内容正文:
1、 长难句翻译
1. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
2.She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy dress party with her husband.
2、 长难句翻译解析
1. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
【语法详析】
本句的主干是They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy and rowed for a few miles。1. with food, matches, andcans of beer作loaded的方式状语;2. across the Caribbean作rowed的地点状语;4. until they arrived at a tiny coral island为时间状语从句。
【词汇精讲】
load /ləʊd/ n. / v. 装载, 负荷【组】a load of 许多,be loaded with 富含
dinghy /ˈdɪŋ.ɡi/ n. 无篷小船,小帆船【辨】dingy adj. 又黑又脏的
match /mætʃ/ n. 比赛,火柴,对手 v. 匹配
can /kæn/ v. 罐装 n. 罐,听【形】canned 罐装的
Caribbean /ˌkær.ɪˈbiː.ən/ adj./ n. 加勒比海的(人)
tiny /ˈtaɪ.ni/ adj. 极小的
coral /ˈkɒr.əl/ n. 珊瑚(虫)【组】coral reef 珊瑚礁
【参考译文】
他们迅速往一艘小橡皮艇上装食物、火柴和罐装啤酒,在加勒比海上划行了数英里,直至到达一座小珊瑚岛。
2. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy dress party with her husband.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为She was too excited to do any housework that morning。1. for in the evening she would…为原因状语从句,for可替换为because / since / as;2. be going to do表有计划的将来或极有可能发生,be about to do…when意为“正要…突然…”,be to do表按计划即将发生或命令。
【词汇精讲】
fancy /ˈfæn.si/ v. 想做,认为 n. 想象,幻觉 adj. 花哨的,奢华的【组】take a fancy to 喜欢上
I didn't fancy swimming in that water. 我不想在那水里游泳。
He fancies himself as a bit of a singer. 他认为自己多少是个歌手。
The decorations were a little too fancy for my tastes. 这种装饰风格过于花哨,不合我的口味。
【参考译文】
那天早上,她兴奋得什么家务都不想做,因为晚上她要和丈夫一起参加一个化装舞会。
3、 长难句拓展
1. Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance are missing the point.
①小词典
substitute [ˈsʌbstɪtjuːt]
n. 代用品;代替者
vi. 替代
vt. 代替
②句子分析:句子的主干是 Devoted concertgoers are missing the point,其后接一个 who 引导的定语从句,修饰先