第二十一章 獨立成分 插入語

　　1 .最常見的插入語是下面這類，可放在句子末尾(a ) ，也可能在句子中間(b ) :

　　a . 插入語放在句子末尾

　　What will be a good beginning, I hope .

　　希望這是一個良好的開端。

　　We'll have to book our tickets in advance, I'm afraid .

　　我看我們得提前訂票。

　　Her performance was wonderful, don't you think ?

　　她的演出很出色，你覺得吧?

　　We went there for our honeymoon, you know .

　　我們到那里是去度蜜月，你知道。

　　b . 插入語放在句子中間

　　The play, I think, was both interesting and instructive .

　　這個戲我覺得既有趣又教詠人。

　　The trees there, it ssaid, are mostly, over thirty feet tall .

　　據(jù)說那里的樹多數(shù)都有三丈多高。

　　The first part, it seems, 15 better written than the other parts .

　　第一部分似乎比其他部分寫得都好。

　　This, you know, is just my personal opinion .

　　這你知道只是我的個人看法。

　　2 .有些詞或短詞可插在句子(特別是問句)中去，不用逗號隔開：

　　What on earth are you fussing about ?

　　什么事你這樣大驚小怪?

　　I wonder where the devil my slippers are ?

　　真怪，我的拖鞋到哪里去了?

　　Who hell are you ?

　　你他媽的是誰?

　　這種插入語主要用來加重語氣，去掉后句子結(jié)構(gòu)仍然是完整的。

　　3 .另外在下面這類句子中似乎也插入了一個成分：

　　We have been waiting for you for heaven knows how long .

　　(比較：Heavens knows how long we have been waiting for you . )

　　我們一勁兒等著，天知道我們等了多久。

　　不過這種插入的部分不宜拿掉。

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　　練習(xí)題及答案：

　　練習(xí)一：在下面句子的插入語下面劃線

　　1 . Your family are quite well, I hope .

　　1 . I hope

　　2 . You don't mind my smoking, I suppose .

　　2 . I suppose

　　3 . It must cost a good deal to live here, don't you think ?

　　3 . don't you think

　　5 . Never trained that way, you see .

　　5 . you see

　　6 . Soon this would be behind us, she said .

　　6 . she said

　　7 . What's the meaning of all that, he asked .

　　7 . he asked

　　8 . Why did she do that, he wondered .

　　8 . he wondered

　　9 . I'm not much of a dancer, I'm afraid .

　　9 . I'm afraid

　　10 . That, I think, is the only answer for the question .

　　10 . I think

　　11 . Your explanation, I'm afaid, isn't very convincing .

　　11 . I'm afraid

　　12 . Your mother, I guess will be too busy to do that .

　　12 . I guess

　　練習(xí)二：在下面句子插入的詞下劃線:

　　1 . What on earth do you mean ?

　　1 . on earth

　　2 . What the devil happened ?

　　2 . the devil

　　3 . What the hell do you want ?

　　3 . the hell

　　4 . What, in the name of goodness, does all thismean ?

　　4 . in the name of goodness

　　5 . He got the news from nobody knows where .

　　5 . nobody knows

　　6 . The temple disappeared no one remembers when .

　　6 . no one remembers

　　7 . There were twelve people present, to beprecise .

　　7 . to beprecise