新概念英语第二册第二十七课课文解析 1.…the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. ……孩子们在田野中央搭起了帐篷。 in the middle of表示“在……当中”、“在……中间”,既可以用于表示地理位置,又可以用于表示时间或在某个过程当中: He heard someone shouting in the middle of the night. 午夜前后,他听到有人大声叫喊。 Mary was in the middle of reading when her aunt arrived. 玛丽的姑妈到达时,玛丽正在读书。 in the centre of(在……中部/中央)则一般用于表示地理位置: Alice Spring is a small town in the centre of Australia. 艾利斯斯普林斯是澳大利亚中部的一个小镇。 2.…they cooked a meal over an open fire. ……他们就在篝火上烧起了饭。 open fire 指无遮盖的、没有围起来的火,如篝火、盆火等。 3.…they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. ……(他们)就围在营火旁讲起了故事,唱起了歌。 介词by表示“在……旁边”、“靠近”,通常指距离非常近: Come and sit by me. 过来靠我坐。 There are many trees by the river. 河边有许多树。 4.But some time later it began to rain. 但过了一阵子,天下起雨来。 副词 later表示“后来”、“以后”、“过后”: He told me he would come again later (on). 他告诉我他以后会再来的。 I met her again a few days later. 几天以后我又遇见了她。 5.The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent! 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! (1)wind表示“曲折而行”时,既可以是及物动词,又可以是不及物动词: The car wound through the village. 汽车曲曲折折地穿过村子。 The river winds its way through this district. 这条河弯弯曲曲地流经这个地区。 (2)right在此处表示强调,意为“正好”、“恰恰”、“就”。这种用法多见于口语中: I met him right here. 我就是在这里见到他的。 He hit the man right on the nose. 他正好打中那人的鼻子。 |
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