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听力原文

260. Credit cards often offer warranty coverage for free on purchases—a much better deal than most of the service contracts offered by stores.

译文

信用卡通常会免费提供购物保障——这是比商店提供的大多数服务条款都要划算的交易。

点睛

本句的主干是cards offer coverage。for free为offer的状语;破折号之后的内容是对前文的补充说明,其中用到了比较结构better...than...,过去分词短语offered by stores为service contracts的后置定语,service contracts与offered为被动关系。coverage的意思是“(保险)范围”。

for free的意思是“免费的,不用付款的”。如:

You can't expect people to work for free. 你不能指望人们工作不要报酬。

考点归纳

free作形容词时常见短语如下:

feel free意为“随便,随意”。如:

Feel free to ask questions. 请随便问问题。

give sb. a free hand意为“让某人放手干,让某人全权处理”。如:

She gave the designer a free hand with the design. 她让设计师全权进行设计。

free and easy意为“随便的,无拘无束的”。如:

They enjoyed the free and easy discussion. 他们喜欢无拘无束的讨论。

free from/of意为“没有,不受……伤害”。如:

The drink is free from artificial colours. 这种饮料不含人工色素。