新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第45課(2)
The whole village soon learnt that a large sum ofmoney had been lost. Sam Benton, the localbutcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savingsto the post office. Sam was sure that the walletmust have been found by one of the villagers, but itwas not returned to him. Three months passed,and then one morning, Sam found his walletoutside his front door. It had been wrapped upin newspaper and it contained half the moneyhe had lost, together with a note which said: 'Athief, yes, but only50 per cent a thief!' Two months later, some more money was sentto Sam with another note: 'Only 25 per cent a thief now!' In time, all Sam's money waspaid back in this way. The last note said: 'I am 100 percent honest now!'
精講筆記：
4. Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his frontdoor.
3個月過去了，后來在一天早上，薩姆在他家大門外發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的錢包。
語言點 表示一段時間以后另外一件事情發(fā)生的三種常用表達方式：
1) ...passed and then... (Lesson 9 )
2) some time later... (Lesson 27)
3) nearly... passed before... (Lesson 33)
5. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost,together with a note which said: “A thief, yes, but only 50 per cent a thief !”
錢包是用報紙包著的，里面有他丟的錢的一半，而且還附著一張紙條，上面寫著：“一個小偷，是的，但只是一個50%的小偷!”
語言點1 half the money錢的一半;half an hour半個小時;half a year半年
語言點2 the picture said...圖片上寫著.…
the newspaper said...報紙上寫著……
the note said...紙條上寫著……
語言點3 together with( = with)介詞短語作伴隨狀語。
6. Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note: 'Only 25percent a thief now!'
又過了兩個月，又有一些錢送還給了薩姆，又附了一張字條：“這回只是一個25%的小偷了。”
語言點 one，two等數(shù)量詞以及some，many，much等加比較級起修飾作用：
one more chair另外的一把椅子
some more mistakes更多的錯誤
much more water更多的水
