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语言点： 1. They want to know what to study, or whether it’s OK to drop out of college since that’s what I did.
他们想知道该学什么，或者想知道大学期间辍学是否不要紧，因为我就是这么做的。 They wonder what they should study; they also want to know whether it’s a good idea to withdraw from college since I was a dropout from college.
动词不定式to know有两个宾语，一个是what to study，这是“疑问代词＋动词不定式”作宾语；另一个是whether it’s OK to drop out of college since that’s what I did，这是whether引导的从句作宾语，在这个从句中，it作形式主语代替动词不定式to drop out of college。这篇课文中还有几个地方出现it作形式主语的情况，如It’s true that I dropped out of college to start Microsoft.
“疑问词+不定式”结构可以作动词宾语，疑问词包括who, what, which, when, where, how。如： I don’t know what to do. He can’t decide whether to go or not.
2. In my company’s early years, we had a bright part-time programmer who planned to drop out of high school to work. Sentence Translation: 在我们公司刚开始的几年，有一个优秀的兼职程序师，他想从中学辍学来工作。 Sentence Paraphrase: In the years when my company had just started, we had an intelligent part-time programmer. He intended to withdraw from high school to work. Structural Analysis: 这句话中包含了一个定语从句who planned to drop out of high school to work，修饰先行词a bright part-time programmer。这篇课文中还有几个句子中也出现了定语从句： High school and college offer you the best chance to learn many things and to do projects with others that teach you about team spirit. In high school there was a time when I was highly focused on writing software. For me, classroom is not the only place where you can learn.
引导定语从句的词如who, that, when, where等叫作引导词或关系词，包括：that, which, who/whom, whose, when, where, why。
3. somebody handing you a book doesn’t automatically start your learning.
Sentence Translation: 有个人递给你一本书，这本身并不意味着你学习过程的开始。 Sentence Paraphrase: Somebody hands you a book, but this action itself does not set you into the state of learning. Structural Analysis: 句子主语是somebody handing you a book。句子的主语可以由一个-ing分词来充当，必要的时候，这个-ing分词还可以带上自己的逻辑主语，这个逻辑主语可以是名词的通格或属格，也可以是代词的宾格或物主限定词。再看几个例句： Seeing is believing. John dropping out of college made his parents disappointed Your graduating from college with a diploma doesn’t guarantee your success in career.
New Words 1）count a) count最基本的意思是“数（数字）”，可以作及物动词，也可以作不 及物动词。如： Please count the apples in the fridge. The baby cannot yet count. b) count还有“认为，看作”的意思，作及物动词。如： Einstein is counted one of the greatest scientists in the world. c) count在课文中的意思是“有价值，有重要意义”，作不及物动词。如： The general manager is a man that counts in a company. What really counts is not your present but your care. Phrasal Verb: count as: 可被认为 This university counts as the most renowned one in the country. count in: 把……包括在内 There are twenty-nine students in our class, counting in the sitting-in students. count on: 依赖 You can count on me for help when you are in need. Comparison: count & matter 这两个词都有“重要”的意思，是近义词，count比matter更强调重要性，matter常用于这样的句型中：it doesn’t matter+从句。如： It doesn’t matter where you are educated. Your happiness matters to me. 2）advice NB: advice作为名词时是不可数名词。它的动词形式是advise。 Collocations: take one’s advice give sb advice follow one’s advice a piece of advice Patterns: advise sb sth advise doing sth advise sb to do sth advise that-clause Examples: Doctors always advise doing a proper amount of physical exercise. The teacher advised him to read more books on that subject. Derivation: advisable adj. 明智的，合理的 advisory adj. 咨询的，顾问的
3）success NB: a) success的动词形式是succeed。 b) succeed的意思是“成功”。succeed还有一个意思是“继续，接替”。如： As a rule, when the king dies, his son will succeed to the throne. Night succeeds day. Collocations: succeed in （在某方面）成功 succeed to 继承（职位、头衔等） Derivation: successful adj. 成功的 succession n. 继承，连续 successive adj. 继承的，连续的
4）discourage NB discourage的意思是“使失去信心，不赞成，阻止”，作及物动词。如： He was discouraged by his failure The government discourages excessive spending. The girl is discouraged from marrying the man. Collocation: discourage…from… Example: All his friends discouraged him from taking such a risky step. Derivationdiscouraged adj. 失去信心的 discouragement n. 气馁，挫折 discouraging adj. 令人气馁的 5）: drop out of NB: drop out作为不及物动词也可以单独使用，后面不跟of词组，意思是“逃避现实”。如： He was so disappointed with the reality of the society that he completely dropped out. Collocations: drop out of school 辍学，退学 drop out of the course 停止学习这门课程 drop out of usage （语言、表达方式等）不再使用 Useful Expressions with “Drop”: drop back 落后，退后 drop in 顺便拜访 drop a hint 露口风；给暗示
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