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LESSON 3
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
Marilla saw Matthew in the front yard and immediately
rushed to the door. But when her eyes fell on the odd
little figure in the stiff ugly dress, with the long red
hair and the eager, bright eyes, she froze in amazement.
"Matthew Cuthbert, who's that?" she asked. Where is the boy?
in amazement惊讶地,吃惊地
in front of 在……的前面(外部)in the front of 在……的前面(内部)
"There wasn't any boy" said Matthew. "There was only her. "
He nodded at the child, remembering that he had never even asked her name.
"No boy! But there must have been a boy," insisted Marilla. "We sent word to Mrs. Spencer to bring a boy.“
"Well, she didn't. She brought her. She arrived at the train station and couldn't be left there alone."
nod at向……点头
现在分词短语作状语
send word 传话
leave sb/sth alone 留下某人独自一人,不去打扰某人
leave aside 搁置一边,不考虑 leave out 遗漏;省去
During this dialogue the child had remained silent. Suddenly she
seemed to grasp the full meaning of what had been said. She
sprang forward a step and clasped her hands. "You don't want
me!" the girl cried. "You don't want me because I'm not a boy! I
might have expected it. I might have known it was all too beautiful to last. I might have known nobody really did want me. Oh, what am I going to do? I'm going to burst into tears!"
spring 【熟词生义】vi.跳,跳跃,跳起
引导宾语从句
原因状语
parallelism排比
burst into tears=burst out crying突然大哭起来
Burst into tears she did. Sitting down on a chair by the table, throwing
her arms on it, and burying her face in them, she proceeded to cry
stormily. Marilla and Matthew looked at each other. Neither of them
knew what to say or do. Finally Marilla stepped in to try to comfort the
child. "Well, well, there's no need to cry so about it."
现在分词作状语
bury …in…把…埋到…里
bury one’s face/head in one’s hands 双手掩面/抱头
proceed to do sth 继续做某事
疑问词+不定式作宾语
there is no need (for sb)to do sth (某人)没必要做某事
"Yes, there is need!" The child raised her head, revealing a tear-stained face.
"You would cry, too, if you were an orphan and had