新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第50課(3)

Lesson50 Taken for a ride

I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losingmy way. I went on an excursion recently, but my triptook me longer than I expected. ?' I'm going toWoodford Green,' I said to the conductor as I goton the bus,' but I don't know where it is.'' I'll tell youwhere to get off,' answered the conductor.

I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view ofthe countryside. After some time, the bus stopped.Looking round, I realized with a shock that Iwas the only passenger left on the bus.

"You'll have to get off here," the conductor said. "This is as far as we go." "Is thisWoodford Green ?" I asked. "Oh dear," said the conductor suddenly." I forgot to putyou off.""It doesn't matter,' I said. 'I'll get off here.' 'We are going back now,' said theconductor. 'Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,' I answered.

精講筆記：

7. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.

我環(huán)視了一下身旁，驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)車?yán)锞椭皇Ｎ乙粋€乘客了。

語言點1 looking round是現(xiàn)在分詞短語作時間狀語，原句可以改為：When I looked round, realized...

語言點2 realize with a shock驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)

8. "You'll have to get off here，"the conductor said. "This is as far as we go."

“您得在這里下車，”售票員說，“我們的車就到此為止了。”

語言點 as/sofaras +句子，表示“達(dá)到……的程度/距離”。.

例：I should help you so far as I can.我肯定會竭盡全力來幫助你的。

真題測試測試語言點：as far as的用法

How far apart do they live?I know, they live in the same neighbourhood.

(2003年高考上海卷，第33題) A. As long asB. As far asC. As well asD. As often as

答案：選B

分析：as long as表示“只要”;as well as表示“又，也” ;as far as I know的意思是“據(jù)我所 知”，符合題意，所以選B。

翻譯：他們住的有多遠(yuǎn)呢?據(jù)我所知，他們是真正的街坊。

9. "Oh dear，，said the conductor suddenly. Iforgot to put you off."

“哎呀，”售票員突然說我忘了讓您下車了。”

語言點 put sb. off讓某人下車/飛機(jī)/船