【知识讲解】

  1．Do you know anything interesting about colors?你知道一些有关颜色有趣的事吗？

     anything不定代词，形容词interesting修饰anything时通常要放在其后。例如：

     Is there anything else to say?还有什么要说的吗？

  2．Colors can change our moods and make us feel happy or sad, energetic or sleepy.

     颜色能改变我们的心情，使我们很快乐或忧愁，或精力充沛或困乏。

     ①make后面跟动词原形，类似的动词还有see, hear, watch, feel, notice, let, have等。动词help后的动词不定式可带to，也可不带to。例如：

     I saw Jim go into the teachers’office yesterday afternoon.

     昨天下午我看到吉姆走进老师的办公室。

     The boss made us work for twelve hours last week.

     老板上个星期让我们每天工作十二个小时。

     Let me help you.让我来帮助你。

     ②feel系动词，后面跟形容词作表语。例如：

     This kind of cloth feels very soft.这种布手感很软。

  3．This report explains what colors can do and the characteristics they represent.

     这项报告说明颜色能做的事和他们所表现的特性。

     ①explain后面跟宾语从句，“说明；解释；讲解”。例如：

     The teacher explained how the machine was used.老师说明这架机器是如何使用的。

     ②they represent在句中是定语从句，修饰名词the characteristics。例如：

     The noodles (that)I cooked were delicious.我煮的面条味道好极了。

  4．It could be because the walls were painted blue, a calm and peaceful color.

     可能是因为墙壁涂成蓝色的，一种宁静和平颜色的原因。

     because the walls were painted blue, a calm and peaceful color是表语从句。例如：

     The question is whether we can finish our work by tomorrow evening.

     问题是我们能不能在明天晚上完成我们的工作。

  5．Wearing blue clothes or sleeping in a blue room is good for the mind and body because

     this color creates the feeling of harmony.在一个蓝色房间里穿上蓝色衣服或睡觉对

     你的思维和身体有益，因为蓝色会产生协调的感觉。

     ①Wearing blue clothes or sleeping in a blue room是动名词短语，在句中作主语。例如：

     Watching TV too much is bad for your eyes.看太多的电视对你的眼睛有害。

     ②because引导的是原因状语从句。例如：

     I didn’t go surfing, because it was too cold.因为天太冷，我不去冲浪。

  6．Someone who is feeling sad may say “I’m feeling blue”.

     感觉沮丧的人可能会说“我感到沮丧”。

     who is feeling sad是定语从句，修饰代词Someone。例如：

     The man who lives next to us is a policeman.住在我们隔壁的那个人是警察。

     say后面跟宾语从句“I’m feeling blue” 。例如：

     He said (that)he would like to see the teacher.  他说他喜欢去看望老师。

  7．Another color that makes you feel calm and peaceful is white.

     that makes you feel calm and peaceful是定语从句，修饰名词color。例如：

     Who is the man that is reading the book over there?正在那边看书的那个人是谁？

  8．You should wear white if you are feeling stressed. 如果你感到紧张，你应该穿白色衣服。

     由if引导的是条件状语从句，“如果”。例如：

     If you travel in India, you can use English everywhere.

     如果你到印度旅游，你可以到处使用英语。

  9．People who live in cold climates prefer to use warm colors to give their homes a warm and comfortable feel.

     住在寒冷气候的人们宁愿用暖和颜色给他们家庭（带来）一种暖和舒适的感觉。

     ①prefer接不定式、动名词作宾语。在没有明确指出比较对象时，用不定式、动名词意义大致相同。如：
     I prefer to walk there. (I prefer walking there. )我宁愿步行去那儿。
     He chose Spain，but personally I\'d prefer to go to Greece.

     他选了西班牙，但就我个人而言，我倒想去希腊。

     ②在词组prefer…to…中，to是介词,其作用是引出两个比较对象,因此,动词prefer的宾语和介词to的宾语在形式上应一致,可以是名词、代词或动名词,不可用不定式。如：
     He said he preferred the country to the city.
     他说城市和乡村相比，他更喜欢农村。
     She prefers dancing to singing. 跳舞和唱歌相比，她更喜欢跳舞。

  10．Anybody who feels tired or weak should wear colors that make you feel energetic.

     觉得疲累或身体虚弱的人应该穿使你感觉精力充沛的颜色的衣服。

     句中who feels tired or weak是定语从句，修饰anybody；

     that make you feel energetic也是定语从句，修饰名词colors。

     anybody=anyone, 代词，“任何人，其中任何一人（是谁并不重要），任何重要的人”，在句中可以作主语、宾语等，通常用于疑问句或否定句中。例如：

     Did anyone see you?有人看见你了吗？

     Hardly anyone came.几乎没有人来。

     Will anyone tell me where the bus stop is?谁能告诉我公共汽车站在哪里？

     She wasn’t anyone before she got that job.她得到那份工作以前并非重要人物。

  11．If you are somebody who needs physical strength, you should wear red clothes.

     如果你是需要（增加）力量的人,你应该穿红色的衣服。

     句中who needs physical strength是定语从句，修饰somebody。

     somebody不定代词=someone，“某人；有人”，somebody比someone要通俗，多用于口语之中，在句中可以作主语或宾语，作主语时谓语动词要用第三人称单数。例如：

     Someone has been here.有人来过这儿。

     Somebody has lost his car keys. 有人把汽车钥匙丢了。

     There’s somebody at the door.门口有个人。

     Somebody from your office phoned.你的办公室有人来过电话。