新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第36課 百萬分之一的幾率 (3)

　　Yet, in real life,circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but anineteenth century novelist would find incredible.

　　When I was a boy, my grandfather told me how a German taxi driver, Franz Bussman,found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before. While on awalking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman.

　　7.Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidenceswhich anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.

　　不過，在現實生活中，有時確實會出現一些巧合，這些巧合除了19世紀小說家外誰也不會相信。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:which引導定語從句，修飾先行詞coincidences,說明巧合是什么。

　　語言點2:do sometimes conspire中的do為助動詞，對謂語conspire起強調作用。

　　語言點3:but不表示“但是”，而是作“除…之外”來理解。

　　8.When I was a boy, my grandfather told me how a German taxi driver, FranzBussman, found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before.

　　當我是個孩子的時候，我祖父給我講了一位德國出租汽車司機弗朗茲。巴斯曼如何找到了據信已在20年前死去的兄弟的事。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:when引導時間狀語從句。主句中的Franz Bussman是a German taxi driver的同位語。Who引導定語從句，修飾brother。

　　9.While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman.

　　一次， 他與妻子徒步旅行。途中，停下來與一個工人交談。

　　語言點:While on a walking tour with his wife放在句首，是一個省略式的時間狀語從句，可還原為:whilehe was on a walking tour with his wife。