新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點(diǎn) 第41課 寧靜田園生活的遐想 (3)

　　Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the firstcockcrow, the twittering of birds at dawn, the sight of the rising sun glinting on thetrees and pastures. This idyllic pastoral scene is only part of the picture. My friend failsto mention the long and friendless winter evenings in front of the TV-virtually the onlyform of entertainment.

　　7.Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the first cockcrow, the twittering ofbirds at dawn, the sight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures.

　　他堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為，凌晨雄雞第一聲啼叫，黎明時分小鳥吱喳歡叫，冉冉升起的朝陽染紅樹木、牧場，此番美景無與倫比。

　　語言點(diǎn):nothing can be放在句首為否定比較。

　　8.This idyllic pastoral scene is only part of the picture.

　　但這種田園詩般的鄉(xiāng)村風(fēng)光僅僅是一個側(cè)面。

　　9.My friend fails to mention the long and friendless winter evenings in front of the TV-virtually the only form of entertainment.

　　我的朋友沒有提到在電視機(jī)前度過的漫長寂寞的冬夜—電視是唯一的娛樂形式。

　　語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:fail to do表示否定。