A happy discovery 幸運(yùn)的發(fā)現(xiàn)
Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on agreat many people. The more expensive kind ofantique shop where rare objects are beautifullydisplayed in glass cases to keep them free fromdust is usually a forbidding place. But no onehas to muster up courage to enter a lesspretentious antique shop.
1.Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people.
古玩店對(duì)許多人來(lái)說(shuō)有一種特殊的魅力。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:這句話的主體結(jié)構(gòu)非常簡(jiǎn)單,exert…on…的本意是“對(duì)…施加…”,在本句中引申為“對(duì)某人具有吸引力”。
2.The more expensive kind of antique shop where rare objects are beautifullydisplayed in glass cases to keep them free from dust is usually a forbidding place.
高檔一點(diǎn)的古玩店為了防塵,把文物漂亮地陳列在玻璃柜子里,那里往往令人望而卻步。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:where引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句,修飾antique shop,即“…的古董店”。To keep them freefrom dust是動(dòng)詞不定式短語(yǔ),作目的狀語(yǔ),即“放在玻璃柜子里的目的是防塵”。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:keep sth.free from…的意思是“使某物避免…”
3.But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop.
而對(duì)不太裝腔作勢(shì)的古玩店,無(wú)論是誰(shuí)都不用壯著膽子才敢往里進(jìn)。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:to enter a less pretentious antique shop作目的狀語(yǔ),意思是“為了進(jìn)不太裝腔作勢(shì)的古玩店”。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:muster up courage to do sth.的意思是“鼓起勇氣做某事”。