常用结构:
reduce sth.
to... 减少到……
reduce sth.
by... 减少了……
be reduced to 沦落为……
The shopkeeper
reduced the price by $10.
店主把价格降了10美元。
The poor boy is
reduced to begging.
那个可怜的孩子已沦为乞丐。
高手过招
完成句子
(原创)
①她的体重减少了5公斤。
She her 5 kilos.
②炸弹爆炸使得该城市化为废墟。
The bombs the city .
答案: ① reduced;weight by ② reduced;to ruins
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6. comment
vi.&vt. 表达意见;作出评论
n.[C&U] 评论;议论
常用结构:
comment on/about
sth./sb. 对某事/某人进行评论
make comments/no
comment on sth./sb.
对某事/某人进行评论/不进行评论
The scandal caused
a lot of comment.
这件丑闻遭到很多议论。
“Will you resign, Minister?” “No comment!”
“部长,您是要辞职吗?”“无可奉告。”
高手过招
(1)用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空 (原创)
Do you have any
comments (make) on the recent
developments?
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(2)完成句子
(原创)
①Asked about the date of the election, the
Prime Minister
(发表意见) no decision had yet been made.
②She was asked about the pay increase
but
(不进行评论) on it.
答案:(1)to make
(2) ①commented that ② made no
comment
重点短语
减少;缩小;降低;使……陷入某种更糟的状态
He is trying to
reduce expenses. 他正试图减少开支。
We must gradually
reduce the wage gap.
我们必须逐步缩小工资差距。
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