1. Mobile phones make it possible for us to talk to... 移動電話使得我們與……交談成為可能。

句型:make it + adj./n.+ to do... 使得……

例如: These strict rules in our company make them difficult to follow.
我們公司特嚴的規(guī)章制度讓我們很難遵從。

聯(lián)想:make 表“使”的意義時常見的其他復合結構形式有:

(1)make+sb+do sth

例:You may take a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink.
可以牽馬到河邊,卻不能逼它喝水。

(2)make+sb/sth+n./adj.

例:That will only make matters worse.
這只會使情況更糟。

We make him our team leader.
我們選他做領隊。

Sit down and make yourselves comfortable.
請坐,大家隨便點。

(3)make+sb/sth+done

例:The result was not made known until last wednesday.
結果上周三才公布出來。

2. Modern cellphones are more than just phones... 現(xiàn)代手機不僅僅是電話……

該句型中more than 的用法既是重點又是難點,其義項較多,用法靈活。

(1)表示比較

例如:The first question is more difficult than the second.
第一個問題比第二個難些。

(2)“不僅僅;遠不止”+名詞

例如:Bamboo is used for more than building.
竹子不僅僅用于建筑。

(3)“非常,更加,豈止, 簡直”+形容詞:

例如:He was dressed more than simply.
他穿得豈止樸素,近乎破爛。

(4)與can/could 連用, more than 表是否定,相當于not。

The beauty of the city is more than words can describe.
這城市之美是無法用語言來描述的。

That's more than I can tell you, sir.
這一點我是不能告訴您的,先生。

(5)“多于,大于”+名詞

The factory turns out more than one hundred cars daily.
該廠日產(chǎn)汽車一百多輛。

聯(lián)想:有關more的短語:

不再 no more/not...any more

更加,越發(fā) all the more

越……越 the more...the more

一樣都不 no more + adj. than...

比不上 not more +adj. than...

經(jīng)常,往往 more often than not

或多或少,大體上,幾乎 more or less

有一次,再一次 once more

更重要的事,更有甚者 what's more