彩色蜡笔在纸上飞舞，描绘着我们梦想的工作。 dance:在这里是拟人用法。类似例子还有：
The twenty-first century sees a lot of scientific discoveries and inventions. 二十一世纪见证了许多科学发现和发明。
句型：to illustrate our dream jobs 动词不定式做目的状语，是dance的目的。 2). Our drawings were hung in the hall way for our parents to see at Back to School Night. 我们的画被挂在走廊里，好让我们的父母在“返校之夜”可以看到。 句型：
in：prep. 表地点， for：prep.引导逻辑主语， to：to inf.动词不定式表目的， at：prep.表示具体的时间
3).I remember looking down the line and seeing pictures of ballet dancers dancing, firefighters putting out a big fire, and spacemen leaping across the moon—jobs that were seen as typical dreams of five-year-olds.
我记得放眼望去，有的画上是正在跳舞的芭蕾舞演员，有的是正在扑灭大火的消防员，有的是正在月球上跳跃行走的宇航员，这些工作都是五岁孩子梦想中的工作。 Remember: remember doing sth. 记得做过某事 remember to do sth. 记得要干某事 我记得出门时把灯关了。
I remember turning off the lights when I left home. 请离开时记得关灯。
Please remember to turn off the lights when you leave。 用法相近的单词 1
stop to do 停止，中断做某事后去做另一件事 stop doing 停止正在做的某事 我在回家的路上停下来买面包。 I stopped to buy bread on the way home. 他必须得停止考虑这件事。 He have to stop thinking about it. 用法相近的单词 2 forget to do 忘记要去做 forget doing 忘记做过某事
办公室里的灯还在亮着。他忘了关灯。
The light in the office is still on. He forgot to turn it off. 他忘记是否关灯了。 He forgot turning the light off. 用法相近的单词 3
try to do 设法或努力去做某事 try doing 尝试着做某事
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你必须尽量更仔细些。 You must try to be more careful. 我尝试了做园丁工作但没有成功。 I tried gardening but didn’t succeed. 用法相近的单词 4
regret to do 对要做的事情遗憾 regret doing 对做过的事情遗憾，后悔 我很遗憾必须这么做，但没有其他选择。 I regret to have to do this, but I have no choice. 我不后悔告诉了她我的想法。 I don’t regret telling her what I thought. 用法相近的单词 5 mean to do 打算，想 mean doing 意味着
我想走，但我父亲不会允许我走。
I mean to go, but my father would not allow me to. 那样做意味着浪费时间。 Doing that means wasting time.
4). My picture showed a stick figure with brown hair holding a bottle of orange juice over something like a counter.
我画的是一个留着棕色头发的人物线条，她站在柜台后，手里拿着一瓶橙汁。 句型分析： 主语：my picture； 谓语：showed； 宾语：a stick figure； 定语：with brown hair；
现代分词做后置定语：holding a bottle of orange juice over something like a counter.
5).Underneath was my hardly readable handwriting: When I grow up, I want to work at the Market Basket because it would be fun to swipe orange juice across the scanner at the checkout counter.
画的下面是我那难以辨认的字：长大后，我想在杂货市场工作，因为在收银台旁边用扫描仪扫橙汁的条形码会很有趣。
倒装句。Underneath副词作状语前置。句子的主语是my hardly readable handwriting. 6).To this day. my parents won’t let me forget that out of everything I could have wished to be, my five-year-old self wished to work at the local grocery store.
至今，我的父母都不会让我忘记：在所有我可以希望拥有的工作当中，五岁的我只是想在当地的食品杂货市场工作。
could have:一、表示主观猜测：即对已经发生动作或已经存在的状态作出主观上的猜测，通常可译为“可能已经······，有时需根据具体语境来翻译。
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Tom could have taken the money; he was here alone yesterday. 有可能是汤姆把钱拿走了，昨天他单独一个人在这里呆过。
该用法也可将could换成can，但这只限于否定句和疑问句，因为can表推测时不用于肯定句，而could可以用于肯定句。
They can’t have gone out because the light’s on. 他们不可能出去了，因为灯还亮着。
二、表示未曾实现的能力：即表示过去本来有能力可以做某事的，但实际上没有那样去做，通常译为“本来可以、本来能够”等。
I could have passed my examination easily but I made too many stupid mistakes. 我本可以轻易通过考试，但我犯了太多不该犯的错误。
三、表示未曾实现的可能性：即表示过去本来可能发生的情况，而实际上没有发生，通常译为“本来可以、本来可能”等。 She could have been seriously injured. 她本来可能伤得很严重。
四、表示未曾实现的想法、选择，即表示过去本来有做某事的打算或意图，但实际上没有实现，通常译为“本来可以”。
I could have lent you the money. Why didn't you ask me? 我本来可以借这笔钱给你的。你为什么不向我提出?
