Lesson 19 Sold out

中文

“剧马上就要开演了，”我说。

“也许已经开演了呢，”苏珊回答说。

我匆匆赶到售票处，问：“我可以买两张票吗？”

“对不起，票已售完。”那位姑娘说。

“真可惜！”苏珊大声说。

正在这时，一个男子匆匆奔向售票处。

“我可以退掉这两张票吗？”他问。

“当然可以，”那姑娘说。

我马上又回到售票处。

“我可以买那两张票吗？”我问。

“当然可以，不过这两张票是下星期三的，您是否还要呢？”

“我还是买下的好，”我垂头丧气地说。

英文

"The play may begin [bɪˈɡɪn] at any moment" I said.

"It may have begun [bɪˈɡʌn] already" Susan answered.

I hurried to the ticket office. "May I have two tickets please" I asked.

"I'm sorry, we've sold out" the girl said.

"What a pity" Susan exclaimed.

Just then, a man hurried to the ticket office.

"Can I return these two tickets?" he asked.

"Certainly" the girl said.

I went back to the ticket office at once.

"Could I have those two tickets please?" I asked.

"Certainly, but they're for next Wednesday's performance [pəˈfɔːməns], Do you still want them?"

"I might as well have them" I said sadly.

分析

'The play may begin at any moment,' I said.

• simple sentence:
  • the play [subject]
  • may begin [predicate verb phrase]
  • at any moment [adverbial of time]
• knowledge:
  • at + any + moment
    • prep. 随时
  • may + 动词结构：
    • 可能发生的事情
  • may + 动词的完成时
    • 可能已经发生的事

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'It may have begun already.' Susan answered.

• simple sentence:
  • It [subject]
  • may have begun [predicate verb phrase] [present perfect tense]
  • already [adverbial]

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I hurried to the ticket office.

• simple sentence:
  • I [subject]
  • hurried to [predicate verb phrase]
  • the ticket office [prepositional object phrase]
• knowledge:
  • hurry to 赶往匆匆忙忙地去匆忙

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'May I have two tickets please?' I asked.

• simple question sentence:
  • May [aux]
  • I [subject]
  • have [predicate verb phrase]
  • two tickets [object]
  • please

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'I'm sorry, we've sold out,' the grid said.

• simple sentence:
  • we [subject]
  • have sold out [predicate verb phrase] [present perfect tense]

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'What a pity!' Susan exclaimed.

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Just then, a man hurried to the ticket office.

• simple sentence:
  • Just then [adverbial of time]
  • a man [subject]
  • hurried to [predicate verb phrase]
  • the ticket office [prepositional object phrase]

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'Can I return these two tickets?' he asked.

• simple question sentence:
  • Can [aux]
  • I [subject]
  • return [predicate verb phrase]
  • these two tickets [object]

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'Certainly.' the girl said.

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I went back to the ticket office at once.

• simple sentence:
  • I [subject]
  • went back [predicate verb phrase]
  • to the ticket office [adverbial of purpose]
  • at once [adverbial of manner]
• knowledge:
  • go + back
    • v. 退后, 退开; 回去, 回来, 返回; 站远些; 回忆; 追溯; (向后)延伸; (钟、表)回拨; 复工; 结束罢工; (植物)不长, 萎缩
  • at + once
    • adv. 立刻

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'Could I have those two tickets please?' I asked.

• simple question sentence:
  • Could [aux]
  • I [subject]
  • have [predicate verb phrase]
  • those two tickets [object]
  • please [exclamation]

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'Certainly.' the girl said, 'but they're for next Wednesday's performance.

• simple sentence:
  • they [subject]
  • are [be verb]
  • for next Wednesday's performance [predicative]

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'Do you still want them?'

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'I might as well have them,' I said sadly.

• simple sentence:
  • I [subject]
  • might as well have [predicate verb]
  • them [object]
• knowledge:
  • might as well
    • 还是...的好、不妨 = may as well