1. They go as fast as they can.
as…as sb. (one) can ＝ as …as possible 儘可能地……
as…as中間加原級的形容詞或副詞。例：
I will work as hard as I can. 我將盡可能努力工作。
He ran as fast as he could. 他拼命地跑。
Please come here as soon as you can. 請儘快來這裏。
2. We call the first Olympic Games the "ancient" Olympics.
我們把早期的運動會叫做"古代"奧運會。
call sb. / sth. ＋n. 稱呼某人/某物……，後面的名詞作賓語補足語。
例：We call the boy DaMao. 我們稱呼那個男孩大毛。
類似於這種可以用名詞或名詞短語作賓語補足語的動詞有：
name/call/make/choose/find/think等。例：
We chose him our monitor at yesterday's class meeting.
昨天班會我們選他當我們的班長。
I find him a clever boy. 我覺得他是個聰明的孩子。
3. It seemed that Zhuang Yong and Jenny Thompson, an American swimmer, had finished at the same time.
看上去好像莊泳和美國游泳選手詹尼·湯姆森同時游完全程。
以下幾種方式可以表示"看起來……，似乎……"
It seems that ＋從句
seem to be ＋adj.
seem ＋adj.
例：Danny seemed excited. (Danny seemed to be excited.)
丹尼似乎很激動。
seem to do sth.
例：When his wife's pet cat died, Alan didn't seem to care at all.
艾倫妻子的寵貓死了，他好象一點也不在乎。
4. Diving is one of the most popular events at the Olympics.
潛水是奧運會最受歡迎的'項目之一。
one of… ……其中之一，後常加最高級及名詞複數。例：
Changjiang is one of the longest rivers in the world.
長江是世界最長的河流之一。
5. Make your country proud. 使你的國家因你而自豪。
proud作賓語補足語，修飾賓語your country；
make的用法：
make the bed 鋪牀 make tea 沏茶
make dumplings 包餃子 make a car 製造汽車
be made of 由……製成
make sb. /sth. ＋n. 使某人/某物成為……
made sb. /sth. ＋adj. 使某人/某物如何……
make sb. /sth. do 使某人/某物做某事
名詞/形容詞/do （不定式，省to），作賓語補足語。
6. …his team came in twentieth. 他的隊第二十名。
twentieth 第二十
整十數的序數詞，變y為ie加th。例：
ninety→ninetieth fifty→fiftieth
7. We had such an interesting day at school today.
我們今天在學校度過了這麼有趣的一天。
這句話也可以説成：We had so interesting a day at school today.
such和so意思都是"如此……/這樣……"，但用法不同。
It is so interesting a film that we all want to see it once more.
它是如此有趣的電影，我們都想再看一遍。
Thanks a lot for sending me such beautiful pictures by e-mail!
多謝你用e-mail給我發來這麼漂亮的圖片。
He is so weak that he can't work on.
他如此虛弱以致不能再繼續工作。
8. If I don't. I won't be able to sleep tonight.
如果我不寫下來的話，我今晚睡不着覺。
此句是if構成的條件狀語從句，要用一般現在時代替將來時。
I'll go to the park with my friends if it doesn't rain tomorrow.
如果明天不下雨，我要和朋友去公園。
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