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of humour,他那絕妙的幽默感?! umour可以指“幽默”、“幽默感”,sense of humour指“幽默感”: He has a good/great sense of humour. 他很有幽默感。 George has no sense of humour. 喬治沒有幽默感。 He is a man without humour. 他是個沒有幽默感的人。 3.…everybody, that is, except his sixyearold daughter, Jenny. ……人人,就是說,除他6歲的女兒珍妮之外的每一個人?! ?1)that is為插入語,表示“那就是說”、“亦即”,用于補充說明everybody?! e is ing home next Monday, that is, April 5th. 他將于下星期一也就是4月5號到家?! e is ing home next Monday, that is, if he does not change his plan. 他將于下星期一到家,就是說,如果他不改變計劃的話?! ?2)Jenny為his…daughter的同位語?! ?3)數(shù)詞加名詞構(gòu)成復(fù)合形容詞可以用于表示年齡、時間、度量等,名詞通常用單數(shù): a twentyyearold man 一位20歲的男子 a fourhour meeting 歷時4小時的會議 a sixfoot hole 一個6英尺深的洞(也可以說a hole six feet deep,這時foot用復(fù)數(shù)) a threehour journey 一次3小時的旅程 is the sort of thing that Jeremy ?! ort表示“種類”、“類型”,常與of連用: There are all sorts of flowers in his garden. 他家花園里有各種各樣的花?! ou mustn’t mix with that sort of people. 你不得與那種人交往。 5.…h(huán)e did as his daughter asked.……他還是按照女兒的要求做了?! s引導(dǎo)的是方式狀語從句,其含義為“如同……那樣”、“以……的方式”: This fish isn’t cooked as I like it. 這條魚不是按我喜歡的那樣做的?! ?his surprise,令他吃驚的是。 to sb’s surprise是固定短語: To my surprise, they can’t sell their flat. 使我驚訝的是,他們的那套房子居然賣不出去。 asked her why this was so…杰里米問她為何不喜歡…… this was so代指前面提到的情況,即she hadn’t enjoyed the speech, this指“上述之事”,so表示“如此的”。