新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第16課 瑪麗有一頭小羔羊 (3)

　　Dimitri at once set out to find the thief. He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village. After telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb.

　　7. Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.

　　他馬上去找偷羔羊的人。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:to find the thief為動詞不定式短語作目的狀語，即“出門的目的是為了找小偷”。

　　8. He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.

　　他知道在這樣一個小村莊里抓住小偷并不困難。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:knew之后接省去了引導詞that的賓語從句，說明knew的內(nèi)容。

　　9. After telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb.

　　把失竊的事告訴幾個朋友后，迪米特里發(fā)出他的鄰居阿列科家突然多了一只小羔羊。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:Aleko是his neighbour的同位語，起解釋說明的作用。句首的after telling…為“介詞+現(xiàn)在分詞短語”組成省略式的時間狀語從句。本句可還原為:After he told several of his friends about the thief,Dimitri found out that…