自考汉语言本科：00015英语二讲义Unit 8 The Great Minds0802

II. Text Learning

Life Without Limits

①Imagine being born without arms. No arms to wrap around someone, no hands to

experience touch, or to hold another hand with. Or what about being born without

legs? Having no ability to dance, walk, run, or even stand on two feet. Now put

both of those scenarios（设想）together: no arms and no legs. What would you do?

How would that effect your everyday life?

②Born in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia, without any medical explanation or

warning, Nicholas Vujicic came into the world with neither arms nor legs.

(1)Having had an uneventful pregnancy and no family history to expect this

condition, imagine the shock his parents felt when they saw their first born,

brand new baby boy, only to find he was what the world would consider imperfect

and abnormal. How would their son live a normal happy life?

What could he ever

do or become when living with what the world would see as such a massive

disability（严重残疾）? (2)Little did they or anyone know that this beautiful limbless

baby would one day be someone who would inspire and motivate people from all

walks of life, touching lives all over the world.

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1. Having had an uneventful（平凡的）pregnancy and no family history to expect this

condition, imagine the shock his parents felt when they saw their first born,

brand new baby boy, only to find he was what the world would consider imperfect

and abnormal. (1) 悬垂分词。建议换成：Having had an uneventful pregnancy and no family

history to expect this condition, his parents felt great shock when they saw ….

Can you imagine the shock?以下是可以接受的悬垂分词形式：Strictly speaking, nobody is allowed in

here. Judging from his accent, he must be from the South.

经常这样用的分词(分词词组)有：frankly (broadly, generally, strictly…) speaking, judging from /

by…,talking about…,speaking

of…等。某些句子中作状语的分词的逻辑主语虽然不是句子的主语，但可能是句中的另外某一成分，对这样的句子也可以不认为是"悬垂分词"。课文中的这个句子属于这种情况。再如：Seeing

her health sinking rapidly, alarm clutched the father's heart.

她父亲看到她健康迅速恶化，很是惊慌。切记：该结构应慎用。(2) only to

find…不定式表示结果。不定式表结果时通常前面需要加only,表示出乎意料的不希望看到的结果。例如：They rushed to the cinema,

only to find the tickets left at home.They hurried back home, only to find the

door locked.They went to the hospital without any delay, only to be told their

beloved grandpa had already passed away.(3) what the world would consider作插入语(4)

译文：在经历了一段平静无事的孕期，而且没有任何家族病史预示的情况下，我们可以想象得到当时他的父母看到这个

刚出生的小男孩时会是多么地震惊，只知道他就是世人所说的缺陷和不正常。2.

Little did they or anyone know that this beautiful limbless baby would one day

be someone who would inspire and motivate people from all walks of life,

touching lives all over the world. (1) 否定词放在句首句子倒装，如rarely, seldom, in no case,

by no means, little, hardly等。(2) who would inspire and motivate people from all

walks of life定语从句，先行词是someone。(3) touching lives all over the world

现在分词作状语，修饰inspire and motivate people。(4)

译文：当时他们不知道而且也没有任何一个人知道，这个漂亮的无手足的小男孩有一天会启发激励社会各阶层的人，并且感动全世界的人们。

请认真答题，答题结果将记入知识点测评的成绩！【单选题】16. He returned to work after recovery from his

illness, _______ another employee had taken his place.A．only to tellB．only

to be toldC．only to be tellingD．to be

told【答案】B【解析】本题考查不定式表示结果。不定式表