一、Reading
My friend Mike is a fortune-teller. He often tells me many things about my future. First, I will become a father next year. Then, I will get a promotion and earn a lot of money. Two years later, I will buy a new car. Soon after that, I will be able to afford a new house. I'm not superstitious, but I hope he's right.
二、解析
■ My friend Mike is a fortune-teller.
- 主：My friend Mike
- 系：is
- 表：a fortune-teller.
■ He often tells me many things about my future.
- 主：He
- 状：often
- 谓动：tells
- 间宾：me
- 直宾：many things
- 定：about my future.（修饰 things）
■ First, I will become a father next year.
- 时态：一般将来时
- 状：First
- 主：I
- 系：will become
- 表：a father
- 时状：next year.
一般将来时：主语 + will + 动词原型
become：vt. 成为
■ Then, I will get a promotion and earn a lot of money.
- 时态：一般将来时
- 状：Then
- 主：I
- 谓动：will get
- 宾：a promotion
- 连词：and
- 谓动：earn
- 宾：a lot of money.
get：vt. 获得
■ Two years later, I will buy a new car.
- 时态：一般将来时
- 时状：Two years later
- 主：I
- 谓动：will buy
- 定：a new
- 宾：car.
five years later：五年后
two days later：两天后
注意：
in three minutes：三分钟后
within three minutes：三分钟内
■ Soon after that, I will be able to afford a new house.
- 时态：一般将来时
- 时状：Soon after that
- 主：I
- 谓动：will be able to afford
- 定：a new
- 宾：house.
can + afford + 名词：有能力买得起...
be able to + afford + 名词：有能力买得起...
afford 用法：
afford 是及物动词，表示“买得起”、“负担的起”，之后可用名词或虚词 to 不定式短语作宾语。
- afford 之前一定要有助动词 can.
- afford 若使用于一般将来时，理应说成：
I will can afford that car.(X)，
但 will 与 can 均为助动词不能并存，应将 can 改为 be able to。
I will be able to afford that car someday.
■ I'm not superstitious, but I hope he's right.
= I hope (that) he's right.
- 主：I
- 系：am
- 状：not
- 表：superstitious
- 连词：but
- 时态：一般过去时
- 主：I
- 谓动：hope
- 宾：he's right.
- 主：he
- 系：is
- 表：right.
ous 后缀：为形容词。