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本课介绍了大学生们沉溺的一种恶作剧（practical jokes）
谁也弄不清为什么大学生好像比任何人都更喜欢恶作剧。
我们可能会说
Nobody knows why university students like practical jokes more than anyone else
本课，咱们学习人家地道的表达
It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else.
宾语从句
explain.v.to tell sb about sth in a way that makes it easy to understand
用形式主语it+被动语态，我们再来看看本册类似的句型
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It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity.
据估计
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It has been said that everyone lives by selling something.
据说
好像比任何人更喜欢
seem to enjoy
这里的seem实义动词（还有系动词词性“看起来”大家感兴趣可以找出例句评论区互动），涉及推断“感觉好像，觉得似乎”。也许你对这种用法可能不太习惯，但是人家老外就这么用，咱们要去学人家，去适应吧
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Tramps seem to be the only exception to this general rule.
好像只有流浪汉是个意外
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A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control.
似乎一切都失去了控制
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Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that this assumption is incorrect.
好像是不正确的
I was not surprised to find that the machine still refused to work after I had reassembled it, for the simple reason that I was left with several curiously shaped bits of metal which did not seem to fit anywhere.
看到了吧，没错，这是一句
似乎哪里也装不上去
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All at once, I noticed that my wife seemed to be filled with alarm.
好像
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He picked up what seemed to be the smallest bottle and discreetly asked the price.
看上去
以上是本课这句“好像比任何人更喜欢”引出的含seem的句子，希望大家以后看到这句时能回想起这些场景：流浪汉好像是个意外。一天或许开始的很好，突然一切似乎开始失控。这些假设似乎是不正确的。似乎哪里也装不上。我妻子似乎充满了惊恐。拿起了好像是最小的一个瓶子。
大学生擅长一种特殊的恶作剧——戏弄人。
我们可能会说
Students are good at/experts at a special type of practical joke: the hoax.
本课
Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.
简单句主谓宾，同位语
specialize.v.to become an expert in a particular area of work,study or business;to spend more time on one area of work,etc.than on others
作者用这个词幽默地表达了大学生可能把恶作剧当成热爱事业来做并且成为了专家
Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in.
动名词+宾语做整个句子主语，定语从句
crude.adj.of objects or works of art simply made,not showing much or attention to detail
作者这里用这个词表示手段伎俩低级低劣
self-respecting.adj.only before noun.基本用于否定句。having pride in yourself because you believe that what you do is right and good
indulge.to allow yourself to have or do sth that you like,expecially sth that is considered bad for you
有自尊的同学不沉溺低级的游戏
Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.
定语从句，先行词在从句中做主语
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