Lesson 46 Expensive and uncomfortable
Lesson 46 Expensive and uncomfortable
中文
即昂贵又受罪
当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉尼机场时，工人们开始卸下装有服装的一批木箱。
其中有只箱子特别重，可谁也弄不清是怎么回事。
突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看。
看到的情景使吃惊。
箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上。
他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊，甚至都没有企图逃跑。
此人被逮捕后，承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱里的。
他经历了一次漫长而又难受的旅程，因为他在那木箱里闷了18个多小时。
此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑，而正常票价是2,000英镑！
英文
When a plane [pleɪn] from London arrived at Sydney [ˈsɪdni] airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden [ˈwʊdn] boxes which contained clothing.
No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes [ˈbɒksɪz] was extremely [ɪkˈstriːmli] heavy [ˈhevi].
It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.
He was astonished [əˈstɒnɪʃ] at what he found.
A man was lying in the box on top of a pile [paɪl] of woollen [ˈwʊlən] goods [ɡʊdz].
He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.
After he was arrested, the man admitted [ədˈmɪtɪd] hiding in the box before the plane left London.
He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined [kənˈfaɪnd] to wooden box for over eighteen hours.
The man was ordered [ˈɔːdəd] to pay $3500 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is $2000.
分析
When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing.
- complex sentence:
- When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport
- when + clause
[adverbial of time] - a plane from London
[subject]- from London
[attributive]
- from London
- arrived at
[predicate verb phrase] - Sydney airport
[object]
- when + clause
- workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing
- workers
[subject] - began to do
[predicate verb phrase] - to unload a number of wooden box which contained clothing
[to-do as object]- unload
[predicate verb phrase] - a number of wooden box which contained clothing
[object]- which contained clothing
[attributive clause]=> box
- which contained clothing
- unload
- workers
- When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport
- knowledge:
- unload the parcel from the car
- pile
- a number of things that have been placed on top of each other
- pile of something a pile of clothes/paper
- confine:
- to keep somebody/something inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc.
- be confined to (doing) something The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area.
- confine yourself to (doing) something I will confine myself to looking at the period from
- a number of 许多
No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
- complex sentence:
- No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
- No one could account for the fact
- no one
[subject] - could account for
[predicate verb phrase] - the fact
[object]
- no one
- that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
[appositive clause]=> the fact- one of the boxes
[subject] - was
[be verb] - extremely heavy
[predicative][adjective]
- one of the boxes
- No one could account for the fact
- No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
- knowledge:
- No one could account for the fact that .... 谁也弄不清楚.....这样一个事实
- account for 有说明原因的意思
- account for something
- to be the explanation or cause of something
- to give an explanation of something
- account for something
- that后面的从句用来说明事实本身，在语法上是同位语
- account for 有说明原因的意思
- No one could account for the fact that .... 谁也弄不清楚.....这样一个事实
It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.
- complex sentence:
- It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.
- it
[subject] - occurred to
[predicate verb phrase] - one of the workers
[object] - to open up the box
[real subject]
- it
- It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.
- knowledge:
- occur + to + sth.
- v. ...发生在; 被想起〔到〕
- It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.
- It occurred to sb to do sth 某人想起做某事
- occur to 想起。
- it是先行词，主语是动词不定式 to open up the box
- To open up the box suddenly occurred to one of the workers.
- occur to somebody:
- to come into your mind
- occur:
- to happen
- open up 打开
- It occurred to sb to do sth 某人想起做某事
- open + up + sth.
- vt. 展开, 给...开刀, 打开, 开发, 开办, 展示, 开始
- occur + to + sth.
He was astonished at what he found.
- complex sentence：
- He was astonished at what he found.
- he
[subject] - was astonished at
[predicate verb phrase] - what he found
[propositional object phrase as object]- what + clause
- he found
- he
- He was astonished at what he found.
- knowledge:
- He was astonished at what he found..
- what引导的名词性从句做介词at的宾语，what相当于the thing which
- be astonished at sth 对.....感到吃惊/惊讶
- be surprised at sth 对....感到吃惊
- He was astonished at what he found..
A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woollen goods.
- simple sentence:
- A man
[subject] - was lying
[predicate verb phrase][past continuous tense] - in the box
[adverbial of place] - on top of a pile of woollen goods
[adverbial of place]
- A man
- knowledge:
- on + top + of + sth.
- prep. 在...之上
- a + pile + of + sth.
- n. 一堆, 一垛...
- in + the + box
- prep. 在箱子里; 入箱(表示证券已交割); (男人)正与女人发生关系
- on + top + of + sth.
He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.
- complex sentence:
- He was so surprised at being discovered
- He
[subject] - so
[adverbial] - was surprised at
[predicate verb phrase] - being discovered
[propositional object]
- He
- that he did not even try to run away
[adverbial clause of cause]- that + clause
[adverbial clause of cause] - he
[subject] - even
[adverbial] - did not try to do
[predicate verb phrase] - to run away
[to-do as object]- run away
[predicate verb phrase]
- run away
- that + clause
- He was so surprised at being discovered
- knowledge:
- He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.
- so ... that ....
- 动名词短语 being discovered 是介词 at 的宾语
- 由于是被动语态，动词be要加上-ing
- 介词后只能跟名词，be是动词，所以要名词化，being
- try to do sth 尝试做某事
- He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.
After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London.
- complex sentence:
- After he was arrested
- after + clause
[adverbial clause of time] - he
[subject] - was arrested
[past simple tense][passive form of verb]
- after + clause
- the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London.
- the man
[subject] - admitted
[predicate verb phrase] - hiding in the box
[object]- hide
[predicate verb phrase] - in the box
[adverbial of place]
- hide
- before the plane left London
[adverbial clause of time]- before + clause
- the plane
[subject] - left
[predicate verb phrase] - London
[object]
- the man
- After he was arrested
- knowledge:
- the man admitted hiding in the box.
- hiding做动词admit的宾语
- 动词的宾语要是名词。
- admit doing承认做了某事
- the man admitted hiding in the box.
He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours.
- complex sentence:
- He had had a long and uncomfortable trip
- he
[subject] - had had
[predicate verb phrase][past perfect tense] - a long and uncomfortable trip
[object]
- he
- for he had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours.
- for + clause
[adverbial clause of cause] - he
[subject] - had been confined to
[predicate verb phrase] - the wooden fox
[object] - for over eighteen hours
[adverbial of time]
- for + clause
- He had had a long and uncomfortable trip
- knowledge:
- confine sb to 将某人限制在
The man was ordered to pay $3500 for the cost of the trip.
- complex sentence:
- the man
[subject] - was ordered to do
[predicate verb phrase][passive form of verb] - to pay $3500 for the cost of the trip
[to-do as object]- pay for
- $3500
- cost of the trip
- the man
- knowledge:
- pay for 为....付款
The normal price of a ticket is $2000.
- simple sentence:
- the normal price of a ticket
[subject] - is
[be verb] - $2000
[predicative]
- the normal price of a ticket
- knowledge:
- order sb to do sth 命令某人做某事
- He was astonished at what he found..
- what引导的名词性从句做介词at的宾语，what相当于the thing which
- be astonished at sth 对.....感到吃惊/惊讶
- be surprised at sth 对....感到吃惊