His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake.

sit beside him ^{坐在他旁边}

• A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me.

Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden.

draw up ^停车

• A taxi drew up at the gate.

draw sth ↔ up ^{(有宾语)起草、草拟}

• ..., when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules.

alongside ^{adv.在旁边 & prep. 在...旁边}

• A car drew up alongside. ^{adv.在旁边}
• A police car pulled up alongside us. ^{prep. 在(我们)旁边“介宾”}

The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road.

... slid off the back .. ^{从背面滑落}

• ... slipped off the back ... ^替换

“上义词”替换

The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. ^{卡车→汽车、车辆}

• Giant pandas are considered a national treasure and the Chinese government are doing their best to protect this endangered species. ^{大熊猫 → 濒危物种}
• Moreover, in the past two years other nearby cities may have begun to build similar golf courses or resort hotels.Indeed, the fact that Ocean View has already built these facilities might actually portend failure for Hopewell,... ^{高尔夫场、度假酒店 → 这些设施}

This led to yet another angry argument.

yet / still (another / one more...) ^{然而/还有(另一个/一个…)}

• yet one more question ^{再提个问题}
• still another example ^再举个例
• He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.

Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind.

pile up ^积聚

• The work just keeps on piling up and makes me want to scream.

It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again.

The police took nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. ^{take times to do sth.}

• The police spent nearly an hour (in) getting the traffic on the move again. ^{spent times (in) doing sth.}

on the + noun. ^{处于某种状态}

• The dog is on the alert.
• He is always on the go. ^忙碌
• The patient is on the recovery. ^{康复（待愈）}
• Crimes are on the rise. ^上升中
• While you are on the phone, ...
• Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places.
• There was also a great deal of machinery on display.
• The house is on sale.
• The workers are on strike.
• I'm here on vacation.
• I'm here on business.
• The nurse is on call 24 hours a day.

In the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.

sweep up ^打扫干净

• Get a broom and sweep up that glass will you?^{拿一把扫帚把那些玻璃扫干净，行吗？}
• They did not sweep up the crumbs.^{他们没打扫碎屑。}
• I sweep up the pieces of his plate. ^{我清扫了他所打碎的盘子。}

Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake.

 benefit from ^{得益于；得利于；因…而得到好处}

• I found I myself also benefitted from the translation.^{我发现我自己也从翻译过程中受益。}
• Your brain will benefit from this food. ^{你的大脑会从这种食物中受益。}

benefit ^有益于...

• This food will benefit your brain. ^{这种食物对你的大脑有益。}

what is left of sth. = what remains of sth. ^{某事还剩下什么}

..., for they greedily devoured what remained of the cake. ^替换

• It is recounted of Thomas Carlyle that when he heard of the illness of his friend, Henry Taylor, he went off immediately to visit him, carrying with him in his pocket what remained of a bottle of medicine formerly prescribed for an indisposition of Mrs. Carlyle's. ^NCE4-28