新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第21課 丹尼爾.門多薩 (6)

　　The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated. Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time. It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England.

　　16. The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated.

　　公眾把大筆賭注下到了門多薩身上，但他卻輸了。

　　語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:but連接兩個轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的并列句。

　　語言點2:bet money on sb.的意思是“在某人身上下注”。類似的表達還有:bet money on horse 賭馬，play dice 擲骰子，bet on small or big賭大小

　　17. Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time.

　　后來，門多薩與漢弗萊斯再次在拳擊場上較量，門多薩又輸了一場。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:and連接兩個簡單句，以避免主語重復。

　　18. It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England.

　　直到1790年他們第3次對壘，門多薩才終于擊敗漢弗萊斯，成了全英拳擊冠軍。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:這是一個典型的強調(diào)句式，被強調(diào)的部分是時間狀語his third match n 1790。