新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點(diǎn) 第93課(2)

　　Before it could be transported to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built. The site chosen was an island at the entrance of New York Harbour. By 1884, a statue which was 151 feet tall had been erected in Paris.

　　句子講解：

　　4、Brfore It could be transported to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built.

　　在這座雕像被運(yùn)往美國之前，必須為它選好一塊合適的場地，同時(shí)必須建造一個(gè)基座。

　　語言點(diǎn) sth.could be transported to somewhere某物可被運(yùn)送到某地

　　5、The site chosen was an island at the entrance of New York Harbour.

　　場地就選在了紐約港入口處的一個(gè)島上。

　　語言點(diǎn) chosen過去分詞作后置定語。

　　6、By 1884, a statue which was 151 feet tall, had been erected in Paris.

　　到1884年，一座高度達(dá)151英尺的雕像在巴黎豎立起來了。

　　重點(diǎn)詞匯學(xué)習(xí)：

　　transported

　　v. 運(yùn)輸;搬運(yùn)(transport的過去式)

　　例句:

　　1. A special bus transported the tourists from the airport to a hotel.

　　一輛專車把游客們由機(jī)場送到一家旅館。

　　found

　　vt. 創(chuàng)立，建立;創(chuàng)辦

　　v. 找到(find的過去分詞)

　　例句:

　　1. I found a torture to lose you.

　　俄才發(fā)現(xiàn)失去你是一種折磨。

　　pedestal ['pedist?l]

　　n. 基架，基座;基礎(chǔ)

　　vt. 擱在臺上;支持;加座

　　例句:

　　1. He desired not to be pedestalled, but to sink into the crowd.

　　他期望的不是受到頌揚(yáng)，而是深入到群眾中去。

　　entrance ['entr?ns]

　　n. 入口;進(jìn)入

　　vt. 使出神，使入迷

　　例句:

　　1. When the entrance open, push with your foot.

　　門開了之后，再用你的腳把門推開。

　　harbour ['hɑ:b?]

　　vi. 藏匿;入港停泊;庇護(hù)

　　vt. 庇護(hù);藏匿;入港停泊

　　n. 海港(等于harbor);避難所

　　例句:

　　1. Part of the harbour is a yacht basin.

　　港灣的“一”“部分”是個(gè)停泊游艇的內(nèi)港。

　　erected

　　adj. 直立的;正立的

　　vt. 建立;豎立(erect的過去分詞)

　　例句:

　　1. A monument was erected to the memory of that great scientist.

　　樹立了一塊紀(jì)念碑紀(jì)念那位偉大的科學(xué)家。