張蕊
原著簡介
《秘密》是一本心靈勵志書。一位澳洲電視工作者,有一年,父親突然去世、工作遭遇瓶頸、家庭關系也陷入僵局,就在人生跌落谷底、生活即將崩潰時,偶然間讀到一本百年古書,發(fā)現了一個生命中的重大秘密,而過去知道這個秘密的,竟然都是歷史上的偉大人物。這些秘密亙古以來存在于各種口述的歷史、文學、宗教與哲學之中,更藏在人與世界的各個互動層面,每個人自身都存在著自己所不知道的能量。許多當今的佼佼者早已了解并運用此秘密。因此,作者決心組織一個團隊揭露這個只有1%的人才知道的驚天大秘密。她發(fā)現,洞悉這個秘密的人都是各行各業(yè)的佼佼者,他們現身說法告訴你:幸福、快樂、健康、金錢、人際關系,這個秘密都能給你!了解這個秘密,就沒有做不到的事;不論你是誰,你想要什么,這個秘密都能給你!
作者朗達·拜恩(Rhonda Byrne)凝聚了一個超強的團隊,從作家、神職人員、教師、影像工作者、設計以及出版等相關人員,把這個秘密推廣到全世界,帶給全球逾千萬人喜悅的轉變,并因此入選《時代周刊》2007年全球最有影響力的100人之一。
此書創(chuàng)下美國賽門·舒斯特出版史單月再版破200萬本、四個月銷量破500萬本紀錄,榮獲“諾提勒斯圖書獎”(Nautilus Book Award)。
閱讀思考
1.Do you think the Law of Attraction is similar to the Universe Attraction(萬有引力)?
2.Why can people fail in their life according to the passage?
語法指津
So if you're sitting there,looking at a mountain of debt,feeling terrible about it,that's a signal you're putting out to the Universe.因此,假設你坐在那里,看著山似的債務,并且感到心情很糟糕,你就會把這些信號發(fā)射到宇宙中。
這是個帶有條件狀語從句的主從復合句。條件句中有l(wèi)ooking和feeling兩個分詞短語做伴隨狀語?,F在分詞在句中常常做狀語使用。例如:
①做時間狀語:
(While)Working in the factory,he was an advanced worker.在工廠工作時,他是名先進工人。
②做原因狀語:
Being a League member,he is always helping others.作為一名共青團員,他經常幫助他人。
③做方式狀語,表示伴隨:
He stayed at home,cleaning and washing.他待在家里,又擦又洗。
④做條件狀語:
(If)Playing all day,you will waste your valuable time.要是整天玩,你就會浪費寶貴的時間。
⑤做結果狀語:
He dropped the glass,breaking it into pieces.他把杯子弄掉了,結果摔得粉碎。
⑥做目的狀語:
He went swimming the other day.幾天前他去游泳了。
⑦做讓步狀語:
Though raining heavily,it cleared up very soon.雖然雨下得很大,但不久天就晴了。
⑧與邏輯主語構成獨立主格結構:
I waiting for the bus,a bird fell on my head.我等汽車時,一只鳥落到我頭上。
有時也可用with(without)+名詞(代詞賓格)+分詞形式
With the lights burning,he fell asleep.燈還亮著,他就睡著了。
⑨做獨立成分:
Judging from(by)his appearance,he must be an actor.從外表看,他一定是個演員。
詞匯聚焦
correspond to相當于,對應correspond with符合,一致
例如:Her expenses do not correspond to her income.她的收入與支出不相稱。
A vertical line is d rawn to correspond with the price range for the day,while a horizontal“tick”pointing to the left reveals the opening price,and a tick to the right indicates the closing price.
該圖形用一條豎線表示當天價格波動的范圍,再在豎線的左側用一條小橫線表示開盤價,在右側用一條小橫線表示收盤價。
A CD disk contains a long string of pits written helically on the disk.The edges of the pits correspond to binary 1s.
CD上有一條很長的坑形串列,它以螺旋線方式排列于盤面??有蔚倪呇貙诙M制“1”。
針對性練習
1.I can't stand____with Jane in the same office.She just refuses____talking while she was working.endprint
A.working;stopping B.to work;stopping C.working;to stop D.to work;to stop
2.Don't sit there____________ nothing.Come and help me with this table.
A.do B.to do C.doing D.and doing
3.The wild flower looked like a soft orange blanket____________ the desert.
A.covering B.covered C.cove D.to cover
4.Tom's never willing to alter any of his opinions.It's no use____________ with him.
A.to argue B.arguing C.argued D.having argued
5.The storm left,____________ a lot of damage to this area.
A.caused B.to have caused C.to cause D.having caused
6.____________,the more expensive the camera,the better its quality.
A.General speaking B.Speaking general
C.Generally speaking D.Speaking generally
7.“You can't catch me!”Jane shouted,____________ away.
A.run B.running C.to run D.ran
8.I could't do my homework with all that noise____________.
A.going on B.goes on C.went on D.to go on
9.He got well-prepared for the job interview,for he couldn't risk____________the good opportunity.
A.to lose B.losing C.to be lost D.being lost
10.____________for many years,the two brothers can't recognize each other.
A.Being separated B.Having separated
C.Having been separated D.To be separated
閱讀思考答案:1.Yes,it is.2.Because they think too much about the negative things.
針對性練習答案:1~5 CCABD 6~10 CBABCendprint