自考综合英语（二）下册详解第三课下

　　what appeared to be 看起来好像是 …… 的地方 　　The airplane crashed and fell down on what appeared to be a desolate village .

　　飞机坠毁了，落到一个看来很荒凉的小村庄里。 　　She told her story to what appeared to be a social worker.

　　她把她的故事告诉给一个看上去像社会工作者的人。

　　20.A flying cow hit the ground and smashed like an egg.

　　一头牛飞驰而过，撞到地面，像个鸡蛋落地一样，立即粉身碎骨。

　　break， smash， crush

　　break： 普通词，多指把一个坚硬的东西弄成碎片。

　　She broke the vase when she fell down on the ground.

　　她跌倒在地时，把花瓶打碎了。

　　smash： 指物体由于沉重响亮的一击而完全变形，把脆的东西抛出去而被击碎。

　　He smashed the window with a stone.

　　她用石头打碎窗户。

　　crush： 指外部的强大压力把某物压得走形。

　　The growing grass was crushed down by hailstone.

　　正在生长的草被冰雹压下去了。

　　21.There was a crash that made all the most violent crashes of his past life seem like the sound of falling dust. 那头牛坠地时发出了震耳欲聋的巨响，与之相比，他以往生活中所听到 的 最剧烈的轰响只不过是灰尘落地。 Compared with sound of crash when the cow hit the ground， all the most violent crashes he had heard in his past life seemed like the sound of falling dust.

　　make sth seem/look like sth. else ： to make sth appear to be a particular thing or have a particular quality ，是一种比喻的方式

　　The surrounding skyscrapers make our 5-storey house look like a dwarf among giants.

　　周围的高楼大厦使我们那栋五层楼的房子看起来好像巨人群中的小矮人

　　His tall and heavy body made me look lik e a 5-year old boy.

　　他的又高又壮使我看上去像个 5 岁的孩子。

　　22. A vast wind roared throughout earth and heaven， so that he could scarcely lift his head to look. 一股飓风呼啸 于 天地之间，使他根本无法抬头环顾四周。

　　so that… 在这儿是表示结果的状语。

　　lift one's head/voice/ arm… 抬起头 / 提高嗓门 / 举起胳膊

　　23.Mr. Fotheringay struggled to get to his feet in vain and remained on all fours ， holding on . 佛泽林盖先生使出全身的劲也没法能站起来，Mr. Fotheringay tried， made great effort to s

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