Can baijiu, China’s sorghum firewater, go global? 白酒——中国的高粱烈性酒,能走向世界吗? 补充词汇知识 family n. 一类东西 based adj. 以……为主要成分的 a cream-based sauce(以一种以奶油味主要成分的酱汁) sell for 花费 英文释义:cost; to require a specified price anything between 在一定的范围之内 grow to do sth. 逐渐开始做某事 英文释义:to gradually start to do something be preoccupied with sth. 忙于做某事 英文释义:be busy with sth. domestic demand 国内需求 in addition to 除了……之外 best-known adj. 最有名的 drink n. 含酒精的饮料 specifically adv. 特意地,专门地 英文释义:for a particular purpose release v. 推出,发行 英文释义:launch have to do sth. 不得不 home market 本土市场 western drinks 西方的酒精饮料,洋酒 长难句解析 Many have concluded, perhaps correctly, that making their brands look and feel international to Chinese drinkers will help them hold their own against these fashionable foreign tipples.
许多白酒公司得出的结论也许是正确的:让自己的品牌在中国饮酒者看来和感觉的上国际化,将有助于白酒公司抵御住这些广受喜爱的国外洋酒。
整句句子一开始的 Many 指代 Many baijiu companies,由两个逗号隔开的 perhaps correctly 作为插入语,补充说明了 many baijiu companies 总结的内容可能是对的。后面的以 that 为关系代词的从句说明了 many baijiu companies 总结的内容。在关系从句中,动名词 making 为主语,谓语为 will help,宾语为 them,因此,整个从句的主干是:Making their brands look and feel international will help them。to Chinese drinkers 说明了他们这样做所针对的对象,help 后的内容遵循了 help do sth. 的用法,说明了白酒公司这样做所期望达到的目的,即 hold their own against these fashionable foreign tipples。 学习资源 讲解中提到的书:Jude the Obscure(《无名的裘德》) 讲解中提到的电影:James Bond films(詹姆斯·邦德系列电影) 查漏补缺 问:For some obscure reason, the song became very popular. 这句话中的 reason 为什么不是 reasons? 答:在这句话中,some 的意思是某个(人或物),英文释义为:used to refer to a particular person or thing without stating exactly which one。因此,reason 在这里不需要使用复数形式,使用单数即可。
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