Though he keptthrowing up his arms in despair, he readily accepted the 5 I gave him. I felt especiallypleased with my wonderful bargain — until I got back to the ship. No matter how hardI tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink and to this day it has neverwritten a single word!
19.Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair, he readily accepted the 5 I gavehim.
雖然他絕望地舉起雙手,但他毫不遲疑地收下了我付給他的5鎊錢(qián)。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:though引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句。In despair的意思是“絕望地”,作狀語(yǔ)。I gave him為定語(yǔ)從句,前面省去了關(guān)系代詞that,注意關(guān)系代詞只能是that而不能是which,因?yàn)閣hich不能作“錢(qián)”的關(guān)系代詞。
20.I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain — until I got back to the ship.
在回到船上之前,我一直為我的絕妙的討價(jià)還價(jià)而洋洋得意。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:破折號(hào)之后的內(nèi)容是對(duì)前一句的補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:feel pleased with的意思是“對(duì)…感到滿(mǎn)意”。
21.No matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink andto this day it has never written a single word!
然而不管我如何擺弄,那枝漂亮的鋼筆就是吸不進(jìn)墨水來(lái)。直到今天,那枝筆連一個(gè)字也沒(méi)寫(xiě)過(guò)!
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:no matter how引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句,其后的it為形式主語(yǔ),真正的主語(yǔ)是to fill thisbeautiful pen with ink。