表示“决心、决定做”的几个用法 1)decide to do 决定做 We decided to put off the trip to the U.S.我们决定推迟美国之行。 2)make a decision to do ： He has made a decision to buy a new computer.他已决定买一台新电脑。 3)make up one’s mind to do  The doctor made up his mind to go abroad for further education. 那位医生决定出国深造。 4)determine to do  We have determined to get the work done before National Day.我们已决定国庆节前完成这项工作。 5)be determined to do  He is determined to give up smoking.他决心戒烟。 语法易错题 快速记单词 高中英语课本 6)decide that……(从句中动词用should + 动词原形)     We decided that we should widen the road.我们决定拓宽这条路。 [应用]一句多译：这位年轻科学家决心继续自己的研究。 Key: The young scientist was determined to go on with his  research./He determined to go on with his research./He  decided that he should go on with his research./He made up  his mind to go on with his research./He made a decision to go on with his research./He decided to go on with his research. 比较级 + and + 比较级 more and more countries 越来越多的国家；fewer and fewer students越来越少的学生；less and less time 越来越少的时间；more and more beautiful越来越漂亮；get thinner and thinner 变得越来越瘦；fly higher and higher 飞得越来越高；run more and more slowly跑得越来越慢，become stronger and stronger 越来越强大; [应用]汉译英 ①越来越多的人认识到学好一门外语的重要性。 ②飞机飞得越来越高直到看不见了。 Key: ①More and more people realize the importance of learning a foreigh language well. ②The plane flew higher and higher until it was out of sight. 表示“大约” about,around,some,or so均可来表示“大约”。前三个词通常放在被修饰成分之前，而or so多置于其后。如： about one hundred students大约100名学生； at around eight o’cloch在大约八点钟； some twenty years ago 大约二十年前； [应用]一句多用：这件设备重10吨左右。 Key:This piece of equipment weighs some 10 tons.     This piece of equipment weighs 10 tons or so.     This piece of equipment weighs about (around)10 tons.