2011年10月自考英语考前要点复习(33)

　　请翻译下面的句子：

　　1) 我的英语口语还不及你的一半流利。(My spoken English is not half as fluent as yours.)

　　2) 这只手提箱还没有那只手提箱一半重。(This suitcase is not half as heavy as that one.)

　　3) 这个房间是那个房间的两倍。(This room is twice as large as that one.)

　　7. But suppose no more rain fell into it and no more water was brought to it by rivers.

　　suppose 常常做动词用，意思是“假定;猜想;认为”。例如：

　　1) Let's suppose it to be true.(让我们假定这是真的。)

　　2) I suppose he is very nervous.(我猜想他很紧张。)

　　3) I supposed him to be an honest man， but he often tells lies.　(我以为他很诚实，他却经常说谎。)

　　在本句中suppose(也可以用supposing)是一个连词，意思是“假设(= if);假使…结果会怎么样”。例如：

　　1) Suppose he is ill， what shall we do?(假如他病了，我们怎么办?)

　　2) Suppose a tiger should come out of the cage?　(如果一只老虎从笼子中跑出来怎么办?)

　　3) Suppose something should go wrong?(如果出了什么问题会怎么样?)

　　8. It would take the ocean about 4000 years to dry up.

　　it takes (sb.) some time to do sth. 是很常用的一个句型。例如：

　　1) 我骑自行车到学校要花半小时。(It takes me half an hour to get to school by bike.)

　　2) 他花了两个星期时间才看完那本书。(It took him two weeks to finish reading that book.)