内容正文:
1、 长难句翻译
1. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them.
2. When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a picture painted which was dedicated to the memory of ‘the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue’.
2、 长难句翻译解析
1. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and would offer to go away。1. In times of peace单独作时间状语;2. when business was bad为时间状语从句;3. after burning down a few farms为插入语,同时作时间状语;4. if protection money was paid to them为条件状语从句。
【词汇精讲】
march /mɑːtʃ/ n. v. 行进,示威游行【组】the Long March 长征,steal a march on sb 比…抢先一步
city-state /ˌsɪt.i ˈsteɪt/ n. 城邦
offer to do 主动做
My father offered to take us to the airport.
我父亲提出送我们去机场。
【参考译文】
在和平时期,生意不好时,霍克伍德和他的士兵会挺进一个城邦,在烧毁几座农场之后,如果收到保护费,他们会主动离开。
2. When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a picture painted which was dedicated to the memory of ‘the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue’.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a picture painted。1. When he died at the age of eighty为时间状语从句;2. which was dedicated to the memory of…为定语从句,修饰先行词picture;3. Signor Giovanni Haukodue为意大利文,作soldier和leader的同位语。
【词汇精讲】
funeral /ˈfjuː.nər.əl/ n. 葬礼
dedicate /ˈded.ɪ.keɪt/ v. 奉献,献出 【近】devote【组】be dedicated to 献给,投身于
valiant /ˈvæl.i.ənt/ adj. 英勇的 【近】courageous 勇敢的【辨】violent 暴力的
notable /ˈnəʊ.tə.bəl/ adj. 显著的,引人注目的 n. 显赫人物,名流
【参考译文】
在他80岁去世的时候,佛罗伦萨人为他举行了国葬,并为他画了一幅画像,以纪念这位“骁勇无比的战士、举世无双的领袖——乔凡尼·阿库托爵士”。
3、 长难句拓展
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