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课件网) Unit 3 Food and Culture Language points 2 Hand- torn cabbage(手撕包菜), which is a typical vegetable dish in Hunan cuisine 1. tear （tore；torn）v 撕破; 扯破; 划破 tear sth. down 拆毁(建筑物) tear sb. away 使依依不舍地离开 a strike-torn industry 深受罢工困扰的行业 Using Language—Order food together with a foreign friend He tore the letter _____half/ _____pieces. 2) Once he's in front of the television, it's practically impossible to tear him _____from it. 3) The theatre _____in 1982 to make way for a hotel. 4) I _____between my parents and my friend. 我在父母和朋友之间左右为难。 in into away was torn down =… pulled down was torn How is Hunan cuisine somewhat different from Sichuan cuisine 湘菜和川菜有什么不同 2. somewhat adv. 有点; 稍微;在某种程度上 somewhat larger / higher etc. 大了点 / 高了点 …. more than somewhat : very much 非常 1) The instructions were somewhat [=slightly] confusing. 这些使用说明有点让人看不懂。 2) 这非常令人失望。It was _____ disappointing . more than somewhat 【语境应用】用somewhat或somehow填空。 1) It won’t be easy, but we’ll get across the river _____. 2) Although his relationship with his mother had improved _____, he was still depressed. 3) I know what we’re doing is legal, but _____ it doesn’t feel right. somehow somewhat somehow somewhat or somehow adv. 以某种方式(或方法); 不知怎么地 There is much debate nowadays as to what makes up a healthy diet. 当下，何为健康饮食仍众说纷纭。 3. as to =concerning; with respect/regard to . 至于;关于 I’m willing to read this book, but _____it, that’s a different matter. 我愿意读一读这本书,至于出版这本书,那是另一回事了。 Using Language—Healthy Eating as to publishing as to vs. as for 1) as to 用来引出一个与前文不同的话题，此时as to 可与as for 互换。 As to/for the recipe，I will take it into account. 至于这个烹饪方法，我会考虑的。 2) as to + 接名词性从句,而 as for 没有此用法。 He’s very uncertain as to whether it’s the right job for him. 关于他究竟是否适合做这项工作，他实在拿不准。 For example, scientists have insisted for years that a big enemy of health is fatty food. 例如，多年来科学家一直坚称健康的大敌是高脂肪食物。 However, there is increasing evidence that the real driver of poor health is not so much fatty food, as it is sugar.--Textbook p.100/8 然而，越来越多的证据表明，导致不良健康的真正因素并非高脂肪食物，而是糖分。 4. driver [c]: a factor which brings about or sustains a particular phenomenon 推动力; 驱动因素 drive vt. 传动/驱动; 迫使/驱使/迫使 Ambition drove her to succeed. 抱负驱使她努力获得成功。 5. as it is /was 实际上; 照现状 1)用在句首的as it is/was通常译为“实际上” I thought things would get better, but as it is they are getting worse. 我原来以为情况会改善,但实际上情况变得愈来愈糟。 2) 用于句末的:as it is 按原来的/现在的样子 Leave everything exactly as it is. 让每样东西都保持现状不动。 And in America, people who receive 25%o of their daily calories or more through sugar are twice as likely ... ...
