新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第21課 丹尼爾.門多薩 (4)　

　　Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing match when he was only fourteen years old. This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries who was then the most eminent boxer in England. He offered to train Mendoza and his young pupil was quick to learn.

　　10. Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing match when he was only fourteen years old.

　　門多薩在14歲時參加一場拳擊賽后一舉成名。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:when引導時間狀語從句，交代門多薩多大時成名。

　　語言點2:rise to fame表示“出名”。

　　11. This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries who was then the most eminent boxer in England.

　　這引起當時英國拳壇名將理查德漢弗萊斯的注意。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:who引導定語從句，修飾Richard Humphries，說明他“是一個…的人”。

　　語言點2:this指代門多薩14歲成名這件事情。Attract the attention of sb..表示“引起某人的注意”。

　　12.He offered to train Mendoza and his young pupil was quick to learn.

　　他主動提出教授門多薩，而年少的門多薩一學就會。

　　語言點:短語be quick to learn的意思是“一學就會，一點就通”。