新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第56課 河流，我們的鄰居 (6)

　　As the floodshad put the telephone out of order, we could not find out how they were managing.From an attic window we could get a sweeping view of the river where their landjoined ours, and at the most critical juncture we took turns in watching that point.The first sign of disaster was a dead sheep floating down.

　　16.As the floods had put the telephone out of order, we could not find out how theywere managing.

　　由于洪水造成了電話中斷，我們無法了解他們情況。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:as引導原因狀語從句。How they were managing為賓語從句，說明find out的內容。

　　17.From an attic window we could get a sweeping view of the river where their landjoined ours, and at the most critical juncture we took turns in watching that point.

　　從頂樓窗口看去，我們農場與他們農場接壤處的那段河流一覽無余。在最緊急的時刻，我們輪流監(jiān)視那段河流的險情。

　　18.The first sign of disaster was a dead sheep floating down.

　　災難的第一跡象是一只死羊順流而下。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:現(xiàn)在分詞短語floating down作定語。