新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第58課 一點兒小麻煩(3)

　　It was as clear as daylight then that burglars had forced an entry during her absence.Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then shedecided that at her age it might be more prudent to have someone with her, so shewent to fetch the porter from his basement. By this time her legs were beginning totremble, so she sat down and accepted a cup of very strong tea, while he telephonedthe police.

　　7.It was as clear as daylight then that burglars had forced an entry during herabsence.

　　事情很清楚，在她外出時，竊賊曾闖進家門。

　　語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:as…as形成比較。That引導主語從句，即形式主語it指代的內(nèi)容。

　　語言點2:force an entry的意思是“強行闖入。”

　　8.Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then shedecided that at her age it might be more prudent to have someone with her, so shewent to fetch the porter from his basement.

　　她第一個條件反射是各個房間搜尋一下竊賊，但轉(zhuǎn)念一想，像她這個年紀，最好找個人一起去。于是她到地下室去找看門的人。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:that引導賓語從句，說明decided的內(nèi)容。

　　9.By this time her legs were beginning to tremble, so she sat down and accepted acup of very strong tea, while he telephoned the police.

　　這時她兩腿累得開始發(fā)抖，于是坐了下來，喝了一杯濃茶。與此同時，看門的人給警察掛了電話。

　　語言點1:strong tea的意思是“濃茶。”

　　語言點2:telephone the police的意思是“給警察打電話”,telephone在這里作動詞。