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课件网) Book 3 Unit 2 Reading for writing language points whisper vi. & vt.悄声说；耳语；低语 n．耳语(声)；低语(声)；传言；谣传 whisper sth. to sb. 把某事悄悄告诉某人 whisper about sth. 密谈某事; 窃窃私语 whisper sth. in/into one’s ear 在某人耳旁小声说某事 It is/was whispered that... 据秘密传闻…… in a whisper/in whispers = in a low voice 低声说 “I never thought I'd see this place,” he said ___ a whisper. It is strange that they should love to whisper _____ things not nice. It is _____ (whisper) that he is heavily in debt. She leaned over and whispered something _____ his ear. in about whispered in/into assist vt.帮助；援助 A doctor can assist you _____ a minor illness. We will spare no efforts to assist him in _____ (solve) this problem. Conducting an operation will assist the old man _____ (recover) quickly. assist sb. with sth. 帮助/援助某人某事 assist sb. in doing sth. 帮助某人做某事 assist sb. to do sth. 帮助某人做某事 assistance n. 帮助，援助，支持 with the assistance of 在……的帮助下 come to one’s assistance 援助某人 (2) assistant n. 助手，助理 adj. 助理的，副的 with to recover solving harm n.& vt. 伤害；损害 be of great harm 危害极大的 do harm to sb./sth. (=do sb./sth. harm) 对某人/某物有害 mean no harm 没有恶意 There is no harm in (one’s) doing sth. = There is no harm (for sb.) to do sth. =It does no harm (for sb) to do sth.某人做某事无妨/无害 do more harm than good 弊大于利 harmful adj. 有害的 be harmful to … 对……有害 harmless adj. 无害的 be harmless to… 对……无害 harm n.& vt. 伤害；损害 He may look fierce, but he means ____ harm. He may not be able to help but there's no harm in _____ (ask) him. If we interfere, it may do more harm _____ good. Smoking is _____ (harm) to your health. It does no harm for us _____ (give) up smoking. no asking than harmful to give After a while, a group of women came along, each balancing a pot of water on her head. 过了一会儿，一群妇女走了过来，每个人头上都顶着一罐水。 [句式分析] each balancing a pot of water on her head是独立主格结构作状语。 概念：独立主格结构是由名词或代词加上名词、形容词、副词、介词短语或非谓语动词等构成的一种独立结构，用于修饰整个句子。 独立主格结构 作状语 独立主格结构的构成 独立主格结构，是一种特殊的非谓语动词，就是带有独立主语的非谓语动词。 比如：The weather being good, we all went out to have fun. 天气很好，我们都出去玩了。 这里，前面的 the weather being good, 就是一个独立主格结构。 它有什么特点？ （1）本质上来说，它是一个现在分词短语（being good）作状语的结构。 （2）与普通现在分词短语不同，这个现在分词短语自带逻辑主语：The weather。我们之前讲过，现在分词短语作状语，是由两个主语相同的句子组合而成的，所以现在分词的逻辑主语一般就是主句主语。比如，假如这句话没有前面的主语就是：Being good, we went out to have fun。这时候，being good 主语就应该是 we，和主句保持一致。 但是，独立主格结构特殊的地方在于：它自带主语！ The weather being good, we all went out to have fun. 前面being good 的主语是 the weather, 而不是后面主句的 ... ...
