We also have in the pipeline a more sophisticated model which can be used all the time, not just when you are away from home. With a range of settings, it allows you to set Plant-carer to deliver exactly the amount of water indicated in the plant care instructions, watering them as they need to be watered. The result is that the average person can care for a plant as an expert would.
I hope you’re beginning to see the enormous potential we have here. This is a product that will appeal to everyone – not just limited to Garden Centers, or even DIY centers. Plant-carer is a product aimed at the mass market… it can be sold also through every major supermarket in the country.
It comes in three sizes, the smallest retailing at an amazing 8. It complies with all health and safety regulations and doesn’t need batteries or any other power source to run on.
I can’t tell you how excited I am by the prospects for this product.It has the capability to transform this company; to do, even if it’s on a smaller scale perhaps, what the Model T did for Ford and what the iPod did for Apple. Thank you.
请教曹老师,刘老师!
watering them as they need to be watered,这里的为什么用被动语态to be watered, 而不用as they need to water.
Plant-carer is a product aimed at the mass market,这里的过去分词aimed at……短语作定语,是否指其所表的动作尚未完成,或有待于将来完成,还是仅仅表被动?
DIY centers 和 at an amazing 8,是什么意思?
It has the capability to transform this company; to do, even if it’s on a smaller scale perhaps, what the Model T did for Ford and what the iPod did for Apple.这句的语序,以及句子成分我已经凌乱了,请老师给解析一下。
1 them和they在这里都是指plants. watering the plants when they need to be watered. 不定式作need的宾语,句子主语就是不定式的逻辑主语,plants和浇水是被动关系,当然要用被动不定式了。need后接动名词作宾语,才用doing表示被动意义。你搞混淆了吧。
2 a product aimed at...= a product that is aimed at... 该产品面向/针对...。这里及物动词aim的语义为: to direct (something) at a particular goal, group of people, etc. 词典例句:The television program is aimed directly/primarily at children. [=is intended mainly for children]
3 DIY centres:DIY=Do It Yourself. 有些商店专门销售人们自己动手制作东西的用品,这种商店叫做DIY centre。
It comes in three sizes, the smallest retailing at an amazing 8. 它有三种规格,最小的零售价只有惊人的8美元。
4 It has the capability to transform this company; to do (even if it’s on a smaller scale perhaps) what the Model T did for Ford and what the iPod did for Apple. 不定式to do的宾语为并列的what从句,只不过在to do和what从句之间插入了一个让步状语从句而已,这就妨碍了你对不定式短语的理解了。
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