新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 第82課(1)

　　新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 第82課(1)

　　Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea. Though people have often laughed at stories told by seamen, it is now known that many of these 'monsters' which have at times been sighted are simply strange fish. Occasionally, unusual creatures are washed to the shore, but they are rarely caught out at sea.

　　句子講解：

　　1、Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea.

　　一些漁民和船員有時(shí)聲稱他們?cè)诤＠锟吹竭^(guò)妖怪。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) claim to have seen用完成時(shí)的形式表示不定式的過(guò)去時(shí)，強(qiáng)調(diào)聲稱的結(jié)果。

　　2、Though people have often laughed at stories told by seamen, it is now known that many of these monsters，which have at times been sighted are simply strange fish.

　　盡管人們常常對(duì)他們講的故事付諸一笑，但是現(xiàn)在看來(lái)，人們有時(shí)看到的這些"妖怪" 很多不過(guò)是一些奇怪的魚(yú)。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) it is now known是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，表系"被知道" ;have been sighted現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。

　　3、Occasionally, unusual creatures are washed to the shore, but they are rarely caught out at sea.

　　一些罕見(jiàn)的生物偶爾會(huì)被沖上海灘，但是它們?cè)诤＠飬s很少被捕到。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) sth. be washed to somewhere某物被沖到某地

       生詞解析：

　　claim [kleim]

　　vi. 提出要求

　　vt. 要求;聲稱;需要;認(rèn)領(lǐng)

　　n. 要求;聲稱;索賠;斷言;值得

　　例句:

　　1. Every citizen may claim the protection of the law.

　　每個(gè)公民都可以要求受到法律的保護(hù)。

　　monsters

　　英 [?m?nst?(r)] 美 [?mɑ:nst?(r)]

　　adj.巨大的，龐大的; (建筑物) 巍峨的;

　　n.怪物; 龐然大物; 惡魔，惡人; 畸形，畸胎;

　　[例句]You must think I'm a monster.

　　你一定認(rèn)為我是個(gè)怪物。

　　unusual [,?n'ju:?u?l]

　　adj. 不尋常的;與眾不同的;不平常的

　　例句:

　　1. The author gives an unusual twist to his story.

　　作者讓故事產(chǎn)生了一個(gè)不尋常的轉(zhuǎn)折。