新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 第56課 河流，我們的鄰居 (6)

　　As the floodshad put the telephone out of order, we could not find out how they were managing.From an attic window we could get a sweeping view of the river where their landjoined ours, and at the most critical juncture we took turns in watching that point.The first sign of disaster was a dead sheep floating down.

　　16.As the floods had put the telephone out of order, we could not find out how theywere managing.

　　由于洪水造成了電話中斷，我們無(wú)法了解他們情況。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:as引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句。How they were managing為賓語(yǔ)從句，說(shuō)明find out的內(nèi)容。

　　17.From an attic window we could get a sweeping view of the river where their landjoined ours, and at the most critical juncture we took turns in watching that point.

　　從頂樓窗口看去，我們農(nóng)場(chǎng)與他們農(nóng)場(chǎng)接壤處的那段河流一覽無(wú)余。在最緊急的時(shí)刻，我們輪流監(jiān)視那段河流的險(xiǎn)情。

　　18.The first sign of disaster was a dead sheep floating down.

　　災(zāi)難的第一跡象是一只死羊順流而下。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)floating down作定語(yǔ)。