新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第41課 寧靜田園生活的遐想 (8)

　　Nor is the city without its moments of beauty. There issomething comforting about the warm glow shed by advertisements on cold wetwinter nights. Few things could be more impressive than the peace that descends ondeserted city streets at weekends when the thousands that travel to work every dayare tucked away in their homes in the country. It has always been a mystery to mewho city dwellers, who appreciate all these things, obstinately pretend that they wouldprefer to live in the country.

　　23.Nor is the city without its moments of beauty.

　　城市也并非沒有良辰美景。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:“nor+without”形成雙重否定。

　　24.There is something comforting about the warm glow shed by advertisements oncold wet winter nights.

　　寒冷潮濕的冬夜里，廣告燈箱發(fā)出的暖光，會給人某種安慰。

　　25.Few things could be more impressive than the peace that descends on deserted citystreets at weekends when the thousands that travel to work every day are tuckedaway in their homes in the country.

　　周末，當(dāng)成千上萬進城上班的人回到他們的鄉(xiāng)間寓所之后，空曠的街市籠罩著一種寧靜氣氛，沒有什么能比此時的寧靜更令人難忘了。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析: Few things could be more impressive than形成比較狀語從句。

　　26.It has always been a mystery to me who city dwellers, who appreciate all thesethings, obstinately pretend that they would prefer to live in the country.

　　城里人對這一切心里很明白，卻偏要執(zhí)拗地裝出他們喜歡住在鄉(xiāng)村的樣子，這對我來說一直是個謎。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析: It has always been a mystery to me why…這個句型對于《新3》的學(xué)習(xí)者并不陌生。