内容正文:
1、 长难句翻译
1. Pretending to speak seriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call before being taken to the station.
2. Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.
2、 长难句翻译解析
1. Pretending to speak seriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call before being taken to the station.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 one of the workmen asked…。1. Pretending to speak seriously 作方式状语,因pretend与其逻辑主语 one of the workmen 存在主动关系,故用doing;2. if he might make a telephone call… 作条件状语从句;3. before being taken to the station 作时间状语。
【词汇精讲】
pretend /prɪˈtend/ v. 假装 adj. 不真实的【辨】attend 参加,intend 意图
seriously /ˈsɪə.ri.əs.li/ adv. 严重地,严肃地【组】take …seriously 严肃对待
Were you just pretending to be interested? 你只是在假装感兴趣吗?
They knew the argument was only pretend, but they still got upset. 他们知道这些争执是假装的,但还是觉得难过。
The police have to take any terrorist threat seriously. 警方必须认真对待任何恐怖分子的威胁。
【参考译文】
假装很严肃地说,其中一个工人问道,在被带到警局之前,他能否打一个电话。
3. Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.
【语法详析】
本句的主干使用了“Only + when从句 + 部分倒装”的倒装结构,意为“只有当…才…”。1. that the man was actually telephoning the police 作saw的宾语从句;2. that they had all been the victims of a hoax 作realize的宾语从句。
【词汇精讲】
victim /ˈvɪktɪm/ n. 受害者 【组】fall victim to sth. 受…之害
hoax /həʊks/ n. 骗局,恶作剧 【名】hoaxer 恶作剧者,骗子
In the early 1960s, Blyton fell victim to Alzheimer's disease. 在19世纪60年代早期,布莱顿患上了老年痴呆症。
A series of bomb hoaxes has disrupted Christmas shopping in the city centre. 一系列炸弹假警报扰乱了市中心的圣诞节购物活动。
【参考译文】
只有当他看到那个人真的是在打电话报警时,他才意识到他们都是一场骗局的受害者
3、 长难句拓展
1. Our mental health doesn’t really go anywhere; like the sun behind a cloud, it can be temporarily hidden from view, but it is fully capable of being restored in an instant.
①小词典
temporarily [ˈtemprərəli]
adv. 临时地,临时
temporary [ˈtemprəri]
adj. 暂时的,临时的;短期的,短暂的
n. 临时雇员,临时工
capable [ˈkeɪpəb(ə)l]
adj. 有能力的;