1.She must be at least thirty-five years old.
她至少也有35岁了。
知识点1:must be很可能是,一定是
1)must be 对一般现在事实的推测:He must be an actor.他一定是一个演员。
2)must be doing 对现在正在进行事情的推测:My sister must be watching TV.我的妹妹一定是在看电视。
3)must have done 对一般过去事实的推测:They must have arrived at the railway station. 他们肯定已经到火车站了。
4)must have been doing 对过去正在进行事情的推测:Last year he must have been learning GRE.去年他肯定是在学GRE。
5)must have been doing 对过去正在进行事情的推测:Last year he must have been learning GRE去年他肯定是在学GRE。
知识点2:比较学习:“at +最髙级”表示“最……,至……”
1)at least 至少:You must read this article at least three times.
你必须把这篇文章至少读三遍。
2)at most 至多:I can stay here for at most an hour.我
最多只能在这里待上一个小时。
3)at first 首先:At first it was very cold, but then it got hotter.
一开始天气很冷,但后来变热了。
4)at last 最后:I had to give all my dollars to the robber at last.
最后我不得已把所有的美金都给了抢劫者。
5)at best 最有可能,充其量:We can not arrive at the Capital Airport before 10 o’clock at best.
我们无论如何十点之前也到不了首都机场。
6)at worst 最坏的情况,最差:At worst we still have one train ticket.
作最坏的打算,我们仍然还有一张火车票。
2.This time, she will be a girl of seventeen.
这回,她要演一个17岁的女孩儿。
知识点:表达年龄的短语(以17岁的女孩为例):
1) a girl 17 years old (s 不可省) 2) a 17-year-old girl 3) a girl of 17 4) a girl aged 17
3.Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress.
去年,在另一部戏里,她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘黄色衣服。
知识点1:last year是过去时间状语,所以句中用have to的过去式had to。
1)“had to (have to的过去式)+动词原形”表示过去不得不做某事:had to wear (过去) 不得不穿;had to finish(过去)不得不完成
试译:今天早上,我不得不等了他三个小时。
This morning I had to wait for him for 3 hours.
2)have to的否定形式:don’t have to。注意:haven’t to是错误的表达。
You don’t have to go there.
你不是必须要去那儿。
3)had to的否定形式:didn’t have to。注意:hadn’t to是错误的表达。
知识点2:bright, orange-coloured dress中有一个逗号,在此没有实际的意义,两个形容词都用来修饰dress.