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Insur ance
保险
Study of the Text
1..but the next agent to call might be interested in my life insurance program, my health insurance, or five protection for my home and furniture. ..第二位代理人打电话来可能对我的人寿保险项目, 我的健康保险或者房屋家具投保感兴趣。
1 )动词不定式to call 在这里作定语, 修饰前面的agent。不定式作定语放在被修饰的名词后面。
The best way to write well is to organize your idea in a proper way.
写好作文的最好方法就是要恰当地整理你的思路。
He was the first person to hand in the exercise.
他是第一个交作业的人。
2 )名词agent 在这里的意思是“ 代理人；代理商”。如: authorized agent 授权代理人；a literary agent (专为作家等联系出版事务等的)文稿代理人。
Our agent in Rome deals with all over Italian business.
我们在罗马的代理人处理在意大利的一切事务。
3 )protection 在这里是名词, 意思是“ 保护”, 后接介词against, from 及for；还可以组成固定短语under the protection of, 意思是“在..保护下”,“ 受..保护”等。
Shoes share a protection for feet. 鞋保护脚。
His thin coat provided little protection against the cold.
她单薄的大衣难以抵御严寒。
He raised his arms to give his face protection from the blow.
他抬起手臂来保护自己的脸不被击中。
They are allowed to do it under the protection of law.
允许他们在法律的保护下那样做。
4 )be interested in 对..感兴趣
I am interested in what is going on there.
我对那儿进行的事情感兴趣。
2.These insurance agents are always friendly, well dressed, and eager to be of help. 这些代理人一向态度友好, 穿着讲究并乐意提供服务。
1 )well dressed 在这里是过去分词作表语。be dressed in 表示“ 穿着..的衣裳”。
They were dressed alike in blue jerseys.
他们都一样打扮, 穿着蓝色的绒衣。
She was plainly but neatly dressed. 她穿着很朴素, 但很整齐。
2 )eager 在这里是形容词, 多用作表语, 意思是“ 热心的, 热衷于”。
后可接介词after , for 或in；还可跟动词不定式, 表示“ 极想做某事”。
He is eager for (after)news about them.
我渴望得到有关他们的消息。
She is eager in her studies. 她热衷于学习。
They are ea ger to offer help whenever necessary.
无论何时需要, 他们都热心帮忙。
3 )be of help 相当于be helpful 此类常见的短语有be of importance
(很重要), be of value (有价值), be of use(有用)等。
3.Yet few Americans really enjoy visiting with these eager, helpful men and women.
1 )动词enjoy 在这里的意思是“ 欣赏, 喜欢”, 其后不能接动词不定式, 只能接名词、代词或动名词。另外和自身代词连用表示“玩得好(高兴), 享乐。”
In her leisure hours she enjoyed reading novels or going to the park.
有空时她喜欢看看小说或是到公园走走。
We walked along the path, enjoying the glow of the rising sun.
我们沿着小路走着, 欣赏着朝霞。
How did you enjoy yourselves？你们玩得怎样？
2 )visit 在这里是个不及物动词, 后接with 意思是“ 叙谈, 闲谈”。
My aunt will visit with us this weekend.
这周末我姨妈要呆在我们这里。
We visited with a return in kind. 我们用同样东西报答。
3 )辨异: visit, call on, drop in, v.
三者都可作“访问, 拜访”解, 但用法和含意有所不同。
visit 是正式用语, 多用于较长时间的访问。
如: They visited Thailand. 他们游览了泰国。
call on 多用于社交来往方面, 多指熟人、朋友之间的较短时间的探望、拜访。
如: I shall call on Aunt Lisa and may have tea with her.我要去看望莉莎大婶, 可能会跟她一起喝茶。
drop in 多用于口语, 多指不定期的, 顺便的来访或偶然来看看的意思。
如: He often drops in at my room. 他常来我房间坐坐。
4.Three reasons why we are unwilling to discuss insurance can be suggested. 我们不愿谈论保险的理由有三个。
1 )The reasons why.是个常用句型, why 是关系副词, 引导一个表原因的定语从句, 修饰先行词reasons.
That is the reason why she spoke at the meeting.
那就是她在会上发言的理由。
The rea son why I am eager to leave will be explained later.
我急于要离开的理由待以后再作解释。
2 )suggest 在这里是个及物动词, 意思是“ 提出, 表明”。此外还有“建议”的意思, 用作表示这一意思时, 所带宾语从句谓语用虚拟语气。
He suggested to us that she (should)finish the task in two days.
他向我们建议她在两天内完成任务。
I suggested buying a life insurance policy.
我建议买一份人寿保单。
The disorganized meeting suggested a lack of proper planning.
这乱糟糟的会议说明缺乏良好的计划。
3 )辨异: cause, reason, n.
cause 是造成一种事实或现象的“ 原因”；reason 是说明一种看法或行动的“原因”, 这两个词不能相混。如:
Heat is the cause of the expansion of matter.
