新概念英語第三冊(cè)逐句精講語言點(diǎn) 第26課 急需大餅干筒 (4)

　　They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener. The response to this competition was tremendous. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.

　　10. They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.

　　他們?cè)敢庖悦堪?0美元的價(jià)錢買下由聽眾烘制的最大的餅干。

　　語言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:baked by a listener是過去分詞短語，充當(dāng)biscuit的后置定語。

　　語言點(diǎn)2:固定搭配:offer to pay…for…的意思是“愿意為…付…”。

　　11. The response to this competition was tremendous.

　　這次競賽在聽眾中引起極其熱烈的反響。

　　語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:to this competition是介詞短語，作后置定語，修飾response。

　　12. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.

　　不久，形狀各異，大小不一的餅干陸續(xù)送到工廠。

　　語言點(diǎn):arrive at的本意是“到達(dá)”，因?yàn)?ldquo;餅干”是不會(huì)自己到達(dá)的，所以在此引申為“被送到”。