Unit 2 Robots

重点句型

1. Claire didn’t want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be absent for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her to be harmed.
克莱尔并不想把机器人留在家里，特别是在她丈夫离别三周的这个期间。但是，克莱尔被拉里说服了。他说，机器人不会伤害她，也不会让别人来伤害她。
to be harmed为动词不定式的被动语态。
All these gifts must be mailed immediately so as to be received in time for Christmas.
所有的这些礼物必须马上邮寄，以便在圣诞节时及时收到。
It remains to be seen whether Jim’ll be fit enough to play in the finals.
吉姆最后是否适合演出仍将拭目以待。
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①小汤姆假装被射中了哭喊着要糖吃。
②此药得一日三次，饭后服用。
答案：①Little Tom pretended to be shot and cried for a candy.
②The medicine is required to be taken three times a day after meals.
2. As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern.
当她转过身时，（她发现）Gladys站在那儿。
there stood Gladys Claffern为倒装句。在谓语为动词go, come, run, stand, live等表示位置转移的动词及be动词的句子中,为了强调句子中一些副词there, here, up, down, in, out, away等，可将副词置于句首，若这时主语是名词，句子用全倒装；若是代词，则不用倒装。
There comes the teacher and her students.
老师和她的学生们来了。
Out rushed the boys.男孩们冲了出去。
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①年轻的母亲抱着怀里两个月大的婴儿跑开了。(用倒装结构)
②生气的老板和他的秘书走了进来。
答案：①Away ran the young mother with a two-month-old baby in her arms.
②In came the angry boss and his secretary.