Lesson 74 Out of the limelight
Lesson 74 Out of the limelight
中文
舞台之外
一辆古旧的汽车停在一条干涸的河床边，一群著名男女演员下了车。
他们戴着墨镜，穿着旧衣裳，特别小心以防别人认出他们。
但他们很快就发觉，化装的效果有时过分完美了。
“在这个地方野餐简直太妙了，”格格利亚.格利姆说。
“是再好不过的了，格格利亚。”布林克斯利.米尔斯表示同意，“没有记者，没有影迷！我们为什么不经常来这里呢？”
此时，另外两位演员，罗克沃尔.斯林格和默林.格里夫斯，已经把两个大食品篮子提到了一片树荫下。
当他们都已安排舒适时，一个陌生人出现了。
他看上去非常气愤。“你们都从这里走开，全都走开！”他大叫着，“我是这里的司法长官。你们看到那个布告牌了吗？上面写着"禁止野营"－除非你们不识字！”
“好了，好了，司法官，”罗克沃尔说，
“别使我们难堪。我是罗克沃尔.斯林格，这位是默林.格里夫斯。”
“噢，是吗？”那位司法长官冷笑一声说道，“好，我就是布林克斯利.米尔斯。我还有一个名字叫格格利亚.格利姆。现在你们赶快滚吧！”
英文
An ancient bus stopped by a dry [draɪ] river bed and a party of famous actors [ˈæktəz] and actresses [ˈæktrɪsɪz] got off.
Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize [ˈrekəɡnaɪz] them.
But as they soon discovered, disguises [dɪsˈɡaɪzɪz] can sometimes be too perfect.
"This is wonderful place for a picnic," said Gloria [ˈɡlɔːriə] Gleam [ɡliːm].
"It couldn't be better, Gloria," Brinksley Meers agreed [əˈɡriːd]. "No newspaper men, no film fans! Why don't we come more often?"
Meanwhile, two other actors, Rockwall Slinger and Merlin [ˈmɜːlɪn] Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady [ˈʃeɪdi] spot under some trees [triːz].
When they had all made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared.
He looked very angry. "Now you get out of here, all of you!" he shouted. "I'm sheriff here. Do you see that notice? It says [sez] 'No Camping [ˈkæmpɪŋ]' -- in case you can't read!"
"Look, sheriff" said Rockwall, "don't be too hard on us. I'm Rockwall Slinger [ˈslɪŋə(r)] and this is Merlin Greeves."
"Oh, is it?" said the sheriff with a sneer. "Well, I'm Brinksley Meers, and my other name is Gloria Gleam. Now you get out of here fast!"
分析
An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off.
- compound sentence:
- An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed
- An ancient bus
[subject] - stopped
[predicate verb phrase] - by a dry river bed
[adverbial of manner]
- An ancient bus
- and
- a party of famous actors and actresses got off
- a party of famous actors and actresses
[subject] - got off
[predicate verb phrase]
- a party of famous actors and actresses
- An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed
Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them.
- complex sentence:
- Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes
[done as adverbial] - they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them
- they
[subject] - had taken
[predicate verb phrase][past perfect tense] - special precaution so that no one should recognize them
[object]- special precaution
- so that + clause
[adverbial clause of purpose] - no one should recognize them
- no one
[subject] - should recognize
[predicate verb phrase] - them
[object]
- no one
- they
- Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes
But as they soon discovered, disguises can sometime be too perfect.
- simple sentence:
- they soon discovered
- they
[subject] - discovered
[predicate verb phrase] - soon
[adverbial]
- they
- disguises can sometime be too perfect
- disguises
[subject] - can sometime be
[be verb] - too perfect
[predicative][adjective]
- disguises
- they soon discovered
'This is a wonderful place for a picnic ' said Gloria Gleam.
- simple sentence:
- This
[subject] - is
[be verb] - a wonderful place
[predicative][noun phrase] - for a picnic
[adverbial of place]
- This
'It couldn't be better,' Gloria' Brinksley Meers agreed. 'No newspaper men, no film fans! Why don't we come more often?'
- simple sentence:
- It couldn't be better
- It
[subject] - couldn't be
[predicate verb phrase] - better
[predicative][adjective]
- It
- No newspaper men, no film fans! 祈使句
- Why don't we come more often?
- Why + do + sth. + do. + ?
- It couldn't be better
Meanwhile, two other actors, Rockwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees.
- simple sentence:
- Meanwhile
[adverbial of time] - two other actors
[subject] - had carried
[predicate verb phrase][past perfect tense] - two large food baskets
[object] - to a shady spot under some trees
[adverbial of purpose]- shady spot
- under some trees
[attributive]=> shady spot
- Meanwhile
When they had all made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared .
- complex sentence:
- When they had all made themselves comfortable
- when + clause
[adverbial clause of time]- they
[subject] - had made
[predicate verb phrase] - all
[adverbial] - themselves
[object] - comfortable
[object complement]
- they
- when + clause
- a stranger appeared
- a stranger
[subject] - appeared
[predicate verb phrase]
- a stranger
- When they had all made themselves comfortable
- knowledge:
- make sth. adj.
He looked very angry.
- simple sentence:
- he
[subject] - looked
[link verb] - very angry
[predicative][adjective]
- he
'Now you get out of here, all of you!' he shouted .
- simple sentence:
- Now
[adverbial of time] - you
[subject] - get {
[prepositional object phrase]}[predicate verb phrase] - out of here
[prepositional object phrase]
- Now
'I'm sheriff here. Do you see that notice? It says "No Camping " - in case you can't read!'
- compound sentence:
- I'm sheriff here
- I [subject]`
- am
[be verb] - sheriff
[predicative] - here
[adverbial of place]
- Do you see that notice？
- Do sth do sth?
- in case you can't read!
- you
[subject] - can't read
[predicate verb phrase] - in case
[adverbial of manner]
- you
- I'm sheriff here
'Look, sheriff' said Rockwall, 'don't be too hard on us. I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.'
'Oh, is it?' said the sheriff with a sneer.
'Well, I'm Brinksley Meers, and my other name is Gloria Gleam. Now you get out of here fast!'
- simple sentence:
- Now you get out of here fast!
- Now
[adverbial of time] - you
[subject] - get {
[prepositional object phrase]}[predicate verb phrase] - out of here [prepositional object phrase]
- fast
[adverbial]
- Now
- Now you get out of here fast!
- Out of the limelight
- in the limelight 在众目所示之中
- Why don't we come more often?
- get out of here. 从这里走开
- leave me alone
- in case you can't read
- 万一、假使
- in case that you can't read
- take precaution
- shady trees
- with a sneer 带着一个冷笑
- by 在什么的旁边
- party n. 一行人、一伙人
- dress in 服装、装饰
- so that 、in order that 引导目的状语从句
- as they soon discoverd as 是关系代词，代替后面整个主句，做动词discovered的宾语
- There are no newspaper men and no film fans.
- 提出建议：
- Why don't/doesn't +
[subject]+ 动词 + ？ - Why don't you have a rest?
- Why doesn't he come with us?
- Why don't/doesn't +
- Meanwhile = in the meantime
- be hard on