174. A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology.
譯文
一個三歲大的小孩需要在大人的幫助下才能理解別的小孩也會和他一樣感到疼痛,進而知道用重玩具打了玩伴的頭是必須道歉的。
點睛
本句的主干是a three-year-old might need help in understanding that...兩個that引導understand的兩個賓語從句,其中第二個賓語從句的主語為動賓短語。
本句中的a three-year-old指“一個三歲大的小孩”。
playmate意為“玩伴”。短語hit sb. over the head意為“打某人的頭”。
考點歸納
注意合成詞的構成。
像three-year-old這樣的合成詞還有:father-to-be(準父親),mother-in-law(岳母;婆婆),three-mile-long walk(三英里的行程)等。
與mate合成的詞語還有:classmate(同班同學),workmate(工友),schoolmate(校友),roommate(室友),teammate(隊友)等。