The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question. This time, the policeman lost his temper. "I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday," he shouted, "Mr. Lane was defeated in the elections. He has retired from political life and gone to live abroad!"
"I know," answered Patrick, "but I love to hear you say it!"
句子講解:
8、The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question.
第三天,帕特里克又去了,提出了同前兩天完全一樣的問題。
語言點(diǎn) ask sb. question問某人問題;give sb. answer回答某人
once more
再次; 再度; 再, 又; 重整旗鼓;
同義詞:over again
例句:
We ask you once more.
我們?cè)賳柲阋淮?
9、This time, the policeman lost his temper. "I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday," he shouted, "Mr. Lane was defeated in the elections."
這一次,警察發(fā)火了。"我昨天和前天都告訴過你,萊恩先生在大選中落選了,"他大叫著。
temper:
n.性情,脾氣; 特征; (鋼等)回火; 怒氣;
vt.鍛煉; 調(diào)和; 使回火; 緩和;
vi.使調(diào)和;
第三人稱單數(shù):tempers過去分詞:tempered復(fù)數(shù):tempers現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí):tempering過去式:tempered
He has a fearful temper.
他有一個(gè)壞脾氣。
10、"He has retired from political life and gone to live abroad!"
參考翻譯"他已經(jīng)退出了政界去國外定居了!"
retired:
adj.退休的,退職的,退役的; 偏遠(yuǎn)的,幽靜的; 與世隔絕的;
n.退休;
v.( retire的過去式) 退職,退役,(使)退休;
[例句]Before you retired, what did you do?
在你退休之前,你是做什么的?
11、"I know," answered Patrick, "but I love to hear you say it!"
帕特里克回答道,"這我都知道,可是我就是喜歡聽你說出這些!"
擴(kuò)展學(xué)習(xí): again/once more/one more time 有什么區(qū)別
again/once more/one more time 三個(gè)基本同義,可以互換。
不同的是'one more time' 可以表示突發(fā)事件,即時(shí)性的。
once more=又一次
noce again=再次的 只是強(qiáng)調(diào)的不同
again強(qiáng)調(diào)的是再次了
noce again一般表示狀態(tài),或持續(xù)性事件。