Exam 2 Grammar

Question 1

光+example+就得+number phrase

Answer 1

• 每个月光房租就得好几千，再扣掉吃饭，坐车。。。
• 今天的晚饭很贵，光这个汉堡就得二十块钱

Question 2

可以说是 one may well say

Answer 2

最近十几年来，中国在高铁的建设上真可以说是突飞猛进

Question 3

amount + 左右

Answer 3

高铁的平均时速在300公里左右

Question 4

五六个小时，三四倍

Answer 4

现在乘高铁只需五，六个小时就到了，比以前快了三四倍。

Question 5

与此同时 meanwhile

Answer 5

以前从上海到北京坐火车大概需要一天的时间，现在乘高铁只需五六个小时就到了，比以前快了三四倍。与此同时，中国的高速公路也四通八达，使原本非常偏僻的地方也能快速方便地和外界来往。
It used to take about a day to travel from Shanghai to Beijing by train, but now it takes only five or six hours by high-speed rail, which is three or four times faster than before. At the same time, China’s highways also extend in all directions, making it possible to quickly and easily connect with the outside world in otherwise very remote places.

公共交通的发展改变了人们的出行方式，与此同时也能更大的保护环境
The development of public transportation has changed the way people travel, and at the same time can protect the environment even more

Question 6

subject 轻易不 + vp
sb. hardly ever does sth.

Answer 6

原来北京人觉得去趟上海是件人事，轻易不出这样的远门

Question 7

在 certain time 以前/certain place 是不能想象的
it would have been unimaginable before a certain time/in a certain place

Answer 7

早上从北京去上海，晚上就能回北京，这样的行程在有高铁以前是不能想象的。

Question 8

用不了+time duration+就能…
Used to make an optimistic prediction
“in less than a certain period of time, the subject will be able to do sth”

Answer 8

到小城市工作，用不了几年就能买上房子。