Students often create amusing situations whichare funny to everyone except the victims. Whena student recently saw two workmen using apneumatic drill outside his university, heimmediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up asworkmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill. As soon as he had hung up,he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to goaway, they were not to take him seriously.
4.Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except thevictims.
大學(xué)生們常常做的是制造一種可笑的局面,使大家笑上一場(chǎng),當(dāng)然受害者是笑不出來的。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:which引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句,修飾situations,說明“是…的局面”。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:victim表示“受害者”。
5.When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside hisuniversity, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two studentsdressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
最近有個(gè)學(xué)生看見兩個(gè)工人在學(xué)校門外用風(fēng)鉆干活,馬上打電話報(bào)告警察,說有兩個(gè)學(xué)生裝扮成工人,正在用風(fēng)鉆破壞路面。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:when引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。saw two workmen using為“感官動(dòng)詞+v.ing”結(jié)構(gòu),表示“看到了整個(gè)動(dòng)作的全過程”。
6.As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if apoliceman ordered them to go away, they were not to take him seriously.
掛上電話后,他又馬上來到工人那兒,告訴他們?nèi)粲袀€(gè)警察來讓他們走開,不要把他當(dāng)回事。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:as soon as引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。That引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句,交代told的內(nèi)容。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:take sb.seriously的意思是“嚴(yán)肅地對(duì)待某人”。