Lesson 23 A new house
Lesson 23 A new house
中文
昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信，她住在尼日利亚。
在信中她说她明年将到英国来。
如果她来了，她会感到非常惊奇了。
我们现在住在乡间的一栋漂亮的新住宅里。
这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已动工了，是在5个月以前竣工的。
我在信中告诉她，她可以和我们住在一起。
这栋房子里有许多房间，还有一个漂亮的花园。
它是一栋非常现代化的住宅，因此在有些人看来很古怪。
它肯定是这个地区唯一的一栋现代化住宅。
英文
I had a letter from my sister yesterday, she lives in Nigeria [naɪˈdʒɪəriə].
In her letter, she said that she would come [kʌm] to England next year.
If she comes [kʌmz], she will get a surprise.
We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country.
Work on it had begun before my sister left, the house was completed five months ago.
In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us.
The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden.
It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people.
It must be the only modern house in the district [ˈdɪstrɪkt].
分析
I had a letter from my sister yesterday.
- simple sentence:
- I
[subject] - had
[predicate verb phrase] - a letter
[object] - from my sister
[adverbial of place] - yesterday
[adverbial of time]
- I
She lives in Nigeria.
- simple sentence:
- She
[subject] - lives {
[propositional object phrase]}[predicate verb phrase] - in Nigeria
[prepositional object phrase]
- She
In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year.
- complex sentence:
- In her letter
[adverbial] - she
[subject] - said
[predicate verb phrase] - that she would come to England next year
[object clause]- she
[subject] - would come to
[predicate verb phrase] - England
[object] - next year
[adverbial of time]
- she
- In her letter
If she comes, she will get a surprise.
- complex sentence:
- if she comes
- if + clause
- she
[subject] - comes
[predicate verb phrase]
- she will get a surprise
- she
[subject] - will get
[predicate verb phrase] - a surprise
[object]
- she
- if she comes
We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country.
- simple sentence:
- we
[subject] - now
[adverbial of time] - are living {}
[predicate verb phrase][present continuous tense] - in a beautiful new house
[object] - in the country
[adverbial of place]
- we
Work on it had begun before my sister left.
- complex sentence:
- work on it
[subject] - had begun
[predicate verb phrase][past perfect tense] - before my sister left
[adverbial of time]- before + clause
[adverbial of time] - my sister
[subject] - left
[predicate verb phrase]
- before + clause
- work on it
- knowledge:
- work on it had begun.
- work on 影响，对……起作用；继续工作；从事于……；设法说服
- work on something:
- to try hard to improve or achieve something
- work on somebody：
- to try to persuade somebody to agree to something or to do something
The house was completed five months ago.
- simple sentence:
- the house
[subject] - was completed
[passive form of verb][past simple sentence] - five months ago
[adverbial of time]
- the house
In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us.
- complex sentence:
- In my letter
[adverbial] - I
[subject] - told
[predicate verb phrase] - her
[indirect object] - that she could stay with us
[direct object][object clause]- she
[subject] - could stay
[predicate verb phrase][link verb] - with us
[predicative][noun phrase]
- she
- In my letter
- knowledge:
- tell + sth. + (that) 引导的宾语从句
- vt. 告诉, 说, 吩咐, 断定, 知道
- stay + with + sth.
- v. 与...呆一块; 陪伴..., 看护...; 与...维系恋爱关系; 在...(某人)那边过夜; 保持在...记忆之中, 铭记于...; [继续/坚持]
- tell + sth. + (that) 引导的宾语从句
The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden.
- compound sentence:
- The house has many large rooms
- the house
[subject] - has
[predicate verb phrase] - many large rooms
[object]
- the house
- and
- there is a lovely garden
- there is
[there be] - a lovely garden
[real subject]
- there is
- The house has many large rooms
It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people.
- compound sentence:
- It is a very modern house
- it
[subject] - is
[be verb] - a very modern house
[predicative][noun phrase]
- it
- so it looks strange to some people.
- so
- it
[subject] - looks
[link-verb] - strange to some people
[predicative][adjective]
- It is a very modern house
It must be the only modern house in the district.
- simple sentence:
- it
[subject] - must be
[be verb] - the only modern house
[predicative][noun phrase] - in the district
[adverbial of place]
- it
- The house had many large rooms and there is a lovely garden.
- there be. 用来说明人、物的存在
- knowledge:
- work on it had begun. 住宅的建设...就开始了。
- work on 影响，对……起作用；继续工作；从事于……；设法说服
- work on something:
- to try hard to improve or achieve something
- work on somebody：
- to try to persuade somebody to agree to something or to do something