Lesson 54: Sticky fingers 粘糊的手指
After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!
句子講解:
11. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs.
真是糟糕透了!我的手指上、電話機(jī)上以及門的把手上,都沾上了面糊
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 前一句由what引導(dǎo)的感嘆句;后一句是there be句型。
12. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.
我剛回到廚房,門鈴又響了起來(lái),響聲足以把死人喚醒。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1 no sooner... than…一 就”(見(jiàn) Lesson 38)
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2 enough的用法總結(jié):
1) enough修飾名詞時(shí),放在被修飾詞的前面或后面;
2) enough修飾形容詞或者副詞時(shí),一定要放在被修飾詞的后面;
3) enough to do sth.足以用來(lái)做某事。
He is rich enough to buy the whole city.他富有得可以買下整個(gè)城市了。
I am smart enough to pass the examination.我很聰明,足夠可以順利通過(guò)這個(gè)考試。 語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)3 “the +形容詞”表示一類人:the dead死人;the rich富人;the young年輕人;the blind瞎子
13. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!
參考翻譯這次是郵遞員在敲門,他要我簽收一封掛號(hào)信!
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) registered letter掛號(hào)信
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