新东方新概念英语第四册课文讲解34-3

.Parents are often upset when their children praise the homes of their friends and regard it as a slur on their own cooking, or cleaning, or furniture, and often are foolish enough to let the adolescents see that they are annoyed.

讲解：这句话是个并列句，主要结构是：Parents are often upset…… and regard it as……and often are foolish……

regard as认为，还可以用view as,see as,consider as等等来代替。

例句：I regard him as my friend. 

我把他看作自己的朋友。

2.They may even accuse them of disloyalty, or make some spiteful remark about the friends' parents.

讲解：make a remark发表意见，评论

例句：It was out of order for him to make such a tactless remark. 

他说出这种不策略的话是得不得体的。

3.Before very long the parents will be complaining that the child is so secretive and never tells them anything, but they seldom realize that they have brought this on themselves.

讲解：seldom是频度副词。

频度副词表示动作发生的次数，常见有的ever, never, rarely, seldom, once, often, occasionally, constantly, frequently, usually, continually, always 等。

频度副词在句中的位置：

频度副词通常位于实意动词之前，动词be、助动词、情态动词之后：

He often comes to see us. 他常来看我们。

He is seldom late for school. 他上学很少迟到。

有时为了强调，频度副词也可位于动词be、助动词等之前：

She always was late. 她老是迟到。

有的频度副词可位于句末(尤其受very, only修饰时)：

I get paid on Fridays usually. 我通常在星期五领工资。

We go out very seldom. 我们很少外出。

Do you go to the cinema very often? 你常去看电影吗?

有的频度副词(如sometimes, often, usually, frequently, occasionally等)可位于句首(此时多半是因为强调或对比)：

Sometimes he went there by bus. 有时他坐公共汽车去那儿。

Very often the phone rings when I’m in the bath. 电话经常在我洗澡时响。

4.Disillusionment with the parents, however good and adequate they may be both as parents and as individuals, is to some degree inevitable.

讲解：however

However和no matter how同义，都表示“无论如何”的意思，又都引导让步状语从句，但它们的修辞意味和使用场合有所不同。

However是比较正式的用语，大都用于书面语，口语中较少使用；no matter how则比较口语化，它的语势比however重，故常用在强调的场合。

请看下面的例句：

The task must be done，however arduous it may be．

无论多么艰难，这个任务一定要完成。

（试比较一般句：The task must be done though it is arduous．）

与之类似区别的词语很多，例如whatever/no matter what、whenever/no matter when、wherever/no matter where、whichever/no matter which、whoever/no matter who。

5.Most children have such a high ideal of their parents, unless the parents themselves have been unsatisfactory, that it can hardly hope to stand up to a realistic evaluation.

讲解：stand up经久耐用; 站得住脚

例句：Do you think your car will stand up well under such snowy conditions?

你认为你的车在积雪的条件下还能耐用吗?

I'm afraid it won't stand up in court.

我担心这件事在法庭上站不住脚。