新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第53課 為了公眾的利益 (7)

　　There wasnothing in the record to show that the foreigner's complaint was justified and theChief of Police strongly denied the accusation. It was impossible for the Ombudsmanto take action, but when he received a similar complaint from another foreigner in thesame village, he immediately sent one of his lawyers to investigate the matter. Thelawyer ascertained that a policeman had indeed dealt roughly with foreigners onseveral occasions.

　　19.There was nothing in the record to show that the foreigner's complaint wasjustified and the Chief of Police strongly denied the accusation.

　　材料中沒有任何文字記載證明外國人所說的情況符合事實，警察局長矢口否認這一指控。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:that引導(dǎo)賓語從句。

　　20.It was impossible for the Ombudsman to take action, but when he received asimilar complaint from another foreigner in the same village, he immediately sent oneof his lawyers to investigate the matter.

　　司法特派員難以處理。但是，當他又收到住在同一村莊的另一個外國人寫的一封內(nèi)容類似的投訴信時，他立即派出一位律師前去調(diào)查。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:it is/was impossible for…to do已經(jīng)成了固定結(jié)構(gòu)，表示“…做…是不可能的。”

　　21.The lawyer ascertained that a policeman had indeed dealt roughly with foreignerson several occasions.

　　律師證實有個警察確實多次粗魯?shù)貙Υ鈬恕?/p>

　　語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:that引導(dǎo)賓語從句。

　　語言點2:on several occasions的意思是“在不同的場合”，引申為“多次。”