The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home.

cut across ^{横跨，贯穿，跨越}

• You can take a short cut across the field. ^{你可以抄近道从田里穿过去。}
• I usually cut across the park on my way home. ^{我回家常抄近路，打公园里头走。}
• We want to cut across lines of race, sex and religion. ^{我们要超越种族、性别和宗教的界限。}

cut through ^{刺穿;直击}

Beautiful. She is so Talented, her voice is amazing & this song cuts through you.

• The canoe cut through the water. ^{独木舟划破水面前行。}
• I cut through the courtyard, past the empty granite benches where I'd met Gates. ^{我穿过院子，经过那些空的花岗岩长椅，我在那里遇到了盖茨。}
• The bitter wind cut through his jacket. ^{刺骨的冷风吹透了他的夹克衫。}

I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons. §

on afternoons ^{每逢下午(当早中晚出现被修饰的情况介词一律用on,这是《新三》的知识点)}

• On a fine afternoon ^{有修饰用on}
• On a sunny morning ^{在阳光明媚的早上}
• In the dimming / dim evening (light)；In the half-light ；At twilight ；In the fading light of evening； ^{在逐渐变暗的傍晚——强调在这个时间段里。}
• On a beautiful evening ^{强调（是一个日子）}
• In the golden evening ^{文学使用（泛指时间段）}
• On a stunning evening ^{特定的某一个}

It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual.

as usual ^{通常；照常}

• As usual, I got landed with all the boring jobs. ^{所有枯燥乏味的工作都照例落在了我的头上。}
• Jose, as usual, had climbed a tree to keep watch. ^{乔斯一如往常地爬到树上放哨。}
• Today, as usual, he was wearing a three-piece suit. ^{今天他像往常一样穿着一套三件套西装。}

Some children were playing games on the bank and there were some people rowing on the river.

• There is a girl crying in the classroom. ^{There be + n. ＋ 介词短语/doing}
• some people were rowing on the river. ^{使用there be 更能表现出语言独特(英文忌讳重复)}

Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat, but he did not hear them.

The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water.

I turned to look at the children, but there weren't any in sight: they had all run away!

there weren't any (children) ^{There be(is/are/was/were)}

The man laughed when he realized what had happened.