新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第43課 全保險 (2)

　　Needless tosay, the bigger the risk an insurance companytakes, the higher the premium you will have topay. It is not uncommon to hear that a ship pingcompany has made a claim for the cost ofsalvaging a sunken ship. But the claim made by a local authority to recover the cost ofsalvaging a sunken pie dish must surely be unique.

　　4.Needless to say, the bigger the risk an insurance company takes, the higher thepremium you will have to pay.

　　不用說，保險公司承擔風險越大，你付的保險費也就越高。

　　語言點:the bigger…the higher…即“the+more…the+more…”結(jié)構(gòu)，表示“越…越…”。

　　5.It is not uncommon to hear that a ship ping company has made a claim for the costof salvaging a sunken ship.

　　航運公司為打撈沉船而提出索賠，這是常有的事。

　　語言點:make a claim for的意思是“為…而提出索賠”。

　　6.But the claim made by a local authority to recover the cost of salvaging a sunken piedish must surely be unique.

　　但某地當局為打撈一只焙制餡餅的盤子提出索賠，倒是件新鮮的事兒。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:sth.must surely be unique=sth.must surely be exceptional,這個句子結(jié)構(gòu)值得大家品味和學習。