Language points

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1.City born and city bred. I have always regarded the country as something you look at through a train window, or something you occasional visit during the weekend.

City born and city bred 是两个由"名词+过去分词"构成的合成词, 做形容词使用. 此作原因状语.

regards...as 把...视为. 相当: think of ...as / refer to ...as

you look at... & you occasionally visit... 为定语从句,分别修饰前面的 something. 在something与两个定语从句间分别省略了关系连词 that.

2.Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.

背诵句型新概念3课文

go into raptures 变得欣喜若狂.

at the mere mention of 一提到

at the sight of 一看到

at the touch of 一触及到

at the news of 一听到

at the sound of 一听到

Ex

They went to reptures at the good news.