3.They also agree that it is the burning of more and more fossil fuels thathas resulted in this increase in carbon dioxide.
他们还赞同下述观点:正是燃烧越来越多的化石燃料导致了二氧化碳的增加。 这是一个强调句结构,强调句中的主语"the burning of more and more fossil fuels"。 The passage indicates that it_is_human_activity_that has resulted in the environmental destruction to the village.
文章表明是人类活动对村庄造成了环境破坏。 4.Even if we start reducing the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases ...
即使我们开始减少二氧化碳和其他温室气体的含量...... even if=even though引导让步状语从句,意为"即使;纵使"。 Dean still refused to join in the game, even_if/though_we_
all_did_our_best_to_persuade_him.
尽管我们都尽最大的努力去说服Dean,但是他依然拒绝参加这场比赛。
1.(教材P26)So how has thiscome aboutand does it matter?
那么,这是怎么产生的呢?会产生什么影响吗?
come about发生;造成
How does it come about that ...?
某事怎么发生的......?
①The argumentcame aboutwhen they talked about politics.
他们谈到政治时就发生了争论。
②How_did_it_come_about_that he failed in the exam?
他考试失利是如何发生的呢?
[名师点津] come about是不及物动词短语,不能接宾语,也没有被动语态。主语一般是物。
[辨析比较]
come about, happen, break out, take place, occur
come about 表示"发生;产生",多指事情已经发生了,但还不知道为什么,常用于疑问句和否定句 happen 作"发生;碰巧"解,常指具体事件的发生,特别指那些偶然的或未能预见的"发生",一般用于偶然或突发性事件 break out 意思为"发生;爆发",常指战争、灾难、疾病或者争吵等事件的发生,也可以表示突然大声叫喊等 take place 通常指"(某事)按计划进行或按计划发生"。此外还有"举行"之意 occur 可指"偶然发生",也指"计划发生某事";还表示"突然想到",常用于it occurs to sb. that ...结构中