新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第19課 一只貴重的寶貝貓 (1)

　　Kidnappers are rarely interested in animals, but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay's cat. Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay, a very wealthy old lady, has shared a flat with her cat, Rastus, for a great many years. Rastus leads an orderly life.

　　1.Kidnappers are rarely interested in animals, but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay's cat.

　　綁架者很少對動物感興趣。最近，綁架者卻盯上了埃莉諾.拉姆齊太太的貓。

　　語言點1:be interested in 表示“對…感興趣”

　　語言點2:由kidnapper一詞拓展學習:

　　kidnap case 綁架案

　　kill hostage 撕票

　　take sb.out of circulation 綁架某人

　　take …hostage 把…扣作人質

　　exchage hostages 交換人質

　　2.Mrs.Eleanor Ramsay, a very wealthy old lady, has shared a flat with her cat, Rastus, for a great many years.

　　埃莉諾.拉姆齊太太是一個非常富有的老婦人，多年來，一直同她養(yǎng)的貓拉斯一起住在一所公寓里。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:a very wealthy old lady是Mrs.Eleanor Ramsay的同位語;Rastus是her cat的同位語，起解釋說明的作用。For a great many years放在句尾，一是為了強調(diào)時間很長，二是為了與現(xiàn)在完成時has shared形成用法上的呼應。

　　語言點2:rich只表示有錢，而wealthy則表示十分富有，相關的表達還有:fat-cat有錢有勢的人。

　　3.Rastus leads an orderly life.

　　拉斯特斯生活很有規(guī)律。

　　語言點:orderly從結構上看像副詞，但實際上是形容詞。