20160421 每天半小时学英语

20160421 每天半小时学英语

中文素材：

微信（WeChat）对于引入广告一直保持谨慎，以免对用户造成过大干扰。这在很大程度上要归功于行事 低调的微信创始人张小龙–受中国互联网用户顶礼膜拜的偶像。他想要让微信与商业世界保持距离。

From Financial Times of London

英语原文：

WeChat has been careful with introducing advertising so as not to bombard users.Much of that is down to Zhang Xiaolong,WeChat’s reclusive creator,who is a cult figure among Chinese internet users,He wants to keep Wechat detached from the commercial world.

生词梳理：

1. advertising : n.广告（营销）
2. bombard： v.轰炸
3. reclusive: adj.遁世的，低调的
4. cult： n. 狂热的崇拜
5. detached: adj. 分离的，分开的，超然的

句型梳理:

1. be careful with：对…谨慎；
   造句：Chinese parents have been careful with picking their sons’ or daughters’ future spouses. 中国父母对挑选未来儿媳或女婿一直很慎重。
2. is down to：归结于；
   造句：The success of Apple is down to its attention to design and quality.苹果的成功归结于它对设计和质量的关注。
3. detach from…：从…分离；
   造句： Modern people find it hard to detach from pressure of life and work.现代人很难从工作生活的压力中分离出来。

翻译梳理：

1. 微信对于引入广告一直保持谨慎，以免对用户造成过大干扰：
   WeChat has been careful with introducing advertising so as not to（以免） bombard（炮轰=过分干扰） users.

2. 这在很大程度上要归功于行事低调的微信创始人张小龙–受中国互联网用户顶礼膜拜的偶像：
   Much of that is down to（归功于） Zhang Xiaolong, WeChat’s reclusive（行事低调的） creator, who is a cult figure（受膜拜的人物） among Chinese internet users

3. 他想要让微信与商业世界保持距离：
   He wants to keep Wechat detached from（使…与…保持分离状态） the commercial world.

语法梳理：

1. 结果状语从句：WeChat has been careful with introducing advertising [so as not to（以不至于） bombard users].
2. 同位语+非限定定语从句：Much of that is down to Zhang Xiaolong, （同位语）WeChat’s reclusive creator, [非限who（指张小龙） is a cult figure among Chinese internet users].