Nothing to Worry About 不必?fù)?dān)心
The rough road across the plain soon becameso bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive backto the village we had come from. Even thoughthe road was littered with boulders and pittedwith holes, Bruce was not in the leastperturbed. Glancing at his map, he informed usthat the next village was a mere twenty milesaway.
1.The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce todrive back to the village we had come from.
穿越平原的道路高低不平,開車走了不遠(yuǎn),路面愈加崎嶇。我們想勸說布魯斯把車開回我們出發(fā)的那個(gè)村莊去。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:so…that…引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句,so bad說明原因是“路太崎嶇”,that引出結(jié)果“勸他返回”。
2.Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce wasnot in the least perturbed.
盡管路面布滿石頭,坑坑洼洼,但布魯斯卻一點(diǎn)兒不慌亂。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:even though引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句,往往先提出一個(gè)不利條件,而后經(jīng)常會(huì)出現(xiàn)轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)。
3.Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty milesaway.
他瞥了一眼地圖,告訴我們前面再走不到20英里就是一個(gè)村莊。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:現(xiàn)在分詞短語glancing at his map作時(shí)間狀語。That引導(dǎo)賓語從句,交代infrom的內(nèi)容。