8.If you weigh too much.hence, you have a good reason for hanging on to the worry behavior.如果你太胖了, 你一担心可能吃得更多, 于是你有充分理由, 陷入担心的习惯而不能自拔。
1 )weigh vi. 重若干, 称分量
The first man-made satellite of our country weighs 173 kilogrammes.
我国第一颗人造卫星重173 公斤。
When did you weigh last？你上次是什么时候称体重的？
weigh 的名词形式是weight 重量。
gross weight 毛重；net weight 净重；
The two bags are of the same weight. 两只包一样重。
2 )have a good reason for doing 有充分理由(原因)做某事, 有正当理由(原因)做某事。其否定结构是have no (good)reason for doing 没有理由做某事。
We ha ve no good rea son to be conceited and arrogant.
我们没有理由骄傲自大。
You ha ve a good rea son to be absent from the class.
你上课缺席有理由。
3 )hanging on to. behavior 是动名词短语作介词for 的宾语。
hang on to 紧紧握住；不放弃；hang vt. 过去式和过去分词是hung 或hanged。
The man ha nged on to smoking. 这个男人一直吸烟。
The hunter hung on to his gun. 猎人紧握他的猎枪。
9.It may be easier for you to worry about chest pains than to risk
finding out the truth, and then having to deal directly with yourself.
为胸口疼痛担心, 与硬着头皮查出病因并且自己不得不着手处理相比, 前者可能容易一些。
1 )It 作形式主语, 真正的主语是后面的不定式结构“ for you to worry about chest pains”。
2 )chest n. 胸腔；胸膛, 作定语修饰pains。
3 )pain n. 疼痛, 痛(尤指肉体上的), 常常用作复数。
stomach pains 肚子(胃)痛；
He has pains (或pain, a pain)in the arm. 他手臂痛。
4 )risk doing 冒险做某事
The cheater r isked being ca ught by policemen to steal money.
这个骗子冒着被警察抓住的危险去偷钱。
The young fellow risks losing his life to utter the truth.
这位青年冒着生命危险道出真相。
5 )deal with 应付, 对付；处理, 安排Deal with a man as he dea ls wtih you.
以其人之道, 还治其人之身。
That man is easy to dea l with. 那人容易打交道。
Can you dea l properly with all kinds of complicated situations？
你能恰当地应付各种复杂的情况吗？
10. While these may not seem to be payoff, they do result in considerable attention from others and justify much self-pity as well. 虽然这类病症看来不是什么好事, 但他们可以引起旁人相当多的关注, 进而更能给自怜寻找理由。
1 )while 是连接词, 在这里引导让步状语从句, 意思是“ 虽然”,“ 尽管”。
While I admit his good points I can see his shortcomings.
尽管我承认他的优点, 我还是看到了他的缺点。
While she loves him, she is strict with him.
她尽管爱他, 但对他仍然很严格。
2 )do 无任何意义, 只是起强调动词result 的作用。
以前我们讲到过句子的大部分成分都可以用强调句型it is (was).that.。但对动词的强调不能用这个结构。do 即是强调动词的一种手段。
Do be careful! 一定要小心。
He did accomplish the task in time. 他的确准时完成了任务。
We do dislike the people who are dishonest.
我们确实不喜欢不诚实的人。
3 )result in 结果是, 导致The plot of the reactionaries resulted in failure.
反动派的阴谋归于失败。
His laziness results in his failure in the test.
他的懒惰使他的试验归于失败。
人们常将result in 和result from 搞混淆。
result from.作为..的结果发生(产生)
The international tension resulted from the country..s policies of aggression and war. 国际紧张局势是这个国家的侵略政策和战争政策造成的。
His failure in the test resulted from his laziness.
他在试验中的失败是他的懒惰造成的。
4 )self-前缀, 表示“ 自”,“ 自身”;“ 自我”。
self-care 利己, 自顾；self-abuse 自责；self-reliance 自立；self-education 自学, self-affirmation 自我肯定。
11. Now that you understand. you can begin to devise some measures for reducing the number of troublesome worry bugs that breed in this erroneous zone. 读者既已明白对担心这种病态有一套心理辅助手段, 那么你就该着手想法减少滋生在这个误区的令人生厌的担心虫。
1 )now that 是个复合连词, 意思是“ 既然”,“ 由于”, 引导一个原因状语从句。
You ought to write now tha t you know the address.
你既然已知道地址, 就该写信了。
Now that you are an average student you should make more efforts to improve your study.
既然你智力平平, 就该多努力提高你的学习成绩。
2 )辨异: the number of, a number of.的数字(目)The number of the population of this country is surprising.
这个国家的人口数字十分惊人。
Do you know the number of the students？
你知道学生的人数有多少？
a number of + 可数名词复数形式, 表示“ 许多”“ 若干”。
A number of new products have been successfully produced.
许多新产品已成功制造出来。
A number of officials are involved in the affair.
许多官员卷进这一事件。