新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 第36課 百萬(wàn)分之一的幾率 (7)

　　Hans returned to his family home, butthe house had been bombed and no one in the neighbourhood knew what had becomeof the inhabitants. Assuming that his family had been killed during an air raid, Hanssettled down in a village fifty miles away where he had remained ever since.

　　19. Hans returned to his family home, but the house had been bombed and no one inthe neighbourhood knew what had become of the inhabitants.

　　漢斯重返故里，但他的家已被炸毀，左鄰右舍誰(shuí)也不知原住戶的下落。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:but后面的分句說(shuō)明漢斯返回家鄉(xiāng)后看到的情景。What引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:family home的意思是“故里，老家”，相當(dāng)于hometown。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)3:become of在此理解為“遭受的情況是…”。

　　20. Assuming that his family had been killed during an air raid, Hans settled down in avillage fifty miles away where he had remained ever since.

　　漢斯以為全家人都在空襲中遇難，于是便在距此50英里外的一座村子里定居下來(lái)，直至當(dāng)日。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:fifty miles away作village的后置定語(yǔ)，說(shuō)明村子有多遠(yuǎn)。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:settle down的意思是“定居”(長(zhǎng)期居住在某地而不隨意搬家)。