新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 第41課(3)

41課 Do you call that a hat ?

'Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.'Youneedn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered asshe looked at herself in the mirror.I sat down on oneof those modern chairs with holesin it and waited.We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and mywife was still in front of the mirror.‘We mustn't buythings we don't need,' I remarked suddenly. Iregretted saying it almost at once. 'You needn'thave said that,' my wife answered.‘I need notremind you of that terrible tie you boughtyesterday.' "I find it beautiful,"I said. A man can never have too many ties."And awoman can't have too many hats,"she answered. Ten minutes later we walked out of theshop together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse !

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7. 'You needn't have said that,'my wife answered. “I needn't remind you of thatterrible tieyou bought yesterday.”

“你沒(méi)必要這樣說(shuō)，”我妻子回答說(shuō)，“我也不必提醒你昨天買的那條糟糕透了的領(lǐng)帶。”

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) needn’t have done用來(lái)表示過(guò)去不必要發(fā)生的動(dòng)作，但是卻發(fā)生了。

I needn't have recited all the passages.

我原本沒(méi)有必要背誦所有的段落。

8.“I find it beautiful,” I said. “A man can never have too many ties.”

“我覺(jué)得它挺好看，”我說(shuō)，“男人擁有多少領(lǐng)帶也不會(huì)嫌多。”

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) cannot…too / over…，can never... too / over…意思是“無(wú)論怎么……也不為過(guò)分”或是“越……越好”：

I cannot thank my parents too much.

我無(wú)論怎么感謝我的父母都不過(guò)分。

You can never be too careful when you drive a car.

當(dāng)你開車的時(shí)候，你越小心越好。

Drinking water can never be too clean.

飲用水越干凈越好。

9.“And a woman can't have too many hats,” she answered.

“女人有多少帽子也不嫌多，”她回答。

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 句型結(jié)構(gòu)與上一句相同。