7． Li Yundi, the well-known Chinese pianist, always loved music．

中国著名钢琴家李云迪总是喜爱音乐。

划线部分是“Li Yundi”的同位语，作进一步解释说明。

8. When he was a small boy, he could hum songs and difficult pieces of music．

当他是个小男孩时，他就能够哼唱歌曲和一些较难的音乐篇章。

9． He began to learn the accordion at the age of four.

      他四岁十就开始学习手风琴。

at the age of 在…岁时

At the age of 4 Mike began to write story books.

迈克四岁时就开始写故事书。

年龄表达方法

（1）用基数词表达年龄，可以加上“…years old”   three years old.

（2）用when引导的从句 when I was three（years old）

（3）at the age of ＋基数词 at the age of three

（4）基数词＋-year-old three-year-old，注意这种表达常作定语

如a three-year-old boy.

10．Li Yundi took part in the 14^th Chopin International Piano Competition in Polan. 李云迪在波兰参加了第14届肖邦国际钢琴比赛。

        join 和take part in两者都表示“参加”

join指“参加”某种组织

take part in 表示参加某项活动

    He joined the Party at the age of 40．他40岁时入了党。

    When did your brother join the Army? 你哥哥什么时候参的军？

 Do you want to take part in the sports meeting? 你想参加运动会吗？

11. He was also the first Chinese Pianist in the 70-year history of the Chopin International Piano Competition to receive such an honor.

在肖邦国际钢琴大赛70年的历史中，他也是第一个获得这样荣誉的中国钢琴家。

the 70-year history  70年的历史

其中70-year做history的定语，所以year不能用复数。

如：a four-year old girl  一个四岁女孩。

the 70-year history 70年的历史

12．He stopped playing football because of his sore back.

        他因为喉咙痛而停止了踢足球。

    = He stopped playing football because he had a sore back.

        because of + n.

    because + 句子

    两个都表原因

    He didn’t go to school yesterday because he was ill.

    = He didn’t go to school yesterday because of his illness.

    We didn’t go out because the weather was bad.

    = We didn’t go out because of the bad weather.

附：

职业名词

A．第一方队：a．动词＋er，构成的职业名称最多，意为“……家／人”等。如：

teach（教）—teacher（老师）

work（工作）—worker（工人）

farm（耕种）—farmer（农民）

clean（打扫）—cleaner（清洁工）

write（写）—writer（作家）

sing（唱；唱歌）—singer（歌唱家；歌手）

drive（开车等）—driver（司机）

dance（跳舞；舞蹈）—dancer（舞蹈家）

play（打球等）—player（队员），etc．

b．名词（多为自然学科）＋ist，可构成“……家”等。如：

art（艺术；美术）—artist（艺术家；画家）

chemistry（化学）—chemist

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