shift n.
释义：a change in position, direction, or tendency
例句：There has been a marked shift in attitudes towards how to ask qustions in the Phenomenal English community.
『“shift”作动词表示观点、态度、聚焦点等变化的用法，“shift”做名词也很常见，也可以表示同样的意思。』
例① 最近几年大众对同性恋的态度已经有所改变了。Attitudes to homosexuality have shifted in recent years.
把这里的“shift'改成名词，就可以改写成：
Recent years have seen a shift in attitudes to homosexuality.
『“shift”后面搭配的介词是“in”。除了“a shift in attitude”外，常用的搭配还有：a shift in public opinion/ opinion/ perspective, a shift in emphasis/ mood/ tone, a shift in direction/ focus/ policy/ strategy 』
例② 经济低迷的时候人们的消费观就会变化
With the gloomy economy comes a shift in personal financial focus: people are more careful about spending and tend to spend primarily on truly necessary items.(这句话中使用了倒装句式，把 comes 提前了，正常语序应该是：A shift comes in personal financial focus with the gloomy economy。）
例③ 《经济学人》一篇关于谷歌商业模式的文章中，有几句话正好同时用到了“shift” 作名词和动词的用法：
Alphabet has confronted worrisome transitions before, such as the shift from desktop PCs to mobile. Its ad business is still booming, because it devised a way to deliver ads on small screens. It is possible that Google’s ad model could in future shift to taking a fee for each transaction it facilitates.
这句话的意思是：“Alphabet 已经经历过一些令人担忧的过渡，比如从个人台式电脑到移动设备的转变。它的广告业务还很繁荣，因为它设计了一种方法，可以将广告投到很小的屏幕上。在未来谷歌的广告模式很可能转向对自己促成的每一笔交易都收费。”
【作业】
1. 复习 “shift”作动词的用法。
For the old generation, it is still a hard thing to shift the attitude towards late marriage and single life.
2. 使用《牛津英语搭配词典》查“shift”，了解它作名词的常用搭配。
distinct, dramatic, fundamental, major, marked, profound, pronounced, radical, significant, substantial shift 明显的/ 戏剧性的/ 根本的/ 重大的/ 深远的/ 彻底的转变
slight, subtle 细微的变化；微妙的变化
abrupt, sudden 突然的改变
decisive, irreversible, long-term 决定性的变化；不可逆转的改变；长期的变化
climate, cultural, demographic, ideological, policy, population 气候变化；文化变迁；人口的转移；意识形态的转变；政策变化
represent a shift 表明变化
bring about, cause, lead to, produce, result in a shift in... 带来转变；导致变化；产生变化
mark, see a shift in... 标志着变化； 历经变化:
detect a shift towards 察觉变化
shift + occur, take place 变化发生:
These climate shifts occurred over less than a decade. 这些气候变化是在不到10 年的时间内发生的。
shifts between … 之间的变化:the many shifts between verse and prose that occur in Shakespeare 莎士比亚作品中诗歌和散文之间的诸多变换
shift (away) from 背离…的变化:the shift away from direct taxation
shift in …的变化: a shift in public opinion 民意的变化
shift to/towards 向/朝…的变化:
a sudden shift to the right in British politics 英国政治的突然右倾
a shift towards part-time farming朝兼营农业的转变
3. 翻译：中国经济正在经历从劳动密集型向智力密集型的转变。
China is experiencing a shift from labor-intensive economy to knowledge-intensive economy.
（参考翻译: China is experiencing a shift from a labor-intensive economy to a knowledge-intensive economy.
或 Chinese economy is undergoing a shift from brawn to brain.）
4.造句练习
场景: 老一辈人对晚婚以及单身生活的态度很难改变。
造句: The old generation can hardly make a shift in attitude towards late marriage and single life.
