Lesson 55 Not a gold mine
Lesson 55 Not a gold mine
中文
并非金矿
最近，找到失踪宝藏的梦想差一点儿变成现实。
一种叫“探宝器”的新机器已经发明出来，并被人们用来探测地下埋藏的金子。
在靠近海边的一个据说过去海盗常在里面藏金子的岩洞里，这种机器被派上了用场。
海盗们过去常把金子埋藏在那个洞里，可后来却没能取走。
一支用这种新机器装备起来的探宝队进入了这个岩洞，希望找到埋藏着的金子。
当这个队的队长正在检查洞口附近的土壤时，那台机器显示出它的下面埋有金子。
队员们异常激动，就地挖了一个两英尺深的坑，但最后找到的是一枚几乎一钱不值的小金币。
队员们接着又把整个洞彻底搜寻了一遍，但除了一只空铁皮箱外什么也没找到。
尽管如此，很多人仍然相信“探宝器”很快就会探出值钱的东西来。
英文
Dreams [driːmz] of finding lost [lɒst] treasure [ˈtreʒə(r)] almost came true recently.
A new machine called 'The Revealer [rɪˈvi:lə]' has been invented and it has been used to detect [dɪˈtekt] gold which has been buried [ˈberid] in the ground.
The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where - it is said - pirates [ˈpaɪrəts] used to hide gold.
The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it.
Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure.
The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance [ˈentrəns] to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground.
Very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep. They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless.
The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly [ˈθʌrəli] but did not find anything except [ɪkˈsept] an empty tin trunk.
In spite of this, many people are confident [ˈkɒnfɪdənt] that 'The Revealer' may reveal [rɪˈviːl] something of value fairly soon.
分析
Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently.
- simple sentence:
- Dream of finding lost treasure
[subject] - came
[link verb] - almost
[adverbial] - true
[predicative][adjective] - recently
[adverbial of time]
- Dream of finding lost treasure
- knowledge:
- dream + of + doing.
- v. 梦想...(做某事), 渴望...(做某事)
- dream of sth.
- come + true
- v. 实现, 成为事实
- dream + of + doing.
A new machine called 'The revealer' has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground.
- compound sentence:
- A new machine called 'The revealer' has been invented
- A new machine called 'The revealer'
[subject]- A new machine
[subject] - called 'The revealer'
[attributive]=> a new machine
- A new machine
- has been invented
[predicate verb phrase][passive form of verb]
- A new machine called 'The revealer'
- and
- It has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground
- it
[subject] - has been used {to do}
[predicate verb phrase] - to detect gold which has been buried in the ground
[to-do as object]- which + clause
[adverbial of clause] - which has been buried in the ground
- which
[subject] - has been buried
[predicate verb phrase][passive form of verb] - in the ground
[adverbial of place]
- which
- which + clause
- it
- A new machine called 'The revealer' has been invented
- knowledge:
- invent + sth.
- vt. 发明..., 创造...; 创作...;
- invent + sth.
The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where - it is said - pirates used to hide gold.
- simple sentence:
- The machine
[subject] - was used
[predicate verb phrase][passive form of verb] - in a cave near the seashore where pirates used to hide gold
[adverbial of place]- in a cave near the seashore
- where pirates used to hide gold
[attributive clause]=> seashore- pirates
[subject] - used to hide
[predicate verb phrase] - gold
[object]
- pirates
- The machine
- knowledge:
- used + to + do. + (sth.)
- v. (过去)常常...
- v. (not)不常...
- v. (never)从来没有..., 从未...
- used + to + do. + (sth.)
The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it.
- compound sentence:
- The pirates would often bury gold in the cave
- The pirates
[subject] - would bury
[predicate verb phrase] - gold
[object] - in the cave
[adverbial of place]
- The pirates
- and then
- The pirates fail to collect it
- The pirates
[subject] - fail to do
[predicate verb phrase] - to collect it
[to-do as object]
- The pirates
- The pirates would often bury gold in the cave
- knowledge:
- fail to do sth. v. 未能做到，没有做到
Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure .
- simple sentence:
- Armed with the new machine
[done as adverbial of manner] - a search party
[subject] - went into
[predicate verb phrase][past simple tense] - the cave
[object] - hoping to find buried treasure
[doing as adverbial of purpose]
- Armed with the new machine
- knowledge:
- go + into + sth.
- v. 进入..., 通向..., 加入..., 探究/调查/研究..., 叙述..., 从事..., 被用于...
- hope + to + do. + (sth.)
- v. [希望/期望]...(做某事)
- go + into + sth.
The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground.
- complex sentence:
- The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave
- The leader of the party
[subject] - was examining
[predicate verb phrase][past continuous tense] - the soil
[object] - near the entrance to the cave
[adverbial of place]
- The leader of the party
- when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground
- when + clause
[adverbial clause of time] - the machine showed that +
[object clause]- the machine
[subject] - showed
[predicate verb phrase] - that + clause
[object clause]- there was gold under the ground
- there was
[there be] - gold
[real subject] - under the ground
[adverbial of place]
- there was
- there was gold under the ground
- the machine
- when + clause
- The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave
- knowledge:
- a + leader + of + sth.
- sth. 当前为 the party
- There + be. + sth. + ...
- sent. 有..., 存在...
- a + leader + of + sth.
Very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep.
- simple sentence:
- Very excited
[adverbial of manner] - the party
[subject] - dug
[predicate verb phrase] - a hole two feet deep
[object]- two feet deep
[attributive]=> a hole
- two feet deep
- Very excited
They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless.
- complex sentence:
- They finally found a small gold coin
- They
[subject] - finally
[adverbial] - found
[predicate verb phrase] - a small gold coin
[object]
- They
- which was almost worthless
- which + clause
[attributive clause]=> a small gold coin
- which + clause
- They finally found a small gold coin
The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk .
- compound sentence:
- The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly
- The party
[subject] - then
[adverbial] - searched
[predicate verb phrase][past simple tense] - the whole cave
[object] - thoroughly
[adverbial]
- The party
- but
- The party did not find anything except an empty tin trunk
- The party
[subject] - did not find
[predicate verb phrase] - anything except an empty tin trunk
[object]- except an empty tin trunk
[attributive]=> anything
- except an empty tin trunk
- The party
- The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly
In spite of this, many people are confident that 'The revealer' may reveal something of value fairly soon.
- simple sentence:
- In spite of this
[adverbial of manner] - many people
[subject] - are
[be verb] - confident
[predicative][adjective] - that + clause
[attributive clause]- 'The revealer' may reveal something of value fairly soon.
- The revealer
[subject] - may reveal
[predicate verb phrase] - something of value
[object] - fairly soon
[adverbial]
- The revealer
- 'The revealer' may reveal something of value fairly soon.
- In spite of this
- knowledge:
- fairly
- adv. 美观地, 公平地, 相当地, 清楚地
- fairly
- entrance 入口
- enter
- exit
- it is said 据说
- come true 变成现实
- used to do sth 过去常常做某事，现在不做了
- would do sth 过去常常做某事，强调反复性，与频度词连用
- fail to collect it
- collect 收集
- fail to do 失败了去做某事、未能做某事
- I failed in the exam.
- 非谓语：
- to do 目的
- done 被动
- doing 主动
- 步骤：
- 判断要不要用非谓语，是否已经存在主谓结构
- 找参照物，就近，就远
- 判断主动、被动
- something of value = something valuable
- of great value = very valuable