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新概念英語第二冊課文注釋Lesson31~33新概念英語第二冊課文注釋Lesson31 he retired, Frank was the head of a very large business pany, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop. 在退休前,弗蘭克是一家非常大的商業(yè)公司的經(jīng)理,但他小時侯卻在一家小鋪里做工?! ?1)head在此處的意思不是人或動物的“頭部”,而是“首領”、“頭目”,一般出現(xiàn)在“the head of +名詞”結(jié)構(gòu)中: John is the head of the family. 約翰是一家之主?! rank is the head of that firm. 弗蘭克是那家公司的總裁?! ?2) as在這里為介詞,表不“當……時”,as a boy相當于 as he was a boy?! ?was his job to repair bicycles…他那時的工作是修理自行車…… it為“先行主語”,句子的真正主語為to repair bicycles?! ?saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own. 他靠多年積蓄,于1958年買下了自己的一個小鋪子。 (1)for years表示“許多年”?! ?2)of one’s own為固定短語,表示“自己的”、“屬于自己的”,own為代詞: He wanted a room of his own. 他想要一個自己的房間?! o you have a house of your own? 你有自己的房子嗎? one’s twenties,(在某人)二十多歲的時候?! ne’s twenties/thirties/forties…,二十多歲/三十多歲/四十多歲……10的倍數(shù)的復數(shù)形式可用于表達近似的、非確定的數(shù)量,與所有格形容詞(my等)連用時表示大約的年齡: My aunt Jennifer is in her late thirties/early forties, but she often appears on the stage as a young