新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 第35課 伸張正義 (6)

　　After chipping through a wall which waseighteen inches thick, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney. As itwas extremely narrow, the man was unable to move, but the firemen were eventuallyable to free him by cutting a huge hole in the wall. The sorry-looking, blackened figurethat emerged, at once admitted that he had tried to break into the shop during thenight but had got stuck in the chimney. He had been there for nearly ten hours. Justicehad been done even before the man was handed over to the police.

　　16.After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick, they found that aman had been trapped in the chimney.

　　他們鑿?fù)噶?8英寸厚的墻壁，發(fā)現(xiàn)有個(gè)人卡在煙囪里。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:after chipping through…作時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)，為時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句的省略式，可還原為afterthey chipped through…。Which引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾wall,說(shuō)明是“什么樣的墻”。That引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句，交代found的內(nèi)容。

　　17.As it was extremely narrow, the man was unable to move, but the firemen wereeventually able to free him by cutting a huge hole in the wall.

　　由于煙囪太窄，那人無(wú)法動(dòng)彈。消防隊(duì)員在墻上挖了個(gè)大洞，才終于把他解救出來(lái)。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:as引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句，說(shuō)明小偷被困的原因。By cutting a huge hole in the wall是方式狀語(yǔ)。

　　18.The sorry-looking, blackened figure that emerged, at once admitted that he hadtried to break into the shop during the night but had got stuck in the chimney.

　　那個(gè)看來(lái)滿(mǎn)臉沮喪、渾身漆黑的家伙從煙囪里一出來(lái)，就承認(rèn)頭天夜里他企圖到店里行竅，但讓煙囪卡住了。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:第一個(gè)that引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾figure。第二個(gè)that引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句，交代admitted的內(nèi)容。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:sorry-looking不可直譯為“看上去對(duì)不住人的”，而應(yīng)理解為“滿(mǎn)臉沮喪的”，經(jīng)常被用來(lái)形容“相當(dāng)狼狽”的樣子。

　　20.He had been there for nearly ten hours. Justice had been done even before the manwas handed over to the police.

　　他已經(jīng)在煙囪里被困了將近10個(gè)小時(shí)。甚至在那人還沒(méi)被送交給警察之前，正義就已得到了伸張。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:before引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，注意，在翻譯時(shí)先翻譯后面的狀語(yǔ)從句，再解釋前面的主句比較符合漢語(yǔ)的表達(dá)習(xí)慣。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:hand over的意思是“移交”。