新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第48課 沉默的村莊 (7)

　　Even under a clearblue sky, the village looked forbidding, as all the houses were built of grey mudbricks. The village seemed deserted, the only sign of life being an ugly-looking blackgoat on a short length of rope tied to a tree in a field nearby. Sitting down on adilapidated wooden fence near the field, we opened a couple of tins of sardines andhad a picnic lunch.

　　19.Even under a clear blue sky, the village looked forbidding, as all the houses werebuilt of grey mud bricks.

　　農(nóng)舍全用灰色的土坯建成，因此，即使在晴朗的藍天底下，村莊看上去也會令人感到難以親近。

　　20.The village seemed deserted, the only sign of life being an ugly-looking black goaton a short length of rope tied to a tree in a field nearby.

　　村里似乎無人居住，唯一的生命跡象是附近田里一只面目可憎的黑山羊，用一截短繩拴在一棵樹上。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:本句中的the only sign of life being an ugly—looking black goat on a shortlength of rope tied to a tree in a field nearby是獨立主格結(jié)構(gòu)。

　　21.Sitting down on a dilapidated wooden fence near the field, we opened a couple oftins of sardines and had a picnic lunch.

　　我們在田邊一堵東倒西歪的籬笆墻上坐下來，打開幾聽沙丁魚罐頭，吃了一頓野外午餐。