英语四级写作范文句型详解：My Brother
解说:
a.in sb's eyes 在……某人眼中
=in the eyes of sb
in one's mind 依某人之见
=to one's mind
例:In the eyes of his boss，James is a model employee.
在詹姆斯的老板眼中，他是位模范员工。
Jack is，to my mind, best suited for the job.
依我之见，杰克最适合这项工作。
b.sidetracked a.偏离正途的;出轨的;岔开的
例:We were talking about dogs but got sidetracked ended up and on the subject of cars.
我们本来在谈论狗，但却岔开话题谈起车子来。
c.…，but in mine,…
=…，but in my eyes，.
d.musical a.音乐的
music n.音乐
a musical card 音乐卡
e.genius n.天才
例:Arnold may be a genius，but he's always forgetting where he has put his glasses.
阿诺德可能是位天才，但他老是忘记自己的眼镜放在哪里。
2.He has a terrible attendance record at school and actually quit going to school twice.
He has a terrible attendance record at school and actually quit going twice.
他出勤的记录很差，实际上还休学两次。
解说:
a.attendance record出席记录;出勤记录
attendance n. 出席(人数)
attend vt. 出席，参加
例:Attendance was down last Sunday at church because of the rain.
因为下雨，上个礼拜天教会的出席人数不多。
b. record n.记录& a.空前的
on record 列人记录，公开声明
off the record 不列人记录，不在媒体上公开
a record number of 空前的数目……
例:The politician said，"I'll give you some information.but it must be off the record."
这位政客说:“我会给你一些资料，但不可在媒体上公开。”
A record number of students were caught cheating on the last exam.
在上次考试中，被抓到作弊的学生空前得多。
c. quit vt.停止，放弃(三态同形)
quit+N/V-ing 停止/放弃
例:Did Peter quit the race because he thought he had no chance to win?
彼得放弃比赛是因为他觉得自己没有机会赢吗?
3.The fact is that it's music which really interests him.
事实上真正令他感兴趣的是音乐。
解说:
a. The fact is that S+V 事实上是
=In fact, S+V
=The truth is that S+V
例:The truth is that Mary really didn't know her mother was kidding.
事实上玛丽真的不知道她妈妈在开玩笑。
b.…it's music which really interests him.
本句为强调句型，其用法如下:
It is+名词/代词+who/whom/which/that 等关系代词所引导的定语人句.
注意:
翻译时宜从定语从句先翻译。
例:It is Bill whom we rely on.
我们仰赖的是比尔。
It is his book which had a profound influence on me.
影响我很深的是他的书.
c. interest vt.使感兴趣&n.兴趣
show an interest in 对……有兴趣
例:The little baby seemed to show an interest in the cuckoo clock.
那个小宝贝似乎对那布谷鸟自鸣钟很有兴趣.
4.Indeed, he has a musical bent; he sings well, is gifted in composing songs, and even formed a band with his buddies.
他的确很有音乐天分:他歌唱得好，有作词作曲的天赋，甚至还跟他的哥们儿组成一支乐团。
解说:
a. bent n.爱好，性向，天分
bend vt.使弯曲
三态为:bend , bent , bent:
be bent on V-ing 一心一意要从事……
例:Lawrence is bent on marrying his high school sweetheart.
劳伦斯一心一意要娶他高中时的女朋友。
b.本句冒号之后为三个并列句，用and连接，用以说明has a musical bent
例:Carlos has a linguistic bent: he can speak five languages，write in all of them and sing Spanish ballads.
卡洛斯有语言天分:他能说写五种语言，还会唱西班牙民谣.
c.be gifted in…有……的天赋
=have a gift for…
例:Helen is truly gifted in art.and I'm not the only one who thinks so.
海伦真的很有艺术天分，而且不只我一个人这样想.
d. compose vt.作曲，组成
A is composed of B and C A由B和C组成
=B and C compose A
例:The committee was composed of mainly teachers and parents.
这个委员会主要是由老师和家长组成的。
e. form vt.成立，形成
例:We all formed an opinion of Gary without actually getting to know him.
我们都没有真正认识加里时就对他骤下定论。
f. band n.乐团，乐队
g. buddy n.伙伴，好朋友
5.I enjoy listening to the songs he writes and, although the lyrics are sort of immature，they come straight from the heart.
我喜欢听他写的歌，虽然歌词有点不成熟，但那是直接发自他内心的情感。
解说:
a. enjoy V-ing 喜欢……
have a liking for V-ing/N 喜欢……
be fond of V ing/N 喜欢……
例:My father has a liking for calligraphy.
我的父亲喜欢书法。
b.lyric n. ( pl.) 歌词&a.抒情的
lyrical a.抒情的
例:This line in the lyrics is very melancholy.
这行歌词非常的忧伤。
c. be sort of十adj. 有点……
= be a little+adj .
例:The editors' room is sort of stuffy.
编辑室有点闷。
d. immature a.不成熟的
mature a.成熟的
例:Emily looks more mature with make-up.
埃米莉上妆后看起来较成熟。
e. come straight from the heart 来自心底，发自内心
straight adv直接地
例:The worried mother's words came straight from the heart.
那个忧心忡忡的妈妈说的是肺腑之言.
6.He says his dream is to make music his career.
他说他的梦想是献身音乐工作。
解说:
career n.职业，生涯&a.职业的
career soldier 职业军人
例:I prefer to be a career woman rather than a housewife.
我喜欢做职业妇女胜过做家庭主妇。
7.Who knows if he is on the right track or not?
谁知道他走的是不是正途呢?
解说:
a. Who knows if he is…
=Who knows whether he is…
注意:
whether引导的名词性从句作及物动词的宾语时，whether可用if代替，句子最后的or not可省略，亦可放在whether之后，但不可放在if之后:
例:I don't know if/whether he is alive (or not).
=I don't know whether or not he is alive .
I don't know if or not he is alive .(X)
我不晓得他是否还活着。
此外，仅有whether可用以引导名词从句作主语，if 则不可。
例:If the theory is right or not is still under debate.(x)
Whether the theory is right or not is still under debate.(O)
有关这项理论是否正确，仍在辩论中。
b. be on the right track 在正轨上，是正确的
例:This isn't the solution to the problem, but I think we're on the right track.
这不是解决这个问题的方法，但我想我们思考的方向是正确的。
8. But I do know that whatever he does, music will always be a part of his life.
但我倒知道不管他做什么，音乐永远是他生活中的一部分。
解说:
a. But I do know…中的do为强调用法，do , does , did置于肯定句中时，为一种强调用法，可译为“真的”、“的确”。
例:Connie does like to gossip.
康妮真的喜欢聊天。
b. whatever有两种用法:
(1)相当于no matter what
例:No matter what he says，we won't believe him.
不管他说什么，我们都不会相信他。
(2)作复合关系代词，相当于anything which，可作主语或动词的宾语。
例:Whatever he said is dubious.
他所说的话都是可疑的.
I'll do whatever you tell me to do.
不管你要我做什么我都会去做。