22. When the engineer found the machine stopped working, he stopped to check what was the matter with it.当工程师发现机器停止工作,他停下来查看出了什么错.
①engineer[ˌendʒiˈniə] n.工程师,火车司机 vt.操纵;设计,建造
拓展 engine n.引擎,发动机
搭配 electrical engineer 电机工程师 mechanical engineer 机械工程师
Chief engineer 主任工程师 engineer a railway设计一条铁路
②machine[məˈʃi(:)n] n.机器,机械
拓展 machinery n. 机器(总称) machinist n. 机械工,机械师
搭配 build a machine 制造机器 design a machine 设计机器 fix a machine 安装机器
Political machine 政治机构 state machine 国家机器
佳句 Education makes machines which act like man and produces men who act like machines 教育制造出运转如人的机器,也产生出机器般动作的人。
③check[tʃek] v.检查;突然停止 n.核对;支票 (BrE:cheque ) 将军(国际象棋)
Check in 登记入住 check out 结账 check up 核对 check off 打钩
④matter[ˈmeitə] n.事情,情况;物质,物品 vi.要紧,有关系
搭配 as a matter of a fact 实际上 make no matter 没关系
to make matters worse(插入语)更糟的是
a matter of life and death 生死有关的事情
句型归纳:It doesn’t matter to sb... 对某人来说无关重要。
It doesn’t matter who wins.
It doesn’t matter how you are dressed.