Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man inTeheran saved up for years to buy a real bed. Forthe first time in his life, he became the proud ownerof a bed which had springs and a mattress. Becausethe weather was very hot, he carried the bed on tothe roof of his house. He slept very well for the firsttwo nights, but on the third night, a storm blew up.A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent itcrashing into the courtyard below. The young mandid not wake up until the bed had struck the ground.Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt. When he woke up,he was still on the mattress. Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him,the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house. After he? had put iton the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.
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9、Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him, the man sadly picked upthe mattress and carried it into his house.
年輕人看了一眼周圍的碎木片和碎金屬片,傷心地?fù)炱鹆舜矇|,把它拿進(jìn)了屋。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1 glancing at是現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)作狀語(yǔ)。原句還可以改為:
After he glanced at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him, the man sadly picked up themattress and carried it into his house.
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2 that lay around him 是 wood and metal 的定語(yǔ)從句。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)3 carry sth. into somewhere把某物搬/拖/拉/拽進(jìn)某地
10. After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.
他把床塾往地板上一放,很快又睡著了。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 本句after引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。