新概念英語第三冊(cè)逐句精講語言點(diǎn) 第21課 丹尼爾.門多薩 (6)

　　The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated. Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time. It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England.

　　16. The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated.

　　公眾把大筆賭注下到了門多薩身上，但他卻輸了。

　　語言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:but連接兩個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的并列句。

　　語言點(diǎn)2:bet money on sb.的意思是“在某人身上下注”。類似的表達(dá)還有:bet money on horse 賭馬，play dice 擲骰子，bet on small or big賭大小

　　17. Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time.

　　后來，門多薩與漢弗萊斯再次在拳擊場上較量，門多薩又輸了一場。

　　語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:and連接兩個(gè)簡單句，以避免主語重復(fù)。

　　18. It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England.

　　直到1790年他們第3次對(duì)壘，門多薩才終于擊敗漢弗萊斯，成了全英拳擊冠軍。

　　語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:這是一個(gè)典型的強(qiáng)調(diào)句式，被強(qiáng)調(diào)的部分是時(shí)間狀語his third match n 1790。