We are less credulous than we used to be. In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences-most of them wildly improbable. Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maid-servant was really the hero's mother. A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero's downfall. And so on. Modern readers would find such naive solutions totally unaccpetable. Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.

by presenting……………..

By+动名词结构.当两个句子并列,某一句是另一句的手段,用这个.例如新2的92里有这样一句:  I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the door-bell

思考: 下面几个词基本辨析

Give ---offer----Present ----provide—supply

accepted the fact that …………

一篇作文能比较熟练运用同位语丛句的,就是高中作文了

(小学简单句,初中关联复合句,高中是同位,复杂定从和分词在文章中的出现)

也就是说,无论这样的命题,老师希望看到的这三类用法在文章中的出现.

Fact 是英语里很有地位的一个词, have to ,be able to 等一样,在语法体系中是守关要道

小学阶段  新2的46里出现的  no one could account for the fact that ….这样的句子.

          要点： 介词后面要接一个句子，常常用fact 来做桥。

           In spite of the fact that ………….来代替although，就比较有创意。

再看新3第28课的例句：

but I could not conceal the fact that I was impressed by the size of the diamonds

Presumed dead 法律用语： 推定死亡   presume--- assume 重要词汇

Bring about 招致，高考必考词组   conspire to这个我认为不是很重要，阴谋促成

 incredible.  难以置信的。 上周老特同志讲话里，多次出现这个词，这个是口语也常用的，重要说三边