新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第56課 河流，我們的鄰居 (5)

　　One bad winter we watched the river creep up the lower meadows. All the cattle hadbeen moved into stalls and we stood to lose little. We were, however, worried aboutour nearest neighbors, whose farm was low lying and who were newcomers to thedistrict.

　　13.One bad winter we watched the river creep up the lower meadows.

　　有一年冬天，天氣不好，我們眼看著河水浸沒了地勢較低的草場。

　　語言點:watch…creep up為“感官動詞+動詞原形”的結(jié)構(gòu)。

　　14.All the cattle had been moved into stalls and we stood to lose little.

　　所有的牲口已提前轉(zhuǎn)移到畜圈里，沒有造成什么損失。

　　語言點:stand在本句中并不是“站”的意思，而是指“承受。”

　　15.We were, however, worried about our nearest neighbors, whose farm was lowlying and who were newcomers to the district.

　　不過，我們很為我們的近鄰擔(dān)心。他們的農(nóng)場地勢低洼，而且他們又新來乍到。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:注意，本句中的and連接兩個并列的定語從句。