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新概念第一册自学导读 Lessons123-124
课文详注 Further notes on the text
1.What a beautiful ship!多漂亮的轮船啊!
what引导的感叹句通常是由 What + a(n)+形容词+名词构成的。
2.That's right.对。
这句是对上面附加疑问句的回答。上面一句虽用否定形式提问,但回答则根据事实来决定是用肯定或是否定形式。That's right是肯定的回答,相当于Yes, it is(那正是我)。
3.grow a beard,留胡子。
4.shave it off,把胡子刮掉。
it指 a beard。
5.定语成分
standing behind the counter和 repairing the road是现在分词短语,作后置定语,分别修饰 The man, The woman和The men。
I served yesterday 和I saw yesterday 是定语从句,分别修饰the man, the woman和the men。此处关系代词 whom省略了。
I bought yesterday和I found in the garden是定语从句,分别修饰 the book, the books和 the kitten。关系代词 which或 that 省略了。
语法 Grammar in use
定语从句中的省略
当关系代词代表主语并且从句中的谓语动词是(现在)进行时态时,关系代词及助动词be均可省略。如果关系代词在从句中代表宾语,则往往可以省略。此外,定语从句可用介词结尾。
请分别看以下的例句:
The woman standing behind the counter served me.
站在柜台后边的那位妇女为我服务/招待了我。
This is the book I bought yesterday.
这就是我昨天买的那本书。
The man I served was wearing a hat.
我招待过的那个人当时戴着一顶帽子。
That's the ship we travelled on.
那就是我们旅行时乘的船。
That's the man I told you about.
那就是我告诉过你有关情况的那个人。
词汇学习 Word study
1.travel v.
(1)旅行;游历:
He said that if he had a lot of money he would travel around the world.
他说,如果他有很多钱的话,他将会周游全世界。
(2)行进;(被)传送:
Light travels faster than sound at the speed of 300,000 kilometres per second.
光速比声速要快,为每秒钟30万公里。
The news didn't travel as fast as we had expected.
这消息传播得不如我们所预料得那样快。