Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk (that) she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men.
| think of… 考虑,思考 | think about… 考虑,思考,思索 |
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take a risk(of doing) 冒…风险
- This is such a big risk that it will probably make you never want to take a risk again. 这是一个很大的风险,它可能会让你再也不想冒险了。
- Vimala guessed what was wrong, so she decided to take a risk.维玛拉猜出了问题所在,所以她决定冒险一试。
| run after 追赶;追随;追求 | The police are running after a thief. |
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| run behind 在某人后面跑 | I ran behind him. |
| run to 跑向 | When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. |
* They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag.
| rush up to sb. 迎面冲向某人 | You still choose to rush up to your ambitions, running at the fastest speed.坚守信念,勇往直前 |
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| rush down 匆忙下去 | Mountain torrents rush down from the cliff. 山里的湍流从峭壁上直泻而下。 |
| go down 接着往前走,不用回头 | Go down the road till you reach the traffic lights. 沿着这条路一直走到红绿灯处。 |
have a picnic 野餐
- She will have a picnic. 她要去野餐。
- Jack, let's have a picnic after school. 杰克,放学后我们去野餐吧。
at the edge of 在…的边上
- The park lies at the edge of the town.
- He came to a halt at the edge of a steep incline.他停步在一个陡坡的边上。
| up to 直到;一直到(地点/时间)… | He worked up to nine o’clock in the evening. |
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| up to 由…负责;胜任 | He's not up to the job.. |
* In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees.
in one's possession = in the possession of sb. 为某人所拥有…
- I went out of the book shop with book in my possession.
- The house used to be in my possession, but now it is in the possession of an old lady.
- with the bag in their possession 直译:伴随着包落入了他们的手里
| start doing sth. = start to do sth. 开始做某事 | begin doing sth. = begin to do sth.开始做某事 |
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Mrs. Sterling got so angry that she ran after them.
got angry 变得生气
- Don't cry or get angry. 不要哭或者生气。
- She got angry and socked him in the mouth.她生气了,照着他的嘴巴就是一拳。
She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run.
out of breath 上气不接下气,喘不上气
- Tom ran to the shop to get some salt for his mother. When he reached there, he was quite out of breath.
continue to do sth. = continue doing sth. 接着做…
- They'll continue to fight injustice.他们将继续与不公正的现象抗争。
- Continue doing a lesson a day.学习不能间断,一天一课。
When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them.
4个连接词 = 5件事
- She caught up with them. 她追上了他们。
- She saw. 她看见
- They had sat down. 他们坐了下来
- They were going through the contents of the bag.他们正在检查包里的东西。
- She ran straight at them 她径直向他们跑去
| go through sth. (仔细地)搜查,在…中搜寻,浏览,翻看(速度较快的看) |
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| catch up with sb. 追上,赶上(强调结果) |
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The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away.
got a fright 受到惊吓:突然感到害怕或惊讶,通常是由于突发的事件或意外情况引起的。
- Mrs. Medlock did get a fright then.梅德洛克太太当时确实吓坏了。
- Both Liu and Ji got a fright.刘备、纪灵都吓了一跳。
- I get stage fright every time I'm going to teach a new class.每到要教新课的时候,我都会怯场。
- She got a fright and dropped the book.她吓了一跳,把书都扔了。
such/so... that ... so 通常位于形容词、副词之前,而 such 只能位于名词之前。
| so + adj. / adv. + that ... so + 形容词/副词 | such + n. / n.词组 + that ... such + 名词/名词词组 |
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| The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water. | The one with the money got such a fright that he dropped the bag. |
'The strap needs mending,' said Mrs. Sterling later, 'but they did not steal anything.'
need doing sth. 主动表被动(源于省略)
- The windows need cleaning.
- The paintwork will need doing over soon.需要尽快重新油漆一遍。
- Something need me doing?有什么需要我做的吗?
| to do 人做主语 | doing 事物做主语 |
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| sb. needs to mend the strap. 某人主动去做 | The strap needs mending. 某物被doing... |
| Mrs. Sterling needs to mend the strap. 叙述(转述) | The strap needs to be mended. 完整表达(不简洁) |