学、宗教信仰甚至等。 He has a strong belief in Buddhism.他深信佛教。

    conviction 深信，确信；信念，是指一种强烈的信念。He joined the Communist Party on the basis of his conviction that communism will prevail through the world.他加入******是基于他坚信共产主义将在全世界胜利。

    2.in case after case the difficulty could have been overcome—or might never have arisen- 在一个个事例中，如果人们相互以礼相待，问题完全可能会得到解决，或许根本不会出现。

    sth after sth 用来表示某事频繁发生

    Year after year the Government refused to provide more funds for education.一年又一年，政府拒绝给教育增加投资。

    sth after sth 用来表示某事频繁发生

    Year after year the Government refused to provide more funds for education.一年又一年，政府拒绝给教育增加投资。

    Case after case I found some young people from broken families addicted themselves to drugs.在一个个事例中，我发现一些来自破裂家庭的年轻人吸毒。

    3.Courtesy，politeness，good manners——call it what you will，the supply never seems to equal the demand.礼貌也好，客气，或文明举止也好，无论你称它什么，其供应总是小于需求。

    Whether you call it courtesy，or politeness，or good manner，people's need for it always far greater than they show.（people practice less courtesy than they should.）

    equal：v.与……相等

    be equal to：adj.与……平等，与……相等

    Your achievements are equal to his.你取得和他一样的成就。

    I am not equal to the position.我不能胜任这个职位。

    He equals me in strength but not in intelligence.他和我的力气一样大，但他的智力不如我。

    4.It's not so much what my hu******************and says，“ a tearful wife confides，”as the way he says it…。一位泪流满面的妻子向我透露说，“（使我伤心的）倒不是我丈夫说的那些话，而是他说话的态度，……

    A wife in tears told me，“What made me so sad was not what he said，but the rude way he said it…”

    not so much…as… 不是 …… 而是 ……

    He works hard not so much to impress his boss as to give his ability into full play.他努力工作，不是为了给他的上司留下好印象，而是为了能够充分发挥他的才能。

    Good manner depends not so much on how we look at ourselves as on how we look