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新概念第二册自学导读 Lessons54
课文详注 Further notes on the text
1.The children were at school, my husband was at work…孩子们在上学,我丈夫在上班……
school和work前都没加冠词,因为不是指具体那个学校或具体干什么工作,只是泛指他们在干什么。
2.at exactly that moment, 恰恰在此时。
exactly用于加强语气,表示“正”、“恰恰”:
That's exactly what I wanted to tell you.
那正是我想要告诉你的。
3.Nothing could have been more annoying.没有什么能比这更烦人了。
用这个句型可以表达许多感情,换一下最后的形容词即可:
Nothing could have been more exciting/ interesting/ embarrassing.
没有什么能比这更激动人心/有趣/令人尴尬的了。
4.It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. 我用了10分钟的时间才说服她过会儿再来电话。
(1)it为先行主语,代指to persuade引导的不定式短语。
(2)表示说服某人做某事时,可以用persuade+sb.+to do sth.这个结构:
I persuaded him to give up that plan.
我劝他放弃那项计划。也可以用persuade+sb. +into doing sth. 这个结构:
I persuaded him into giving up that plan.
(译文同上)
(3)later可以表示“过后”、“以后”:
Ten minutes later, the bus arrived.
10分钟以后,公共汽车来了。
Please come back later(on).
请过会儿再来。
5.What a mess! 真是糟糕透了!
在口语中,a mess可以用来指“困境”、“窘境”、“一团糟”等含义:
I made a mess of my exam.
我考试考得一团糟。
Make some jam if you want to, but don't make a mess in the kitchen.
你如果愿意就做些果酱,不过别把厨房弄得一团糟。
6.I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.我刚回到厨房,门铃又响了起来,响声足以把死人唤醒。
(1)连词no sooner…than…(刚……就……)用于过去完成时。(cf.第38课语法)
(2)enough作副词用在形容词或副词之后,有“足以……”的含义:
The water in the pool is warm enough (to swim in).
池里的水够暖和的(,可以游泳)。
语法 Grammar in use
a,the, some与any(cf.第6课与第30课语法)
(1)在第6课与第30课的语法中,我们学习了冠词a, the以及some和any的一些基本用法。some和any可用于不可数名词及复数可数名词之前。some通常用于肯定句,any通常用于否定句和疑问句中:
We still have some sugar. We don't need any sugar now.