新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 第95課 純屬虛構(gòu) (3)

　　'I was in my office as usual,' answered the Ambassador. 'The fire broke out in the basement. I went down immediately, of course, and that fool, Horst, aimed a fire extinguisher at me. He thought I was on fire. I must definitely get that fellow posted.'

　　The Ambassador's wife went on asking questions, when she suddenly noticed a big hole in her husband's hat.

　　'And how can you explain that?' she asked.

　　'Oh, that,' said the Ambassador. 'Someone fired a shot through my office window. Accurate, don't you think? Fortunately, I wasn't wearing it at the time. If I had been, I would not have been able to get home for lunch.'

　　句子講解：

　　7、'I was in my office as usual,' answered the Ambassador.

　　"我和平時(shí)一樣待在辦公室里呢，"大使說(shuō)。

　　usual ['ju:?u?l]

　　adj. 通常的，慣例的;平常的

　　例句:

　　As usual, the child went to school.

　　這孩子像往常一樣上學(xué)去了。

　　8、'The fire broke out in the basement. I went down immediately, of course. '

　　"火是先從地下室里燒起來(lái)的，我當(dāng)然立即下去了。"

　　basement ['beism?nt]

　　n. 地下室;地窖

　　例句:

　　Question: Why are retirees so slow to clean out the basement, attic or garage?

　　問(wèn)題：為什么退休者打掃地下室，閣樓或汽車房會(huì)如此懈怠?

　　9、And that fool, Horst, aimed a fire extinguisher at me. '

　　"但那個(gè)傻瓜霍斯特竟然把滅火器對(duì)準(zhǔn)了我。"

　　aimed [eim]

　　vt. 目的在于;引導(dǎo);把…對(duì)準(zhǔn)

　　vi. 打算;對(duì)準(zhǔn)目標(biāo)

　　n. 目的;目標(biāo);對(duì)準(zhǔn)

　　例句:

　　The talk aimed to lessen the tension.

　　這次交談旨在緩和緊張局面。

　　10、He thought I was on fire. I must definitely get that fellow posted. '

　　"他以為是我身上著火了，我一定得把他打發(fā)走。"

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) get sb. posted把某人打發(fā)走

　　definitely ['definitli]

　　adv. 清楚地，當(dāng)然;明確地，肯定地

　　例句:

　　 And we definitely can achieve them!

　　我們的目標(biāo)一定能夠達(dá)到!

　　11、The Ambassador's wife went on asking questions, when she suddenly noticed a big hole in her husband's hat.

　　大使夫人還在不停地提問(wèn)，她突然又發(fā)現(xiàn)丈夫的帽子上有一個(gè)大洞。

　　12、' And how can you explain that?，she asked. ' Oh, that/ said the Ambassador.

　　"那你說(shuō)說(shuō)這個(gè)洞又是怎么回事呢?" "噢，那個(gè)洞嘛大使說(shuō)。

　　13、' Someone fired a shot through my office window. Accurate, don't you think?，

　　"那是有人向我辦公室的窗戶開了一槍。真夠準(zhǔn)的，是不是?"

　　accurate ['ækjur?t]

　　adj. 精確的

　　例句:

　　At any rate, the separation ratio is accurate.

　　無(wú)論如何，這個(gè)分離比是精確的。

　　14、Fortunately, I wasn't wearing it at the time.

　　"幸虧我當(dāng)時(shí)沒戴帽子。"

　　fortunately

　　adv. 幸運(yùn)地

　　例句:

　　Fortunately, it is not alien to your nature.

　　幸運(yùn)地是，對(duì)你的本性來(lái)說(shuō)，它不是。

　　15、If had been, I would not have been able to get home for lunch.

　　"如果我戴了帽子，我現(xiàn)在就不能回家來(lái)吃午飯了。"