新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第60課 太早和太晚 (5)

　　Some friends of my family had this irritating habit. The only thing todo was ask them to come half an hour later than the other guests. Then they arrivedjust when we wanted them.

　　13.Some friends of my family had this irritating habit.

　　我家有幾個朋友就有這有令人惱火的習慣。

　　14.The only thing to do was ask them to come half an hour later than the otherguests.

　　唯一的辦法就是請他們比別的客人晚來半小時。

　　語言點 ask sb. to do sth.的意思是“請求某人做某事”。later than的意思是“比…晚”。

　　15.Then they arrived just when we wanted them.

　　這樣，他們可以恰好在我們要求的時間到達。

　　語言點 句子結構分析：when引導時間狀語從句。