Unit 2

I wonder if it’s similar to the Water Festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province.

 be similar to...与……相似

2. Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries.

 1）enjoy常用作及物动词，意思是“喜欢，享受……的乐趣”。现将其用法简述如下：

enjoy后接名词或代词 Do you enjoy the film?

enjoy后接动词-ing形式  I enjoy listening to light music.

2）enjoy后接反身代词oneself，构成固定搭配，意为“过得愉快，玩得高兴”，相当于have a good time.

--Did you enjoy yourself at the party?

---I enjoyed myself very much at the party.

3.Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night.

 so...that...意为“如此……以至于……”，引导表示结果的状语从句。so是副词，用以修饰其后的形容词或副词，说明其程度的大小。

  She is so lucky that she always wins at cards.

“so...that...”句型中的that在口语中常可以省略，其意思不变。

   The story was so funny that it made everybody laugh.

 该句型中的“so+adj./adv.”可以提至句首，以加强语气，但要注意用倒装语气。

4. Not only do people spread them around in different hiding places for an egg hunt, but they also give out these treats as gifts.

1）not only...but also...是一个并列连词，在句中连接两个并列对等的成分。

  She not only plays well ,but (also) writes music.

  We go there not only in winter, but also in summer.

2）在使用not only...but also...时还应注意以下几点：

当not only...but also...连接两个主语时，谓语动词的数原则上与其临近的主语保持一致。---Not only you but also he is wrong.

为了强调，可将not only置于句首，此时其后的句子通常要用部分倒装形式。

      Not only do they need clothes, but they are also short of water.

5. What a great day!

多么美好的一天！

5.1.感叹句句型结构

what引导的感叹句的中心词时名词。该名词前常有形容词修饰，句中的主语和谓语一般可省去。句型结构为：what(+a/an)+形容词+名词（主语+谓语）！

   What a cold day(it is) today!     What delicious food(it is)!

What引导感叹句中的名词若为单数可数名词，要用不定冠词a/an，而不用the；若为复数或不可数名词，则不用冠词。

how引导的感叹句的中心词时形容词或副词。其句型结构为：how+形容词/副词+主语+谓语！或how+形容词+a/an+单数可数名词+主语+谓语！

 How cold it is today!      How happy the children are!

5.2.陈述句改为感叹句常使用“一断二加三换位”的方法：

(1)“一断”，即在谓语动词后边断开，把句子分成两部分

   She is~a beautiful girl.       He works ~hard.

“二加”，即如果第二部分的第一个词为形容词、副词，就加上how；如果是名词（词组），就加上what。

   She is~（what）a beautiful girl.       He works ~(how) hard.

“三换位”，即把第一部分与第二部分互换位置，同时把句号换为感叹句。

  What a beautiful girl she is!       How hard he works!