热是物体膨胀的原因。
There are many rea sons why we should accept his views.
我们有许多理由接受他的观点。
5.In effect, they pay as much for insurance as they do for the car itself.
实际上, 他们支付保险的费用和用在买车上的费用一样多。
1 )in effect 实际上；有效；生效。effect 还可以构成短语“ have an effect on (upon)”, 意思是“ 对..有影响”。
The old system of taxation will remain in effect until next May.
旧税制的有效性持续到下一年五月份。
Their answer was in effect a denial to us.
他们的答复对我们实际上是否认。
What they do ha ve some effects on (upon)our children.
他们的作为对我们的孩子有些影响。
The effects of parents on the characters of children won’t last long.
父母对孩子们性格的影响不会持续太长。
2 )pay for 为..付钱
We usually pay too much money for our food.
我们通常在饮食上花费太多。
I pa id as much for my book as (I did)for my dress.
我买衣服的钱和买书的钱一样多。
3 )辨异: affect, effect
他们都有“ 影响”的意思。affect 常用作动词, 常含有“ 不好的影响”；而effect 常用作名词。当effect 用作动词时, 常用于非常正式的场合, 意思是“ 按照某人的愿望而带来、产生”。
Government policy will not affect us = Government policy will not
have any effect on us. 政府政策不会影响我们。
He was able to effect certain changes in government policy.
他能给政府的政策带来一些变化。
6.Insurance also reminds us that we live in an unsafe world.
保险也提醒我们这个世界不安全。
1 )remind 在这里及物动词, 意思是“ 提醒；使想起”。其后可以接介词of, 意思是“ 使想起”, 通常把引起某人回忆的东西当作主语；也可接动词不定式或宾语从句。
You remind me of your father.你使我想起了你父亲。
Please remind me to call her up before ten.
请提醒我在十点前打电话给她。
Please remind me that I should pay a visit to him tomorrow.
请提醒我明天要拜访他。
2 )unsafe 在这里是形容词, 是由前缀un- + safe 构成, 意思是“ 不安全的”。safe in 后接动名词, 不接不定式。如:
You are safe in accepting the offer. 接受这个提议你不会有事的。
句中in accepting 不可换作to accept, 但可以说It is safe to say.
safe 后接介词from, 再接表示危险、危害、进攻等的名词, 意指“不会受到..的危险；免受..的伤害。”如:
The house is not safe (unsafe)from theft.
这所房子不安全, 有被盗的危险。
She is safe from danger. 她不会有危险。
7.Our rational minds recognized the many unfortunate events that can occur, but in our hearts we hope that we might be spared. 理智告诉我们可能会发生许多不幸, 但在我们心里我们却希望得以幸免。
1 )that can occur 在这里是定语从句, 修饰其前面的events。
occur 在这里是不及物动词, 意思是“ (事件等)发生, 出现”。
当它与to 连用时意思是“ 被想到, 使想起”。
An accident occurred at midnight. 午夜发生了一件事故。
It occurred to me that we could do it in another way.
我突然想到我们可以用另外一种方法来做。
2 )recognize 在这里是及物动词, 意思是“ 承认；认识；识别”。
Dogs recognize people by their smell. 狗根据气味识别人。
The town has changed so much that I hardly recognize it.
这个小城变化太大了, 我几乎认不出来了
The doctor immediately recognized the child ’s symptoms；she had measles. 大夫一下就确认了那小孩的症状；她得了麻疹。
3 )spare 在这里是及物动词, 意思是“ 宽恕；使.. 免于；免除..”。
We can spare you for tomorrow. 明天可以不要你帮忙了。
His satiric poem spa red neither the politician nor the merchants.
政客们和商人们都未能免于遭受他的诗篇的讽刺。
4 )辨异: happen, take place, occur, vi.
这三个词都有“发生”的意思, 都不能用于被动语态。happen 常常有“ 偶然”的意思, 多用于客观事物、情况的发生, 不用于人的主观思想。
The traffic jam ha ppened during the rush hour.
交通堵塞发生在交通高峰期。
take place 也可指事件“ 发生”, 但更多有“ 举行”的意思, 带有非偶然的意思。
Great changes have taken place there. 那儿发生了巨大变化。
The meeting took pla ce yesterday evening. 会议是昨晚举行的。
occur 有时指按计划使某些事“ 发生”, 有时强调“ 呈现”于人的感觉中, 在这种情况下不能用happen 代替。如:
A leap year occurs every four years. 闰年每四年一次。
A fresh idea occurred to him. 他想到一个新主意。
8.We are afraid；we would rather talk about football or the weather or what we had for lunch.
我们都有恐惧感。大家更愿谈一谈足球、天气或午饭吃什么。