2.surround围绕，包围

　　 Mystery surrounded the actress's death.女演员之死笼罩着神秘的气氛。

　　 该词常用于被动词态。surrounding是形容词“周围的，附近的”。如：

　　 The wall surrounds the church.=The church is surrounded by/with the wall.

　　 We found the village surrounded by a river.

　　 The old man sat there telling stories,surrounded by some children.

　　 The beauty of the surrounding scenery is beyond description.

　　 另外，surrounding还常用复数形式表示“环境，周围的事物”。如：

　　 She like to bring up her child in healthy surroundings.她希望在健康的环境中养育孩子。

单元词组思维运用

1.amazing令人惊异的；了不起的

　　 The new car goes at an amazing speed.

　　 amazing可以作形容词。amazed作形容词是“被惊异”。amazement是名词“惊异，惊愕”。常用词组有：to one's amazement使某人惊异的是……。如：

　　 I was amazed to find him there as well.

　　 To my amazement I came first.

7.kind(sort)用于复数，也可用of kinds(sorts)形式。应注意修饰kinds(sorts)的形容词也应放在of之后。例如：

　　 People eat different kinds of food (food of different kinds) which change into energy.

　　 He saw all kinds (every kind)of people (people of all kinds/every kind.)

单元重点词汇点拨

6.a kind of…与…of a kind

　　 (1)a kind of表示“一种……”的意思。但并非都可译为“一种”，在对所说事物(人)不能确定其真正含义时，常常译成“大致可以说成是……”，“类似……的东西”。例如：

　　 He is a kind(sort)of genius(天才).

　　 At the same time another kind of paper was developed.同时另一种纸也被研制出来。

　　 (2)…of a kind (sort)，也有很多不同的含义。表示“同种类的”，“徒有其名的，劣质的，勉强算是……的”等意思。例如：

　　 Things of a kind come together.物以类聚。

　　 You bought some tea leaves of a sort yesterday.你昨天买了什么劣质茶叶。

　　 The boss gave his workers rice of a kind.那老板给工人们吃极差的米饭。

5.还应注意，在修饰不定代词时，this kind(sort)常放在不定代词之后。例如：

　　 I have never heard of anything of this kind.

4.综上所述，这类句子有六种说法，归纳如下：

　　 (1)口语说法有：

　　 这种自行车是上海造的。

　　 These kind of bikes are made in Shanghai.

　　 These sorts of bikes are made in Shanghai.

　　 These kinds of bike are made in Shanghai.

　　 (2)标准说法有：

　　 这类事情常常能听到。

　　 This sort of thing is often heard about.

　　 This sort of things is often heard about.

　　 Things of this sort are often heard about.

3.口语中，学习惯说These kind (s)of+单数或复数名词，动词复数。因其结构不太亚谨，在书面语中常改用另一种说法。试比较：

　　 These kind(s)of flower(S)are very beautiful.

　　 Flowers of this kind (sort)are very beautiful.

　　 These kinks of deer are very rare.

　　 Deer of this kind are very rare.这种鹿非常罕见。

2.也可修饰不可数名词。

　　 That kind of food is too expensive.

1.kind(sort)of后可接单数名词或复数名词，动词用单数形式。例如：

　　 This kind of question(questions)is not easy.

10.Watch out where you are walking.

　　 Ⅲ.语法学习

　　 复习定语从句和同位语从句的用法。

指点迷津

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