1、Unit 1 Breaking recordsPart 2 Teaching Resources第二部分 教学资源Section 2 Notes to some difficult sentences from Unit 1 Breaking records1. More than twenty of these he still holds，including the record for having the most records他还保持二十多项记录，包括拥有最多记录这项记录。本句中More than twenty of these被提holds的前面，主要是出于与上文的衔接缘故。2.
2、 While Ashrita makes standing on top of a 75 cm Swiss ball look easy, it is not阿西里塔站在一个75直径公分的瑞士球体上，似乎很容易，其实不然。句中从句谓语动词makes是复合及物动词，look easy是它的宾语补语。住句not后可以补上easy。3. You are permitted to rest for only five minutes in every hour of rolling but you are allowed to stop briefly to vomit每滚动一小时，你可以休息5分钟，
3、但是停下来短暂呕吐是可以的。本句中有个permit sb. To do sth.的动词短语用法，sb.被提前做了主语，因此permitted后面有个停顿，to到rolling也变成了主语补语。同理，并列句后半句中allowed后面也有个停顿，to到句号也是主语补语。4. Lunges are extremely hard on your 1egs冲刺对腿部压力很大。句中be hard on意思是sth. Is oppressive or unjust in nature or effect。 例如：These restrictions were hard on welfare applican
4、ts. That boy is hard on his clothes 那个男孩很快就把衣服穿坏了。Snow and ice are hard on a cars finish. 雪和冰磨损了汽车的表漆5As a teenager, he began searching for a deeper meaning in life少年时起，他开始寻找生命的深沉含义。search for意思是try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of，比如：The police are searching for clues. 6
5、He believes that there is no limit to peoples physical abilities他相信人们的体能没有极限。本句中limit 意思是the greatest amount, number or level of something that is either possible or allowed。To到句号做limit的后置修饰成分。本句可以翻译成：他相信，人对其身体能力的开发是有止境的。请看limit的更多例子： Is there a limit on the amount of money you can claim? I think we
6、 ought to put a strict limit on the amount of time we can spend on the project. Theres a limit to the number of times I can stop what Im doing just so I can help him! We set a time limit of thirty minutes for the test.7 So，when he won third place，he came to the understanding that his body was just a
7、n instrument of the spirit and that he seemed to be able to use his spirit to accomplish anything所以，赢得第三名后，他认识到他的身体不是精神的工具，他能够动用他的精神赢得一切。句中两个that引导了两个同位语从句。 同位语从句属于名词性从句，大多由从属连词that引导，常常跟在fact, idea, opinion, news, hope,belief等名词后面。同位语从句一般用来解释或说明这些名词的具体含义或内容，在逻辑上表现为同位关系。例如：They are familiar with the
8、 opinion that all matter consists of atoms.他们很熟悉这一观点，所有的物质都是由原子构成的。 They were delighted at the news that their team had won.当听到他们的球队赢了的消息时，他们欣喜若狂。 The factory(that)we visited yesterday is a chemical one.我们昨天参观的那家工厂是化工厂。(that在从句中作宾语，所以此句是宾语从句)The news that he will leave for Shanghai is true.他将要去上海的消息
9、是真的。(that只起连接从句的作用，所以此句是同位语从句) From then on，Ashrita refused to accept any physical limitation8The motivation to keep trying to break records comes through his devotion to Sri Chinmoy他不断破记录的动机来自他对斯里琴摩的挚爱。to keep trying to break records和to Sri Chinmoy做后置定语分别修饰motivation和devotion。相关例子：You need a lot of
10、 motivation to succeed. She will be remembered for her selfless/unstinting devotion to the cause. 9 Every time Ashrita tries to break a record，he reaches a point where he feels he cannotphysically do any more每次破记录，Ashrita都会达到体力的极限。句中where引导的是地点定语从句。相关例句：This is the room where / in which he lives.就是他
11、住的房间。I can see the desk where / on which there is a book. 我能看见上面有一本书的那张桌子。10At that moment, he goes deep within himself and connects with his soul and his teacher这时他会深入自我，与他的灵魂和他的老师神交。11.Ashrita always acknowledges his teacher in his record-breaking attemptsAshrita 总是认可老师在他创造记录中起的作用。Acknowledges意思是感谢, 答谢：He acknowledges your help 他答谢你的帮助。He has never acknowledged my favor done to him. 他从来都不感谢我给他的帮助。 12“There is only one perfect roadIt is ahead of you，always ahead of you.” 可以译成： “人生自有完美的路，只有一条完美的路。它就在你的前方，永远在你的前方。”