新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第96課 亡靈返鄉(xiāng) (3)

　　In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.

　　句子講解：

　　6、In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before are placed into the water when the festival is over.

　　在海邊的城鎮(zhèn)，頭天夜里掛在大街小巷的小燈籠在節(jié)后就放到水里去。

　　語言點 are placed into the water被放置在水中

　　tiny ['taini]

　　adj. 微小的;很少的

　　例句:

　　1. Of this tiny little bar.

　　在這小小的酒吧里。

　　7、Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the otherworld.

　　成千上萬只小燈籠慢慢漂向大海，指引著亡靈返回另一個世間。

　　語言點 drift out to sea漂向大海

　　drift [drift]

　　n. 漂流，漂移;趨勢;漂流物

　　vi. 漂流，漂移;漂泊

　　vt. 使…漂流;使…受風吹積

　　例句:

　　He finally drifted in half an hour after everyone else.

　　他終于飄然而至，比別人遲到了半個鐘頭。

　　guiding

　　adj. 引導的;控制的;制導的

　　n. 導向;控制;定向

　　v. 指導;管理(guide的ing形式);支配

　　例句:

　　He will guide you to the top of the mountain.

　　他將帶領你們登上山頂。

　　8、This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.

　　這是一個感人的場面，人們成群地佇立在海岸上，注視著燈籠遠去，直到再也看不見為止。

　　語宮點 no more強調不再出現(xiàn)。

　　spectacle ['spekt?kl]

　　n. 景象，奇觀;眼鏡;引人羨慕的人

　　例句:

　　This is a moving spectacle.

　　這是一個感人的場面。

　　crowds

　　n. 人群;大眾;一大堆;觀眾觀眾(crowd的復數(shù))

　　v. 聚集;涌向;推搡;塞滿(crowd的三單形式)

　　例句:

　　They crowded around the table to get their food.

　　他們圍著桌子領取食物。

　　shore [??:]

　　vt. 支撐，使穩(wěn)住;用支柱撐住

　　n. 海濱;支柱

　　例句:

　　No, I prefer to fish from shore.

　　沒有，我更喜歡在岸邊釣魚。