新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第49課 理想的仆人(3)

　　I often visited TheGables when I was a boy. No matter how many guests were present, the great housewas always immaculate. The parquet floors shone like mirrors; highly polished silverwas displayed in gleaming glass cabinets; even my uncle's huge collection of bookswas kept miraculously free from dust.

　　7.I often visited The Gables when I was a boy.

　　我小時候常去“山墻莊園”作客。

　　8.No matter how many guests were present, the great house was always immaculate.

　　不管去多少賓客，大房子里總是收拾得干干凈凈。

　　語言點:no matter how的意思是“不管怎樣。”

　　9.The parquet floors shone like mirrors; highly polished silver was displayed ingleaming glass cabinets; even my uncle's huge collection of books was keptmiraculously free from dust.

　　鑲木地板潔如明鏡，擦得發(fā)亮的銀器陳列在明亮的玻璃柜里，連姑夫的大量藏書也保存得很好，奇跡般地一塵不染。