新概念三寫作訓(xùn)練營第二十天

一、Indeed they can have a delightful surprise when they find something useful which they did not know they owned.

確實(shí)，一旦無意之中從自己的收藏品中找到某件有用的東西，可以給人一種驚喜的感覺。

【解析】

1. when…which…這里when引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句，在這個時間狀語從句中，又嵌套了一個由which引導(dǎo)的定語從句，修飾前面的something. 

2. Delightful: “使人快樂的；令人愉快的；宜人的”，比如，The town is in a delightful situation in a wide green valley. 小城坐落在一個寬闊而草木蒼翠的河谷中，環(huán)境宜人。

作業(yè)一、當(dāng)她在鄉(xiāng)下發(fā)現(xiàn)了一間可愛的小屋的時候，她數(shù)月以來一直致力于買一座完美房子的努力終于有了結(jié)果，這間小屋正是她喜歡的房子。

Her months-long effort to buy a perfect house finally came to fruition when she found a delightful cottage in the country, which was exactly what she wanted.

二、Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.

我們教區(qū)的牧師總是為各種這樣的事籌集資金，但始終未能籌組資金把教堂的鐘修好。

【解析】

1. be always doing sth. 表示“總是做某事（厭煩的語氣）”，比如，That woman next door is always complaining. 隔壁的那個女人老是發(fā)牢騷。這里其實(shí)有作者一種厭惡的情緒在里面。

2. Have sth. done 可以表示“請某人來做某事”，比如，I have my hair cut. 我剪了頭發(fā)。其實(shí)是我讓別人給我剪了頭發(fā)。3. Manage to do sth. : 設(shè)法完成了某事 ，強(qiáng)調(diào)做成這個意思。

作業(yè)二、經(jīng)常抱怨孩子做作業(yè)拖拉的父母也不可能每天都保證按時完成自己的事。

Parents who are always complaining about their children's delay in finishing their assignments can hardly manage to have all of their own work done on time every day.

三、He may never be sure where the next meal is coming from, but he is free from the thousands of anxieties which afflict other people.

他可能從不知道下頓飯有無著落，但他不像有些人那樣被成千上萬樁愁事所折磨。

【解析】

1. where 引導(dǎo)賓語從句，but連接兩個并列的句子，which引導(dǎo)定語從句。

2. Afflict: “折磨；使痛苦”，這個詞常常用于被動語態(tài)，be afflicted with sth. ，比如，About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease. 全國40% 左右的人口患有這種疾病。

作業(yè)三、樂觀的人很少被日常生活中的小問題困擾，而這種態(tài)度也經(jīng)常能產(chǎn)生好的結(jié)果。

Optimistic people are seldom afflicted with small problems in their everyday life, and more often than not, this attitude translates into good results.

四、There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service.

有時，我們?yōu)榱送炀壬敢飧冻鑫覀兯械囊磺?。但就在外科大夫給我們提供了這種服務(wù)后，我們卻可能為所支付的昂貴費(fèi)用而抱怨。

【解析】

1. There are times when…when引導(dǎo)定語從句；we possess 是省略了引導(dǎo)詞的定語從句，它的先行詞是everything；yet 連接兩個并列句，表轉(zhuǎn)折。

2. Grudge: “勉強(qiáng)做；不情愿地給；吝惜”，后面接sth. /doing sth. ，比如，grudge having to pay so much tax. 得付這么多的稅，我很不情愿。又比如：He grudges the time he spends travelling to work. 他不情愿上班花這么多時間在路上。

作業(yè)四、我們有時候會想要放棄我們的目標(biāo)，因?yàn)闆]有時間，但我們很少抱怨花那么多時間在不重要的事情上，比如看電視和玩電子游戲，因此重要的一點(diǎn)是，我們要提升自己的時間管理能力。

There are times when we feel like giving up on our goals for lack of time, yet we seldom grudge the time we spend on unimportant things, such as watching television or playing video games, so it's important that we improve our time management skills.

五、Though he owned a large car, he hardly ever used it, preferring always to go on foot.盡管他有一輛小汽車，但卻很少使用，常常喜歡步行。

【解析】

Preferring是分詞作定語，prefer to do sth. 更喜歡做某事；prefer to do sth. rather than do sth. 寧愿做…而不愿意做…，這兩個表達(dá)在寫作中非常實(shí)用，大家可以積累起來，比如，The donor prefers to remain anonymous. 捐贈者希望自己的姓名不被公開?；蛘呤牵篎or example, I prefer to do some sports rather than stay at home. 舉例來說，我偏愛做一些運(yùn)動并非在家休閑。

作業(yè)五、一些中年男人認(rèn)為自己比其他人厲害，很喜歡向年輕人說教，但他們沒有意識到的事情是他們的人生智慧對于今天的年輕一代來說并不適用。

There are some middle-aged men who think they are wiser than others, always preferring to preach to young people, but one thing they fail to realize is that their life wisdom can hardly apply to today's younger generation.