Though he keptthrowing up his arms in despair, he readily accepted the 5 I gave him. I felt especiallypleased with my wonderful bargain — until I got back to the ship. No matter how hardI tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink and to this day it has neverwritten a single word!
19.Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair, he readily accepted the 5 I gavehim.
雖然他絕望地舉起雙手,但他毫不遲疑地收下了我付給他的5鎊錢。
語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:though引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句。In despair的意思是“絕望地”,作狀語。I gave him為定語從句,前面省去了關(guān)系代詞that,注意關(guān)系代詞只能是that而不能是which,因為which不能作“錢”的關(guān)系代詞。
20.I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain — until I got back to the ship.
在回到船上之前,我一直為我的絕妙的討價還價而洋洋得意。
語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:破折號之后的內(nèi)容是對前一句的補(bǔ)充說明。
語言點2:feel pleased with的意思是“對…感到滿意”。
21.No matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink andto this day it has never written a single word!
然而不管我如何擺弄,那枝漂亮的鋼筆就是吸不進(jìn)墨水來。直到今天,那枝筆連一個字也沒寫過!
語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:no matter how引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句,其后的it為形式主語,真正的主語是to fill thisbeautiful pen with ink。