新概念英语第三册 Lesson46(4)

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4，Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens; building garages and making furniture.
spend (in) doing sth. 句中的installing,laying out,building和making均为spend后使用的动名词形式，作宾语。
lay out 布置，设计，花钱
e.g. The word for tomorrow is all laid out.明天的工作都安装好了。
5，Some really keen enthusiasts go so far as to build their own computers.
so...as to与so as to的区别
（1）so...as to表示程度及其结果，即"如此......以致"，与so...that...意思相同
e.g.He worked so hard as to pass the final exams.他学习非常刻苦，以致通过了期末考试。
（2）so as to表示目的，即"为了，为的是"，同in order to
e.g.He worded very hard so as to pass the final exam.他学习非常刻苦，为的是通过期末考试。
6, Such things provide an excellent outlet for pent up creative energy, ut unfortunately not all of us are born handy men.
Pent up 被抑制的
Be born 意为"生来就是，命中注定"