五、表示批评或责备：即表示过去本来有责任或义务应该做某事，但实际上却没有做成，含有批评和责备的意味，通常译为“本来应该”、“本来可以”等。 You could have started a little earlier. 你本可以早点动身的。
六、用于虚拟语气：在虚拟条件句中，当谈论过去的情况时，其句型通常是：主句用“could / would / should /might +have+过去分词”，从句用过去完成时。 If you had come sooner, you could have helped us. 你如早来一点，就会帮上我们了。
7).When we are young, questions of what we want to be when we grow up are common. 小时候，我们通常会被问到长大了想干什么的问题。
question of 后面接的是关系代词 what 引导的宾语从句。类似的用法还有： Can you give us a description of what has happened? She was excited by what she had seen.
8).When we become teens, we are asked the very same question twice as often. 当我们十几岁时，别人问我们这个问题的次数是以前的两倍。 表达倍数关系的方法
1) n times +形容词/副词的比较级+than…：
Asia is four times larger than Europe.亚洲比欧洲大3倍。 2) by + n times
The steel output has increased by two times.钢产量已增加了一倍。 reduce by 3 times减少到1/3 或减少了2/3
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注1：表示“2倍”时，不能用two times，除了twice外，还可以用double， as …again as等
He demanded double the usual fee. 他要了比平常多1倍的费用。
注2：表示“3倍”时，除可用three times外，还可用动词treble或triple等表示。Treple/ trebl /：三倍的
The grains in the area have trebled this year. 今年这个地区的粮食增加了2倍。
注3：在表示“4倍”或“4倍以上”时，除用“基数词+ times‖ 外，还可用“基数词+fold‖的合成词。
We have produced four-fold as many electric fans as we did last year. 本年我们生产的电扇数量相当于去年的4倍。
9).As teenagers, we are expected to know exactly what we want to be and how we are going to achieve that goal.
作为青少年，人们希望我们明确地知道自己长大了想干什么以及如何实现这一目标。 what we want to be 和 how we are going to achieve that goal 是 know 的并列宾语从句。 achieve a goal: 实现目标
10).When I think about the future, I definitely don’t see myself working at the Market Basket, but in reality, if that was what would make me happy, I would do it.
想到未来，我一定不会想象自己在杂货市场工作，但在现实生活中，如果那样能让我快乐，我就会去做。 in reality：实际上
11).So, the next time someone asks me what I want to be when I grow up, I will simply say ―happy.‖
所以，下一次有人问我长大想成为什么样的人时，我会简单地说一句：“成为幸福的人。” Last time I saw him , he was busy preparing for his driving test. 上次我见他的时候，他正忙着考驾照。
Next time you come to my city, do drop in on（顺道拜访） me. 下次你来我市，一定要来我家看我。
12).We may want to take different paths in life, but we all want to be happy wherever we end up. 我们在一生中也许会走不同的路，但是无论我们最终到达哪里，我们都希望自己幸福。 what/who/which+ever可引导名词性从句，相当于anything that或anyeone who Whoever works hard will succeed. (whoever=anyone who)无论谁努力工作都会成功。 what/who/which/when/where/how+ever可引导让步状语从句，相当于 no matter what/who/which/when/ where/how. However引导让步状语从句时常与形容词或副词连用，从句语序为however+adj./adv.+主语+谓语。
Whatever you do, you must think it over first. (whatever=no matter what) 无论你做什么，你都要首先仔细想想。
when/where+ever还可引导时间或地点状语从句，相当于every time, everywhere. Whenever we see Mr. Lee we say hello to him.
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