新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第33課 難忘的一天 (8)

　　It tookthe police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, thelorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two stray dogsbenefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake.It was just one of those days!

　　22. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again.

　　警察花了將近一個小時才使車輛又開起來。

　　語言點:句子結構分析: to get the traffic on the move again的意思是“使車輛再次動起來”。

　　23. In the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.

　　在這段時間里，卡車司機不得不清掃那幾百只破瓶子。

　　語言點:have to sweep up的意思是“不得不清掃”。

　　24. Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devouredwhat was left of the cake.

　　只有兩只野狗從這一片混亂中得到好處，它們貪婪地吃掉了剩下的蛋糕。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:what was left of the cake是賓語從句，句中的what相當于the thing which。ofthe cake作what的定語，意思是“剩下的蛋糕”。

　　25. It was just one of those days!

　　這就是事事不順心的那么一天!

　　語言點:句子結構分析:這是一個強調句，強調“不順心的一天”。