Reading 1 Text exploration Sentence structure: Few ..are more...than...:Something is the most... e.g.Few occasions are more exciting than the Spring Festival. Practice: 没有什么事情比环境保护更重要了。 Few things are more important than environmental protection. 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit2
新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 2 Reading 1 • Sentence structure: Few … are more … than …: Something is the most… e.g. Few occasions are more exciting than the Spring Festival. Practice: 没有什么事情比环境保护更重要了。 Few things are more important than environmental protection
Reading 1 Text exploration 2)You might assume the explanation is straightforward... (Para.1) ·Paraphrase: You might suppose without questioning it that the explanation is easy to understand .. 。Translation: 你可能会认为理由很简单..… 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit2
新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 2 Reading 1 2) You might assume the explanation is straightforward … (Para. 1) • Paraphrase: You might suppose without questioning it that the explanation is easy to understand … • Translation: 你可能会认为理由很简单……
Reading 1 Text exploration 3)The total time people are working,whether paid or otherwise,has not increased in Europe or North America in recent decades.(Para.1) 。Paraphrase: The total time people are working,whether they are paid or not paid for the time,has not increased in Europe or North America in recent decades. 。Translation: 在欧洲和北美，人们近几十年花费在有偿或无偿工作上的时间 并未增加。 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit2
新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 2 Reading 1 3) The total time people are working, whether paid or otherwise, has not increased in Europe or North America in recent decades. (Para. 1) • Paraphrase: The total time people are working, whether they are paid or not paid for the time, has not increased in Europe or North America in recent decades. • Translation: 在欧洲和北美，人们近几十年花费在有偿或无偿工作上的时间 并未增加
Reading 1 Text exploration Sentence structure: or otherwise:(esp.BrE)used to refer to the opposite of what has just been mentioned或相反；或其反面 e.g.It was necessary to discover the truth or otherwise of these statements. Practice: 无论满意与否，你必须接受这个结果。 You must accept the result,satisfactory or otherwise 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit2
新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 2 Reading 1 • Sentence structure: or otherwise: (esp. BrE) used to refer to the opposite of what has just been mentioned 或相反；或其反面 e.g. It was necessary to discover the truth or otherwise of these statements. Practice: 无论满意与否，你必须接受这个结果。 You must accept the result, satisfactory or otherwise
Reading 1 Text exploration 4)What's more,the people who say they're the busiest generally aren't.(Para.1) 。Paraphrase: What's more,the people who say they're the busiest generally aren't the busiest. 。Sentence structure: This is an elliptical sentence(省略句)where the busiest"is left out after"aren't"to avoid repetition. 。Translation: 而且，声称自己很忙的人往往并不忙。 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit2
新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 2 Reading 1 4) What’s more, the people who say they’re the busiest generally aren’t. (Para. 1) • Paraphrase: What’s more, the people who say they’re the busiest generally aren’t the busiest. • Sentence structure： This is an elliptical sentence（省略句） where “the busiest” is left out after “aren’t” to avoid repetition. • Translation: 而且，声称自己很忙的人往往并不忙