Lesson 27 A wet night

中文

傍晚时分，孩子们在田野中央搭起了帐篷。

这件事刚刚做完，他们就在篝火上烧起了饭。

他们全都饿了，饭菜散发出阵阵香味。

他们美美地吃了一顿饭后，就围在营火旁讲起了故事，唱起了歌。

但过了一阵子，天下起雨来，孩子们感到累了，于是他们扑灭了篝火，钻进了帐篷。

睡袋既暖和又舒服，所以，他们都睡得很香。

午夜前后，有两个孩子醒了，大声叫了起来。

原来帐篷里到处都是水！他们全都跳出睡袋，跑到外面。

雨下得很大，他们发现地上已经形成了一条小溪。

那小溪弯弯曲曲穿过田野，然后正好从他们的帐篷底下流过去。

英文

Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle [ˈmɪd(ə)l] of a field.

As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire [ˈfaɪə(r)].

They were all hungry and the food smelled good.

After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang [sæŋ] songs [sɔːŋz] by the campfire [ˈkæmpfaɪə(r)].

But some time later it began [bɪˈɡæn] to rain. They boys felt tried so they put out the fire and crept into their tent.

Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly.

In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting.

The tent was full of the water! They are all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside.

It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field.

The stream wound [wuːnd] its way across the field and then flowed [fləʊd] right under their tent!

分析

Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field.

• simple sentence:
  • Late in the afternoon [adverbial of time]
  • the boys [subject]
  • put up [predicate verb phrase]
  • their tent [object]
  • in the middle of a field [adverbial of place]
• knowledge:
  • put up sth.
    • vt. 建造...; 竖起...; 进行...; 支付...; 提供...; 提高...; 为…安排住处; 提名…为候选人; 挂牌...
  • in + the + middle + of + sth. 这是一个介词短语。prep. 在...当中, 在...的中途, 在...中央
  • in + the + afternoon

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As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire.

• complex sentence:
  • as soon as this was done
    • as soon as + clause [adverbial clause of comparison]
    • this was done
  • they cooked a meal over an open fire.
    • they [subject]
    • cooked [predicate verb phrase] [past simple tense]
    • a meal [object]
    • over an open fire [adverbial of manner]

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They were all hungry and the food smelled good.

• compound sentence:
  • They were all hungry
    • They [subject]
    • were [be verb]
    • all [adverbial]
    • hungry [predicative] [adjective]
  • and
  • the food smelled good
    • the food [subject]
    • smelled [link verb]
    • good [predicative] [adjective]

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After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire.

• simple sentence:
  • After a wonderful meal [adverbial]
  • they [subject]
  • told stories and sang songs [predicate verb phrase]
  • by the campfire [adverbial]

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But some time later it began to rain.

• simple sentence:
  • some time later [adverbial of time]
  • it [subject]
  • began {to do} [predicate verb phrase]
  • to rain [to-do as object]
• knowledge:
  • begin + to + do. + (sth.) v. 开始...(做某事)

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The boys felt tried so they put out the fire and crept into their tent.

• compound sentence:
  • the boys felt tried
    • they boys [subject]
    • felt [link verb]
    • tried [predicative] [adjective]
  • so
  • they put out the fire and crept into their tent
    • they put out the fire
      • they [subject]
      • put out [predicate verb phrase]
      • the fire [object]
    • and
    • they crept into their tent
      • they [subject]
      • crept into [predicate verb phrase]
      • their tent [object]
• knowledge:
  • put + out + the + fire v. 灭火

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Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly.

• compound sentence:
  • Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable
    • their sleeping bags [subject]
    • were [be verb]
    • warm and comfortable [predicative]
  • so
  • they all slept soundly.
    • they all [subject]
      • they [subject]
      • all [noun complement]
    • slept [predicate verb phrase]
    • soundly [adverbial]

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In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting.

• simple sentence:
  • In the middle of the night [adverbial of time]
  • two boys woke up and began shouting
    • two boys woke up
    • and
    • two boys began shouting
• knowledge:
  • in + the + middle + of + sth. prep. 在...当中, 在...的中途, 在...中央
  • wake + up v. 醒来 这是一个动词固定搭配。
  • begin + doing. + (sth.) v. 开始...(做某事)

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The tent was full of water!

• simple sentence:
  • The tent [subject]
  • was [be verb] [past simple tense]
  • full of water [predicative] [adjective]

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They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside.

• compound sentence:
  • They all leapt out of their sleeping bags
    • they all [subject]
    • leapt out of [predicate verb phrase]
    • their sleeping bags [object]
  • and
    • 连接词，并列
  • They all hurried outside.
    • They all
    • hurried [predicate verb phrase]
    • outside [adverbial of place]
• knowledge:
  • leap + out + of + sth. v. 从(某处)跳出来; 吃惊, 惊喜

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It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field.

• compound sentence:
  • It was raining heavily
    • It [subject]
    • was raining [predicate verb phrase] [past continuous tense]
    • heavily [adverbial]
  • and
  • they found that a stream had formed in the field
    • they [subject]
    • found [predicate verb phrase]
    • that [object clause]
      • a stream had formed in the field
        • a stream [subject]
        • had formed [predicate verb phrase] [past perfect tense]
        • in the field [adverbial of place]
• knowledge:
  • in + the + field prep. 在田地里; 在作战, 参加比赛

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The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!.

• compound sentence:
  • The stream wound its way across the field
    • the stream [subject]
    • wound [predicate verb phrase] [past simple tense]
    • its way cross the field [object]
      • cross the field [attributive]
  • and then
  • The stream flowed right under their tent
    • the stream [subject]
    • flowed [predicate verb phrase]
    • right [adverbial]
    • under their tent [adverbial of place]