6．ease n. 安逸；舒适　vt. 减轻(痛苦、忧虑)

at ease 舒适，快活，自由自在

with ease 轻易地，毫不费力地

feel/look at ease 感到/看上去心情放松

put/set sb. at one‘s ease 使某人放松、松弛

take one’s ease 休息，轻松一下

[即学即练6]

(1)The medicine __________________.这种药镇痛。

(2)He is living a life _________.他过着舒适的生活。

(3)He passed the examination ____________.他轻松地通过了考试。

(4)I never feel completely _________ with him.我跟他在一起总感到不是很自在。

答案：eased the pain；of ease；with ease；at ease

7．in general 总的来说；通常

as a general rule 一般而言；通常，总之

generally speaking 一般而言

It's generally believed that... 普遍认为……

[即学即练7]

(1)He has been promoted to ________________.他已被提升为总经理。

(2)_________________， we enjoyed the trip.总的来说，我们这次旅行很愉快。

(3)____________ commanded his men to advance.将军命令他的士兵向前挺进。

(4)____________， her work has been good, but this essay is dreadful. 总的说来，她的作品不错，不过这篇文章糟透了。

答案：general manager；Generally speaking；The general；In general

拓展：on the whole总的来说

generally speaking一般说来

as a whole就整体上来看

in a word总之

As a whole, the book is worth reading.就整体来看，这本书值得看。

Ⅱ.重点句型详解

Not_all_cultures greet each other the same way, nor_are_they comfortable in the same way with touching or distance between people. 各种文化背景下人们互致问候的方式不尽相同，身体接触和相互间距离的程度也并不一样。

(1)not all...是部分否定，与 not构成部分否定的词还有：both, every, everyone, everywhere, everybody, everything, always, entirely, wholly, altogether。

Not every student passed the exam.并非所有的学生都通过了考试。

Not all of us can speak English.并非我们都会说英语。

提示：表示全部否定的词有：none, nobody, neither, never, nothing, nowhere, no one, not at all。

(2)本句后半句是 nor 引起的倒装句，nor 位于句首时，句子需要部分倒装。

She doesn‘t like dance, nor does her sister.她不喜欢跳舞，她姐姐也不喜欢。

归纳拓展：含有否定意义的词置于句首往往引起部分倒装：

①含有否定意义的副词放在句首，如：not, never, seldom, hardly, rarely, little 等。

Never before has our country been as united as it is today. 我们国家从没像现在这样团结。

②含有否定意义的连词置于句首，如： neither...nor, no sooner...than..., scarcely...when..., hardly...when...等。

No sooner had he left home than it began to rain.他一出家门天就开始下雨。

③含有否定意义的介词短语置于句首，如： by no means, in no time, in no case, on no account等。

On no account must you accept any money against your conscience.你无论如何不能违背自己的良心而得到钱财。

[即境活用]　

(2008•辽宁卷)Bill wasn't happy about the delay of the report by John, and ______.
A．I was neither B．neither was I
C．I was either D．either was I

答案：B

解析：考查 neither 用于句首，倒装。