Things can go wrong on a big scale as a number of people recently discovered inParramatta, a suburb of Sydney. During the rush hour one evening two cars collidedand both drivers began to argue.
10. As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives,unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.
好像這一切還不足以使你急得掉淚,你的丈夫接著回來了,事先沒打招呼就帶來3個(gè)客人吃飯。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:as if引導(dǎo)方式狀語從句,請?zhí)貏e注意,這里用were是因?yàn)檫@句話是虛擬語氣。Unexpectedly bringing…dinner是現(xiàn)在分詞短語,作伴隨狀語。
11. Things can go wrong on a big scale as a number of people recently discovered inParramatta, a suburb of Sydney.
就像許多人最近在悉尼郊區(qū)帕拉馬塔發(fā)現(xiàn)的那樣,有時(shí)亂子會(huì)鬧得很大。
語言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:as是關(guān)系代詞,引導(dǎo)定語從句。
語言點(diǎn)2:on a large scale表示“大規(guī)模地”。
12. During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began toargue.
一天傍晚交通最擁擠時(shí),一輛汽車撞上前面一輛汽車,兩個(gè)司機(jī)爭吵起來。
語言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:during the rush hour one evening充當(dāng)時(shí)間狀語。
語言點(diǎn)2:請?zhí)貏e注意,collide表達(dá)的“撞”一般為雙方相互作用,而不是一方靜止另一方撞擊。