Lesson 4 An exciting trip
Lesson 4 An exciting trip
中文
我刚刚收到弟弟蒂姆的来信，他正在澳大利亚。
他在那已经住了6个月了。
蒂姆是个工程师，正在为一家大公司工作，并且已经去过澳大利亚的不少地方了。
他刚买了一辆澳大利亚小汽车，现在去了澳大利亚中部的小镇艾利斯斯普林斯。
他不久还将到达尔文去，从那里，他再飞往伯斯。
我弟弟从前从未出过国，因此，他觉得这次旅行非常激动人心。
英文
I have just received a letter from My brother, Tim. He is in Australian.
He has been there for six months.
Tim is an engineer.
He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.
He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia.
He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth.
My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.
分析
I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim.
- simple sentence:
- I
[subject] - have received
[predicate verb phrase][present perfect tense] - just
[adverbial] - a letter
[object] - from my brother,Tim
[adverbial of manner]
- I
- knowledge:
- receive + sth. + from + sb.
He is in Australia.
- simple sentence:
- He
[subject] - is
[be verb] - in Australia
[prepositional object phrase]
- He
He has been there for six months.
- simple sentence:
- He
[subject] - has been
[be verb][present perfect tense] - there
[predicative] - for six months.
[adverbial of time]
- He
- knowledge:
- for + ... + month(s) 这是一个介词短语。 prep. 持续了...个月, 有...个月
Tim is an engineer.
- simple sentence:
- Tim
[subject] - is
[be verb] - an engineer
[predicative][noun phrase]
- Tim
He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.
- compound sentence:
- He is working for a big firm
- He
[subject] - is working for...
[predicate verb phrase][present continuous tense] - a big firm
[object]
- He
- and
- he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.
- he
[subject] - had visited
[predicate verb phrase][past perfect tense] - already
[adverbial] - a great number of different place
[object] - in Australia
[adverbial of place]
- he
- He is working for a big firm
- knowledge:
- work + for + sth. v. 为...工作, 致力于...
- a + great + number + of + sth. n. 许多
He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia.
- compound sentence:
- He has just bought an Australian car.
- He
[subject] - has bought
[predicate verb phrase][present perfect tense] - just
[predicate verb phrase] - an Australian car
[object]
- He
- and
- he has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the center of Australia.
- he
[subject] - has gone to
[predicate verb phrase][present perfect tense] - Alice Springs
[object]
- he
- He has just bought an Australian car.
- knowledge:
- have + gone + to + sth. v. 已经去(现还没回来)
He will soon visit Darwin.
- simple sentence:
- He
[subject] - will visit
[predicate verb phrase][future simple tense] - soon
[adverbial] - Darwin
[object]
- He
From there, he will fly to Perth.
- simple sentence:
- From there,
[adverbial of place] - he
[subject] - will fly to
[predicate verb phrase][future simple tense] - to Perth
[prepositional object phrase]
- From there,
- knowledge:
- fly + to + sth.
- v. 飞往..., 坐飞机前往...
- fly + to + sth.
My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.
- compound sentence:
- My brother has never been abroad before
- My brother
[subject] - has been
[be verb] - abroad
[predicative] - never
[adverbial] - before
[adverbial]
- My brother
- so
- he is finding this trip very exciting
- he
[subject] - is finding
[predicate verb phrase][present continuous tense] - this trip
[object] - very exciting
[object complement][adjective]
- he
- My brother has never been abroad before