1. Mobile phones make it possible for us to talk to... 移动电话使得我们与……交谈成为可能。

句型：make it + adj./n.+ to do... 使得……

例如： These strict rules in our company make them difficult to follow.
我们公司特严的规章制度让我们很难遵从。

联想：make 表“使”的意义时常见的其他复合结构形式有：

（1）make+sb+do sth

例：You may take a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink.
可以牵马到河边，却不能逼它喝水。

（2）make+sb/sth+n./adj.

例：That will only make matters worse.
这只会使情况更糟。

We make him our team leader.
我们选他做领队。

Sit down and make yourselves comfortable.
请坐，大家随便点。

（3）make+sb/sth+done

例：The result was not made known until last wednesday.
结果上周三才公布出来。

2. Modern cellphones are more than just phones... 现代手机不仅仅是电话……

该句型中more than 的用法既是重点又是难点，其义项较多，用法灵活。

(1)表示比较

例如：The first question is more difficult than the second.
第一个问题比第二个难些。

(2)“不仅仅；远不止”+名词

例如：Bamboo is used for more than building.
竹子不仅仅用于建筑。

(3)“非常，更加，岂止， 简直”+形容词：

例如：He was dressed more than simply.
他穿得岂止朴素，近乎破烂。

(4)与can/could 连用， more than 表是否定，相当于not。

The beauty of the city is more than words can describe.
这城市之美是无法用语言来描述的。

That's more than I can tell you, sir.
这一点我是不能告诉您的，先生。

(5)“多于，大于”+名词

The factory turns out more than one hundred cars daily.
该厂日产汽车一百多辆。

联想：有关more的短语：

不再 no more/not...any more

更加，越发 all the more

越……越 the more...the more

一样都不 no more + adj. than...

比不上 not more +adj. than...

经常，往往 more often than not

或多或少，大体上，几乎 more or less

有一次，再一次 once more

更重要的事，更有甚者 what's more