新概念三寫作訓(xùn)練營第十五天

一、Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.

蝸牛加酒燒煮后，便成了世界上許多地方的一道珍奇的名菜。

【解析】

1. Cooked in wine, 這里cooked分詞作定語，修飾snails.

 2. Luxury: “奢侈的享受；奢華”，這個詞表示“奢華的享受”時是不可數(shù)名詞，比如，to lead a life of luxury. 過奢侈的生活；表示“奢侈品”的時候是可數(shù)名詞，比如，It was a luxury if you had a washing machine in those days. 那時候有洗衣機就算是奢侈了。

作業(yè)一、孩子們隨時隨地都粘著媽媽，這讓絕大多數(shù)媽媽都覺得獨處變成了頂級奢侈。

Pestered by their young children all the time, most mothers find that being alone is the top luxury.

二、The girl, tears streaming down her face, begged to be allowed to slip into the guard’s van.

女孩淚流滿面，央求說讓她不聲不響地到押車員車廂里去算了。

【解析】

1. Tears streaming down her face, 這里是由邏輯主語tears與分詞streaming構(gòu)成的獨立主格，作伴隨狀語。獨立主格結(jié)構(gòu)在語法上是一個獨立的短語，而不是句子，在意思上依附于整個句子。

2. Beg: “懇求；祈求；哀求”，這個詞大家應(yīng)該很熟悉，注意后面搭配的介詞通常為for，比如，They begged him for help. 他們向他求援。

作業(yè)二、這個年輕人滿臉笑容，他在沒有父母的幫助下渡過了重重難關(guān)，他為此感到非常自豪。

The young man, wearing a big smile on his face, is very proud of himself because he has overcome a lot of difficulties without begging his parents for help.

三、It is all too easy to blame the railway authorities when something does go wrong.

因此，一旦鐵路上真出了問題，人們便不假思索地責(zé)備鐵路當(dāng)局。

【解析】

1. too…to：這里的too…to結(jié)構(gòu)不能理解為“太…而不能”，這個結(jié)構(gòu)中如果帶有表示某種心情或描繪性的形容詞或副詞，如ready, apt, eager, satisfied, inclined,kind,willing, easy, anxious等，后面再加上動詞不定式的時候，則表示一種狀態(tài)、態(tài)度、傾向或心情等，其后的不定式不是說明too的具體內(nèi)容，而是修飾形容詞，這里就是“責(zé)備當(dāng)局是很容易的”。

2. Does這里表示強調(diào)，修飾后面的動詞go，比如，You do look nice today. 你今天確實很漂亮！

作業(yè)三、年輕人一遇到不滿意的事就容易發(fā)火，這一點他們的父母有一定的責(zé)任，因為他們過于寵溺小孩。

It is all too easy for young people to go mad at anything they are not pleased with, and their indulgent parents are partly to blame.

四、To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him. 

為了補償住院這段不愉快的經(jīng)歷，那人喝得稍許多了一點。

【解析】

1. A little more than was good for him 這里a little more是個代詞，相當(dāng)于a little more wine than was good for him是一個定語從句，修飾a little more wine，其中than是關(guān)系代詞，指代a little more wine，在定語從句中做was的主語。比如，He worries more than is necessary.他擔(dān)心過度。

2. Compensate: “補償；彌補”，后面常常接介詞for，比如，Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one. 失去心愛的人是無法補償?shù)摹o compensate這里不定式作目的狀語。

作業(yè)四、缺席孩子成長的父母通常用滿足孩子一切要求的方式來彌補他們，但是這對孩子來說并不好。

Parents who are absent from their children's formative years often wish to compensate them by satisfyingwhatever they demand, but usually this is much more than is good for them.

五、The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop.  

社會上的情況就是如此，技術(shù)是必須花錢去買的，就像在商店里要花錢買商品一樣。

【解析】The conditions of society are such that… 這里such作代詞，表示“這樣”，that引導(dǎo)同位語從句，解釋說明前面的conditions. 

作業(yè)五、關(guān)于友情的真相是如果朋友之間不保持聯(lián)系，即使是很親密的朋友也會逐漸疏遠(yuǎn)。

The truth about friendship is such that even close friends will drift apart if they don’t stay in touch with each other.