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Chapter 2 Darius & The Clouds
You can never have ①too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it.
你永远不能拥有太多的天空。你可以在天空下睡去，醒来又沉醉。在你忧伤的时候，天空会给你安慰。可是忧伤太多，天空不够。蝴蝶也不够，花儿也不够。大多数美的东西都不够。于是，我们取我们所能取，好好地享用。
Darius, who doesn't like school, who is sometimes ②stupid and mostly a fool, said something③ wise today, though most days he says nothing. Darius, who chases girls with firecrackers or a stick that touched a rat and thinks he's④ tough, today ⑤pointed up because the world was full of clouds, the kind like pillows.
大流士 ，不喜欢上学的他，有时很傻，几乎是个笨人，今天却说了一句聪明的话，虽然大多数日子他什么都不说。大流士，喜欢用爆竹，用碰过老鼠的小棍子去追逐女孩，还以为自己很了不起的他，今天却指着天空，因为那里有满天的云朵，像枕头样的云朵。
You all see that cloud, that fat one there? Darius said, See that? Where? That one ⑥next to the one that look like popcorn. That one there. See that. That's God, Darius said. God? Somebody little asked. God, he said, and made it simple.
你们都看到那朵云了，那朵胖乎乎的云了？大流士说，看到了？哪里？那朵看起来像爆米花的旁边的那朵。那边那朵。看，那是上帝。大流士说。上帝？有个小点的孩子问道。是的，上帝。他说，简洁明了。
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第一页.精彩选段
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第三页.活学活用
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1.too much 太多（修饰不可数名词）
There is too much noise in the city.
城市里太喧闹了。
2.stupid adj. 愚蠢的；麻木的；乏味的
n. 傻瓜，笨蛋
Come on! How stupid do you think I am?
别胡扯了！你以为我真有那么傻吗？
3.wise adj. 明智的；聪明的
None but a wise man can employ leisure well.
只有聪明的人才能管理好闲暇时间。
4.tough 牢固的；强壮的，结实的
He is a tough opponent, having supposedly met almost 60% of voting Bostonians.
他是一位强劲的对手，据说已赢得60%波士顿市民的投票。
5.point up 指出；强调
He was able to point up the problem.
他能够清晰地点出问题。
6.next to 紧挨着；居于…之后
He sat next to a pretty girl.
他坐在一位漂亮女孩的身旁。
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Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it.
于是，我们取我们所能取，好好地享用。
【解析】这句话是一个由what引导的宾语从句（Object Clauses）。在句子中起宾语作用的从句叫做宾语从句。宾语从句分为三类：动词的宾语从句，介词的宾语从句和形容词的宾语从句。连接宾语从句的从属连词主要有that,if,whether；连接代词主要有who, whom ,whose ,what 等；连接副词主要有when,where,why,how等。文中出现的这句话是动词的宾语从句。'what we can get and make the best of it'做动词'take'宾语，其中'what'做连接代词。英语中大多数动词都可以带宾语从句。
例句：
从属连词：
He told me (that he would) go to the college the next year
他告诉我他明年上大学.
I don’t know if there will be a bus any more.
我不知道是否还会有公交车.
连接代词：
We discovered what we had learned to be valuable.
我们发现我们所学到的东西都是有用的.
Do you know who has won Red Alert game?
你知道是谁赢得了红色警报的游戏么？
连接副词：
He didn’t tell me when we should meet again.
他没有告诉我什么时候我们能再见面.
None of us knows where these new parts can be bought.
没有人知道这些的新的零件能在哪里买到.
【即学即用】下面小编就给出几道宾语从句的选择题，童鞋们练习一下吧！（答案见下期）↖(^ω^)↗
1.I don't know _________ the day after tomorrow.
A. when does he come B. how will he come
C. if he comes D. whether he'll come
2.Could you tell me _________ the nearest hospital is?
A. what B. how C. whether D. where
3. The small children don't know _________.
A. what is their stockings in B. what is in their stockings
C. where is their stockings in D. what in their stockings
4. I can't understand _________.
A. what does Christmas mean B. what Christmas does mean
C. what mean Christmas does D. what Christmas means
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巧记 'too much' 与 'much too'的区别
much too 后面加形容词，表示程度，太，很，十分
too much 后面加不可数名词，表示太多，很多
怎样才能不记反呢？
举个对比实例：
much too expensive 太贵
too much money 太多的钱
too是“太”，所以它应挨着形容词expensive 写，说成“ 太贵”。我们平常说话总不至于说“许多贵”吧，所以much不能挨着形容词expensive 写。这样，much理所当然地离得比too更远些，于是就有了much too expensive 。
另外， much是“许多”，所以它应挨着名词money写，说成“ 许多钱”。我们平常说话总不至于说“太钱”吧，所以too不能挨着名词money写。这样，too理所当然地离得比much更远些，于是就有了 too much money 。
例句：
I've got too much work to do.我有许多的工作要做。
This pair of shoes is much too big for me.这双鞋我穿太大了。
There are too much flowers in the garden ,they are much too beautiful.
花园里有许多花儿，都太漂亮了。