新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第12課 荒島生活 (3)

　　You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures, but few us have had the opportunity to find out.

　　Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.

　　7. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.

　　要么餓死，要么像魯濱孫那樣，天天盼船來，卻總沒見船影。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:like Robinson Crusoe作方式狀語，修飾動詞Live。Waiting for a boat…作伴隨狀語，其中的which引導定語從句，修飾boat。

　　語言點2:either…or…的意思是“要么…要么…”。Starve to death的意思是“餓死”。

　　8. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures, but few us have had the opportunity to find out.

　　也許，這兩種都像都有可信之處。但很少有人能有機會去弄個究竟。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:這句話是there be句型，非常恰當?shù)貙ι衔倪M行了總結。

　　9. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.

　　最近有兩個人在一座珊瑚島上呆了5天，他們真希望在那兒再多呆一些日子。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:who引導定語從句，修飾men，表示“…的人”。

　　語言點2:wish后接賓語從句，該定語從句使用虛擬語氣。