As the crywas repeated several times, she ran to tell the manager who promptly rang up the firebrigade. The cry had certainly come from one of the chimneys, but as there were somany of them, the fire fighters could not be certain which one it was. They located theright chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man's cries.
13.As the cry was repeated several times, she ran to tell the manager who promptlyrang up the fire brigade.
由于這種喊叫聲重復(fù)了幾次,她跑去報(bào)告經(jīng)理,經(jīng)理當(dāng)即給消防隊(duì)掛了電話。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:as引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句,交代為何報(bào)告經(jīng)理。Who引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句,修飾manager。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:was repeated several times在本句中不可譯為“被重復(fù)了幾次”,而應(yīng)譯為主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)3:ring up的意思是“打電話”。
14.The cry had certainly come from one of the chimneys, but as there were so many ofthem, the fire fighters could not be certain which one it was.
喊叫聲肯定是從煙囪里傳出來(lái)的,然而,因?yàn)闊焽杼?,消防?duì)員無(wú)法確定到底是哪一個(gè)。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:as引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句,as前面的but表示轉(zhuǎn)折。Which one it was是賓語(yǔ)從句。
15.They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man'scries.
他們通過叫擊煙囪傾叫聲而確定傳出聲音的那個(gè)煙囪。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:locate by的意思是“通過該…來(lái)定位”。and并列連接tapping和listening兩種“定位”方式。