新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第14課 貴族歹徒 (2)

　　As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters. 600 years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto.

　　4. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.

　　早在14世紀(jì),英國人約翰.霍克伍德就有過非凡的發(fā)現(xiàn):"人們情愿拿出大筆的錢,也不愿畢生的心血毀于歹徒之手。

　　語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:as long ago as the forteenth century作時間狀語，強(qiáng)調(diào)是發(fā)生在很久以前的事情。Sir John Hawkwood是an Englishman的同位語，起解釋說明的作用。That引導(dǎo)同位語從句，解釋說明discovery的具體作用。

　　語言點2:as long ago as的意思是“追溯到”，相當(dāng)于date from,date back to,trace back to。

　　5. 600 years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence.

　　600年前,約翰.霍克伍德爵士帶著一隊士兵來到意大利,在佛羅倫薩附近駐扎下來。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:six hundred years ago為時間狀語。With a band of soldiers作伴隨狀語，交代“帶著什么到達(dá)意大利”。

　　6. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto.

　　很快就出了名。意大利人叫他喬凡尼.阿庫托。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:and連接兩個簡單句，讓句子變得更加緊湊，容易理解。