Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils. He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as $100 for a single appearence. Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt.
19.Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils.
同時(shí),他建立了一所拳擊學(xué)校,辦得很成功,連拜倫勛爵也成了他的學(xué)生。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):要特別注意,found在本句中不是find的過(guò)去式或過(guò)去分詞形式,而是“創(chuàng)辦”的意思。
20. He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as $100 for a single appearence.
門多薩掙來(lái)大筆大筆的錢,一次出場(chǎng)費(fèi)就多可達(dá) 100英鎊。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:was paid是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài),指的是別人支付給他出場(chǎng)費(fèi)。
21. Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt.
盡管收入不少,但他揮霍無(wú)度,經(jīng)常債臺(tái)高筑。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:so…that…引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)從句,so extravagant說(shuō)明原因“揮霍的”,that引出結(jié)“債臺(tái)高筑”。