Reading 2 Text exploration Text reading To the best friend l don't see every day 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit3
Reading 2 Text reading 新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 3 Text exploration
Reading 2 Text exploration 1.There's a picture of us sitting on my dresser.You're laughing,your head thrown back,hair flying wild in the wind.I'm standing next to you,my arm slung across your shoulder,smiling at the camera,an oversized pair of sunglasses hiding my entire face.In that picture, everything was easy.We didn't have dreams pulling us in different directions.We didn't have love telling us to stay,or to go.We were rooted in the same town,the same school.We didn't know how hard it could be to be so far apart. 2.I haven't told you this,but every time I look at that photo,my chest aches. 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit3
Reading 2 新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 3 1.There's a picture of us sitting on my dresser. You're laughing, your head thrown back, hair flying wild in the wind. I'm standing next to you, my arm slung across your shoulder, smiling at the camera, an oversized pair of sunglasses hiding my entire face. In that picture, everything was easy. We didn't have dreams pulling us in different directions. We didn't have love telling us to stay, or to go. We were rooted in the same town, the same school. We didn't know how hard it could be to be so far apart. 2.I haven't told you this, but every time I look at that photo, my chest aches. Text exploration
Reading 2 Text exploration 1.You are laughing,your head thrown back,hair flying wild in the wind. (Para.1) 。Translation: 照片上你在笑，头向后仰着，头发飘舞在风中。 Sentence structure In the expression of"your head thrown back,"the past participle"thrown" is used to show how to move someone's head back;while in the expression of"hair flying wild,"the present participle "flying"is employed,picturing how someone's hair is flowing in the wind.Both expressions are vivid.These two participles represent the absolute construction(独立主格结构)，which means that both of their subjects are not"you,"the subject of the main clause.Therefore,the author adds their logical subjects"head"and"hair"respecively before the participles. 新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程Unit3
Reading 2 Text exploration 新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 3 1. You are laughing, your head thrown back, hair flying wild in the wind. (Para. 1) • Translation： 照片上你在笑，头向后仰着，头发飘舞在风中。 • Sentence structure ： In the expression of “your head thrown back,” the past participle “thrown” is used to show how to move someone’s head back; while in the expression of “hair flying wild,” the present participle “flying” is employed, picturing how someone’s hair is flowing in the wind. Both expressions are vivid. These two participles represent the absolute construction (独立主格结构), which means that both of their subjects are not “you,” the subject of the main clause. Therefore, the author adds their logical subjects “head” and “hair” respecively before the participles. Reading 2 Text exploration
Reading 2 Text exploration 3.I miss how it used to be-when I could run across the street and sit on your porch,when you could pick me up across town to grab coffee, or when we could easily meet up and spend all evening walking around the mall,talking about boys. 4.I miss the nights we'd stay up way too late telling secrets,eating ice cream straight from the carton,watching some stupid Netflix show but talking through every good part and having to rewind it to see what we've missed. 5.Sometimes it feels like you're half a world away from me. 6. Honestly,I'd do anything to have you here,right now,laughing at my stupid jokes,showing you my text messages,sipping beers on my front patio,watching the seagulls dance across the sunny sky. 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit3
Reading 2 新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 3 3. I miss how it used to be — when I could run across the street and sit on your porch, when you could pick me up across town to grab coffee, or when we could easily meet up and spend all evening walking around the mall, talking about boys. 4. I miss the nights we'd stay up way too late telling secrets, eating ice cream straight from the carton, watching some stupid Netflix show but talking through every good part and having to rewind it to see what we've missed. 5. Sometimes it feels like you're half a world away from me. 6. Honestly, I'd do anything to have you here, right now, laughing at my stupid jokes, showing you my text messages, sipping beers on my front patio, watching the seagulls dance across the sunny sky. Text exploration