2021年11月英语六级口语高分句/加分句讲解(31)
一、For instance, even though more women than men are still homermakers without paying jobs, women have been taking over more responsibility in the business world, earning higher salaries than ever before and entering fields of work that used to be exclusively male areas.
六级词汇讲解：
句子的主干是：...womer have been taking over…, earning…and entering…。even though引导让步状语从句。句末的that used to be exclusively male areas是定语从句，修饰fields of work.
1. homemakers意为“持家的人，操持家务者”。如：
Do you think she is prepared to settle for being a homemaker? 你认为她会甘，心做一个家庭妇女吗?
2. exclusively意为“唯一的;专有的;排外的”。如：
Most of the merchandise is sold exclusively here. 这里的大部分商品都是独家发售的。
二、But the minute I step into the classroom or get onto the stage, it just all falls into place.
六级词汇讲解：
the minute…意为“一……就……”，强调前后动作几乎同时发生。step into意为“走人，步人”。get onto意为“走上”。fail into place是习语，意为“明朗化，清晰，理出头绪”。
六级考点归纳：
口语中与place有关的常见习语和短语还有：
1. be going places意为“春风得意;开始取得成功”。如：
She's really going places as an actress. 作为一名女演员，她确实开始走红了。
2. in place意为“准备就绪”。如：
All the arrangements were in place for the meeting. 会议的一切都安排就绪了。
3.out of place意为“位置不当;不适当”。如：
Those remarks were out of place. 那些话太不当了。
4. feel out of place意为“感到拘束、不自在”。如：
I felt out of place at the conference. 在会议上我感到很拘束。
5. in sb.'s place意为“处于某人的位置，为某人设身处地想一想”。如：
Have you ever thought about it in my place? 你可曾为我设身处地地想过?
三、But the real point of this cautionary tale, says animal behaviorist Herzog, is that the labels we put on things can affect our moral responses to them.
六级词汇讲解：
that引导表语从句。在表语从句中the labels是主语，we put on things是省略了关系代词that的定语从句，修饰先行词the Iabelso The real point of…is that…是常用句型，意为“……的真正问题在于……”。
cautionary tale意为“警世故事，劝诫故事”。如：
Bill's moEher told him the cautionary tale of the boy who won't eat his food. 比尔的母亲给比尔讲了那个不肯吃饭的小孩的劝诫故事。
六级考点归纳：
behaviorist是指“行为学家”，类似的以一ist结尾表示“，一家”的名词还有很多，如下所示：
pianist 钢琴演奏家
chemist 化学家
economist 经济学家
cducationist 教育学家
biologist 生物学家
artist 艺术家
physicist 物理学家
psychologist 理学家
cartoonist 漫画家