新概念英語第三冊(cè)逐句精講語言點(diǎn) 第54課 本能還是機(jī)智 (5)

　　Who has not stood in awe at the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly,or a column of ants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead beetle?

　　Last summer I spent days in the garden watching thousands of ants crawling up thetrunk of my prize peach tree. The tree has grown against a warm wall on a shelteredside of the house.

　　13.Who has not stood in awe at the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly, or a column ofants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead beetle?

　　當(dāng)看到蜘蛛撲向一只蒼蠅時(shí)，一隊(duì)螞蟻抬著一只巨大的死甲蟲凱旋歸時(shí)，誰能不感到敬畏呢?

　　語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:pounce on的意思是“撲向”，在這里為擬人修辭格。

　　14.Last summer I spent days in the garden watching thousands of ants crawling upthe trunk of my prize peach tree.

　　去年夏天，我花了好幾天時(shí)間站在花園里觀察成千只螞蟻爬上我那棵心愛的桃樹的樹干。

　　語言點(diǎn):watching thousands of ants...是現(xiàn)在分詞短語，作補(bǔ)充狀語，說明在花園里做什么事。

　　15.The tree has grown against a warm wall on a sheltered side of the house.

　　那棵樹是靠著房子有遮擋的一面暖墻生長(zhǎng)的。

　　語言點(diǎn):a sheltered side的意思是“背陰面。”