新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 第51課(4)

Lesson51 Reward for virtue

My friend, Herbert, has always been fat, but thingsgot so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wroteout a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.The list included most of the things Herbert loves:butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, andsweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the belland was not surprised to see that Herbert was stillas fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedlyhid a large parcel under his desk. It was obviousthat he was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily andthen put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had toreward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. Itcontained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!

10、He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally.

他解釋說(shuō)，他的飲食控制得太嚴(yán)格了，以致他不得不偶爾獎(jiǎng)賞自己一下。

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1

1) be strict with sb對(duì)某人要求很?chē)?yán)格：

When I was a kid, my father was strict with me.

當(dāng)我還是個(gè)孩子的時(shí)候，我的父親對(duì)我要求非常嚴(yán)格。

2) be strict in sth.對(duì)某事要求嚴(yán)格：

I am strict in writing.我對(duì)寫(xiě)作的要求很?chē)?yán)。

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2幾個(gè)表示“有時(shí)”的短語(yǔ): on occasion; sometimes; at times; off and on; now and again

11. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars ofchocolate and three bags of sweets!

接著他給我看了包里的東西。里面裝了5大塊巧克力和3袋糖果!

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) contain包含，指可以見(jiàn)到具體物品。