新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第37課 開往威斯特海溫的快車 (4)

　　At the time, this did not strike me as odd. I reflected that theremust be a great many people besides myself who wished to take advantage of thisexcellent service. Neither was I surprised when the train stopped at Widley, a tinystation a few miles along the line.

　　10. At the time, this did not strike me as odd.

　　一開始，我并不感到奇怪。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:at that time在此處相當于at the beginning。

　　語言點2:strike sb.as的意思是“給某人以…印象”。

　　11. I reflected that there must be a great many people besides myself who wished totake advantage of this excellent service.

　　我想除我之外，想利用快車之便的也一定大有人在。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:that引導賓語從句，交代reflected的內容。Who引導定語從句，修飾people。

　　12. Neither was I surprised when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few milesalong the line.

　　火車開出幾英里即在一個小站威德里停了下來。對此，我不覺得奇怪。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:neither放在句首，句子要部分倒裝，故neither后面寫作was I surprised。

　　語言點2:a tiny station a few miles along the line是Widley的同位語，起解釋說明的作用。