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Lesson 40 Food and talk进餐与交谈
Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.
'A new play is coming to "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it?'
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be staying in England?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!"
参考译文
在上星期的一次宴会上,女主人安排我坐在兰伯尔德夫人的身旁。兰伯尔德夫人是一位身材高大、表情严肃的女人,穿一件紧身的黑衣服。当我在她身旁坐下来的时候,她甚至连头都没有抬一下。她的眼睛盯着自己的盘子,不一会儿就忙着吃起来了。我试图找个话题和她聊聊。
一出新剧要来‘环球剧场’上演了,我说,您去看吗?
不,她回答。
您今年去国外度假吗?我又问。
不,她回答。
您就呆在英国吗?我问。
不,她回答。
失望之中我问她饭是否吃得满意。
年轻人,她回答说,如果你多吃点,少说点,我们两个都会吃得好的!
词汇和短语
hostess n. 女主人
unsmiling adj. 不笑的,严肃的
tight adj. 紧身的
fix v. 凝视
globe n. 地球
despair n. 绝望
Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress.
in a tight black dress介词短语作后置定语。
The leaders present at the meeting totalled eight.
出席会议的领导共有八人。
许多形容词可以与某些词(组)或结构搭配构成形容词短语。当这些短语在句子中作名词的修饰语时,应该后置,其语法功能相当于一个省略形式的定语从句(限制性或非限制性均可),也就是说后置的形容词短语相当于省去which/who/that+be之后留下来的表语。这种形容词短语的构成方式大致可以分为以下几种:
1)两个或两个以上的形容词可以在一起构成形容词短语。这种短语作后置定语时,一般修饰具有泛指意义的名词。
He is a man rude but henpecked.他是一个粗暴而惧内的男人。
children innocent,lively and lovely天真而又活泼可爱的孩子。
(注:此类形容词短语亦可作前置定语。)
2)有些形容词常与某些介词短语搭配,作后置定语。
The leaders present at the meeting totalled eight.出席会议的领导共有八人。
This is a subject worthy of careful study.这是一个值得仔细研究的问题。
另外,有些形容词(表语形容词除外)与介词搭配时,我们还可以把它和其后的介词拆开,即将形容词置于名词之前,将介词短语置于名词后。如:a question different from this one= a different question from this one 一个与此不同的问题
3)少数形容词后面可以直接跟逻辑宾语,用以构成后置定语来修饰名词。
She owns a diamond worth four thousand pounds.
她有一颗价值四千英磅的钻石。
a student confident(that) he will be able to pass the exam
一个对通过考试很有自信心的学生
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