新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第4課 阿爾弗雷德?布洛格斯的雙重生活(2)

　　He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit.He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret.

　　6.He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation.

　　他只說在埃爾米斯公司上班。

　　corporation [,k?:p?'rei??n]

　　n. 公司;法人(團體);社團;[口]大腹便便;市政當局

　　例句:

　　She is the outgoing head of a large corporation.

　　她是一家大公司即將離職的負責人。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:that引導賓語從句，詳細說明told的內(nèi)容。

　　7.Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit.

　　每天早晨，他穿上一身漂亮的黑色西裝離家上班。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:every morning為時間狀語。Dressed in為過去分詞短語，作主語的補足語。

　　8. He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman.

　　然后換上工作服，當8個小時的清潔工。

　　overalls

　　n. 工裝褲;工作褲

　　例句:

　　Wash grease out of overalls.

　　從''。'工裝'。''服上洗去油膩。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:then強調(diào)“他接下來做某事”。And引導的句子說明他換上清潔工服裝后做的事情。As a dustman作主語he的補足語。

　　語言點2:change into表示“更換”，與其一生相近的單詞如下:

　　Replace 替換;rotate輪換;change改變;exchange/commute交換;interchange互換

　　例句支持:

　　A computer cannot replace a good teacher. 一臺電腦并不能取代一個好老師。

　　The guards will rotate every four hours in our community. 我們社區(qū)里的門衛(wèi)每4小時換一次崗位。

　　9. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit.

　　晚上回家前，他洗個淋浴，重新?lián)Q上那身黑色西服。

　　shower ['?au?]

　　n. 淋浴;(傾瀉般出現(xiàn)的)一陣，一大批;陣雨

　　vt. 大量地給予;把……弄濕

　　vi. 淋浴;下陣雨

　　例句:

　　Questions showered on him by the reporters.

　　記者們的問題劈頭蓋臉地問了一大堆。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:before引導時間狀語從句，說明事情發(fā)生的先后順序。

　　10. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret.

　　2年多以來，阿爾弗雷德一直這樣，他的同事也為他保守秘密。

　　fellow ['fel?u]

　　n. 家伙;朋友;同事;會員

　　adj. 同伴的，同事的;同道的

　　vt. 使…與另一個對等;使…與另一個匹敵

　　例句:

　　I cannot abide that fellow.

　　我不能容忍那個家伙。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:this 指代他瞞著太太做清潔工的事。And引導的句子說明他的同事們的作法。

　　語言點2:fellow dustmen表示“清潔工同事們”。還有一些單詞可以表示“同事”：colleague,confrere,yokemate,workmate,coworker,yokefellow。

　　語言點3:keep secret表示“保守秘密”。