高二英语基础知识积累：难句学习（6）

16. Teachers at the school were shocked and angry but Webb Ellis’s schoolmates enjoyed this new game, which they named after the school.

该校的老师大为震怒，但韦布•埃利斯的同学都喜欢这种新玩法，就用他们的校名作为该运动的名字。

name after…以……命名：

Each hurricane is named after the same day on which it arrives.

最初的台风是用它们发生的日期命名的。

The boy was named George after his uncle.

那孩子随他舅父的名子取名乔治。

17. Naismith attached two baskets to two tall poles at each end of the gymnasium and gave the players a soccer ball and told them to try to throw the ball into the baskets.

奈史密斯把两只篮子分别固定在体育馆两边的高柱子上，然后他给运动员们一只足球并让他们尽量把球投进篮框里。

attach ＝ to fasten in position; fix or connect 系，绑，贴；连接；附着

Be careful of the handle－it’s not very well attached.

当心那个手柄——它接得不太牢。

attach label to parcel

给包裹贴标签

18. Cartwright is called “the father of baseball” because the modern rules of the game are very similar to his original rules.

卡特赖特被称为“棒球之父”，因为这项运动的现代规则跟他最初制订的规则非常相似。

A is similar to B (A 和B 相似)

Little Tom's homework is similar to my brother's.

小汤姆的作业和我弟弟的很相似。

A cat is similar to a tiger in many ways.

猫和考虑在很多方面相似。