Several years ago, we began construction on a new churchbuliding.At the beginning, the workmen dug a big pit in theground and then they began to pour footings. Footings arecement piers under __1__ which the entire buliding rests. Theyare crucial to the strenth of the finished structure. After thefoundation hole is dug, the footings must be poured quickly,before the composition of the soil is changed by the wind, air, orwater. With a similar way in these brief early __2__ years, parents of young children have thechallenging job of lying __3__ the foundation that will support family friendships in later years.
Physical affectation and verbal affirmation are necessary in laying __4__ a strong foundation forfriendship. Hug, hug, hug. Even if you are not __5__ raised in a hugging family, hug your kidsanyway. They need the warmth of physical contact and so do you need. A young child will try to__6__ manipulate and be in the charge. He will attempt to get his own way. __7__ Since the childmay not be consciously trying to control, this is __8__ what he is doing. A wise parent must notpermit to happen. __9__ When a child respects his parents, he will also respect the others. __10__
參考答案及解析:
1.under--upon/on.footing是“地基”的意思,一般來說,整幢建筑物怎么可能在地基之下呢?所以,介詞under應(yīng)該改成upon或on。
2.with--in.in a similar way 意思是“以一種相似的方式”,way表示方式時通常和介詞in搭配。
3.lying--laying.lying是lie的-ing分詞,而lie的意思是“平躺”或“說謊”,都和原文的意思及搭配不符。
4.affectation--affection.前者是“不自然”,后者是“感情,慈愛”。physical affection的意思是“通過身體語言表現(xiàn)出來的慈愛”。
5.are--were.文中的you指的是孩子的父母,已經(jīng)為人父母的人被養(yǎng)大成人的過程中應(yīng)該是在過去的時間。所以這里應(yīng)該用過去時態(tài)。
6.need--\.“so+代動詞do+somebody”這個結(jié)構(gòu)已經(jīng)替代了前面句子的謂語,是一個動詞性替代,做簡短反應(yīng),這里加一個動詞need是多余的。
7.the--\.be in charge 意思是“主管,控制”,這里是說孩子們有時候試圖成為控制者。如果說inone's charge或者in the charge of somebody,意思則是被某人看管。
8.Since--While/Although/Though.這里要理解主從句的邏輯關(guān)系,從句是說小孩子也沒有意識到自己的控制欲,主句說他實際上確實有控制欲,兩者不是因果關(guān)系,而是讓步關(guān)系。
9.permit^--this.permit是及物動詞,熱切不能直接以動詞不定式作賓語,必須有名詞或代詞作賓語,所以要加一個代詞this用于指代前文所述內(nèi)容。
10.the--others指“別人”,沒有數(shù)量范圍的限定;the others指“其他的人”,有數(shù)量范圍的限定。這里只是泛指“別人”,所以不應(yīng)該加定冠詞。