中文素材:
受够了员工不停地在手机上查看电子邮件和各种提醒的行为,老板决定禁止在开会时使用任何手机、平板电脑(tablets)及笔记本电脑。结果是,由于参与者完全集中精力,会议变得更加富有成效。英文原文: From Financial Times of London
Fed up with his staff constantly checking emails and alerts on their smartphones, the boss decided to ban all phones, tablets and laptops from meetings. Consequently, meeting have become much more productive as attendees are entirely focused.中英转化:
1) 受够了员工不停地在手机上查看电子邮件和各种提醒的行为:Fed up with his staff [后置定语constantly checking emails and alerts on(注意介词) their smartphones]
2) 老板决定禁止在开会时使用任何手机、平板电脑(tablets)及笔记本电脑:the boss decided to ban(及物动词,禁止) all phones, tablets and laptops from(与ban构成词组) meetings.
3) 结果是,由于参与者完全集中精力,会议变得更富有成效:Consequently, meetings have become much more productive(富有成效的) [时间状语从句as attendees are entirely focused(专心的)].重要语法点:
1) 非谓语动词引导的原因状语:[(being)Fed up with his staff constantly checking emails and alerts on their smartphones], the boss decided to ban…;另,Having been working for all these years, he is no longer an inexperience brat.[乳臭未干的小子]
2) 后置定语和宾语补足语的区别:Fed up with his staff(宾语)[constantly checking emails and alerts on their smartphones],/ 看完不完整,宾补(缺了不行);I heard Tom singing./ I saw kite up and down./ I find learning English difficult好词好句:
1) be fed up with:受够了;例句:Fed up with ceaseless[无休止的] wars inside their own country, a large number of refugees[难民] came to Europe for asylum.[庇护]
2) ban… from…:在…禁止…;例句:For the sake[目的] of safety, authorities ban knives and firelighters from planes.
3) be focused on:专注在;例句:The upcoming seminar[研讨会] will be focused on environmental protection.