Children who play truant from school are unimaginative.
play truant from school = play truant 逃学
- As a boy, Tom used to play truant (from school).
- She was getting into trouble over playing truant from school.她由于逃学而遇到了麻烦。
A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get.
拆解分析句子
| A quiet day's fishing, | or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, | is usually as far as they get. |
| 主语 非谓语动词做主语,一律作单数看 | 并列主语 | 系 + 表 |
| A quiet day's fishing is usually as far as they get or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again is usually as far as they get. | ||
动词 ing 前面如果出现定语,若是名词,则采用名词所有格(eight hours' seeing the film)或名词短语本身。
- Three hours in the room,It is tiring.
- Three hours(') listening to the teacher is tiring.
- Three hours in the room listening to the teacher is tiring.
- Events such as the March 5th shooting at a high school in San Diego bring the problem into focus.比如三月五日圣地亚哥一所高中学校发生的枪击事件问题成为焦点。
over and over again = again and again 一次又一次,一再地,反复许多次地
- As my grandmother can’t hear very well, I had to say it over and over again.
| as far as + 从句 最大程度…,到…程度,就…而言 |
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| as quickly as 尽快地,尽可能快地 |
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| as adj. / adv. as 比较级结构 |
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They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles.
| They have all been put to shame by a boy | who | , while playing truant, 分裂结构 | travelled 1,600 miles. |
| 主句 | 关系词 | while 放中间要加上逗号(Playing ...省略§) | 定语从句 |
put…to shame 使…蒙羞,使…相形见绌
- What he has done put his parents to shame.
- He saved the child at the risk of his own life and put all those who looked on to shame.他冒着生命危险救了那个孩子,使所有旁观者都相形见绌。
He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep.
anything to do/drink 可以做的事/可以喝的东西(这里 to do 做定语)
- He never has anything to do.
- People will do anything to see a free show...
- Come and have something to drink.
- She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food.
When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais.
| in the meantime 在此期间(与此同时) | I feel tired and would like to take a nap.In the meantime, you may do some reading. |
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| in the future 在将来 | We expect better of you in the future.我们期待你将来有更好的表现。 |
| At the moment 现在,当前时间 | At the moment, they cover every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of the room. |
No one noticed the boy as he crept off.
| creep | vi. 爬行,匍匐,(像爬行似地)慢慢前进 |
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| vi. 悄悄地/蹑手蹑脚地走;渐渐产生/出现 |
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The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border.
分析主谓:主主谓谓、主谓主谓 §
| The next car | the boy stopped | did not take him into the centre of Paris | as he hoped it would, | but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. |
| 主语 | 定语从句(主谓) | 谓 + 宾 | 方式状语从句(正如他所期望的) | not…but… 不是…而是… |
| The car did not take him to Paris but to France. 这辆车没有把他带到巴黎,而是带他去了法国。 | ||||
| as sb. hope 正如某人所希望的 | than sb. expected 比某人所期待的还…(超预期) |
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| I became a good teacher as my mother hopes. | Don't ask what the country do for you, but ask what you do for the country. |
There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities.
| pick up | 抬起,拾起 | |
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| 逮捕,拘捕 | After the accident, he was picked up by the police. | |
| (意外地)找到、获得、学会 | The bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. |
