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Answer the following questions:
1.Who is Eloise?
2.Try to summarize the change of“my”attitude toward the iPhone in a paragraph.
(Sample:First,“I”didn't want a fancy cellphone...)
3.What does the sentence“I was living on iCloud nine as I built my new life with Eloise.”mean?
4.What can you see from the experience that he Google-mapped his way to the mailbox?
5.Between which two paragraphs do you think the sentence“Okay,so I was addicted to my iPhone.”can be inserted?
Keys:
1.The author's iPhone.
2.Then“I”found myself envious of all those proud iPhone owners,and welcomed a new iPhone into the life.Later,“I”instantly fell in love with it,and could no longer imagine a life without it.Soon I became addicted to it and would feel anxious without it accompanying.And“I”hated my addiction to it.But I regained happiness and joy when quitting the addiction.
3.On iCloud nine is equal to the phrase“on the cloud nine”,which means very happy.
4.He became addicted to the iPhone.
5.Para 7 and Para 8.
長句分析:
1.What used to feel like friendly notifications now felt like constant nagging to respond.過去覺得親切的提醒現(xiàn)在看來像是等待回應的不斷念叨。
該句主語為what used to feel like friendly notifications,是一個what引導的名詞性從句。謂語動詞為felt like,constant nagging是賓語,to respond是賓語的定語。
2.When I turned it on,a wave of familiarity washed over me as it buzzed with two days worth of missed texts and notifications.當我開機時,一陣親切感撲面而來,兩天未接到的短信和提醒使它振個不停。
該句主干為a wave of familiarity washed over me。as此處引導原因狀語從句,it指代iPhone,buzz是動詞,指手機振動發(fā)出的嗡嗡聲。missed此處做texts and notifications的定語,意為“沒有收到的,錯過的”。
Word Bank
On cloud nine:very happy樂不可支
例如:She has been on cloud nine since the magazine printed the story she wrote.
自從那份雜志發(fā)表了一篇她寫的故事后,她高興得不得了。endprint