第二十三章 省略句 并列句中的省略及練習(xí)題

　　1 .并列句如果兩個分句有重復(fù)處，后面不分就常常省略掉：

　　I work in a factory and my brother on a farm .

　　我在工廠工作，我弟弟在農(nóng)場工作。

　　My room 15 on the second floor and his , on the third .

　　我的房間在三樓，他的房間在四樓。

　　He majors in English , and Iin French .

　　他主修英語，而我主修法語。

　　Someone has borrowed that look , but Idon t remember who .

　　有人借了那本書，但我不記得誰借的了。

　　The fox may grow grey , but never good .

　　狐貍會變老，卻不會變好。(諺)

　　2 .有時but , and 等連詞可引起一個短語，有的詞則省略了：

　　We tried to help her , but in vain .

　　我們想法子幫助式，但沒有用。

　　He did it andquite successfully too at the beginning .

　　他這樣做了，而且開頭時還很成功。

　　We still have our shortcomings , and veryb 心ones too .

　　我們還有缺點，而且是很大的缺點。

　　This happened and adodthingtoo , forithepedustorealizeour sh ort comings .

　　發(fā)生了這事，也是好事，因為它幫棵我們明白了我們的缺點。

　　3 .另外，下面這些句子也可說有詞省略：

　　A little further and you will see a sign board ?

　　再往前走一點，你可以看到一塊招牌。(G 。)

　　A few months more and the hydro - - electric station would be providing power .

　　再過幾個月水電站就要供電了。(Wait )

　　Well , another thing , have you sent out the invitation cards ?

　　哦，還有一件事，請諫發(fā)出去了嗎?( Ihave toaskyou )

　　Now , one more thing , I want to send a package by air mail .

　　還有一件事，我要寄一個航空包裹。(I have to do . )

　　Exercises (練習(xí)及答案)

　　練習(xí)一：補(bǔ)出下列句子的省略部分

　　1 . We eat our food with chopsticks and the Europeans with knives and fofks .

　　1 . eat ( their food )

　　2 . The names of the two little ones seemed to be Sabina and Freda ; of the eldest , Stella .

　　2 . The name ( of the eldest ) seemed to be

　　3 . The scenery was beautiful , and the acting superb .

　　3 . was ( superb )

　　4 .A: We're bound to win someday .

　　B: Yes , but when ?

　　4 . ( When ) are we to win

　　5 . You must stop , and at once , this sort of behaviour .

　　5 . stop ( at once )

　　6 . She never said she was homesick , but she was .

　　6 . ( was ) homesick

　　7 . She pretended to be angry , but she was not .

　　7 . ( was not ) angry

　　練習(xí)二：將下面的英語句子翻譯成中文

　　1. He worked hard but without any success .

　　1. 他努力工作卻沒成功。

　　2. She glanced quickly about , but seeing only the empty room .

　　2.它快速向周圍望了一眼，但只看見一間空屋。

　　3 . She tried to save it but invain.

　　3 .私設(shè)法救它卻沒救活。

　　4 . It's not the red one I wanted but the blue one .

　　4 .我要的不是紅的而是那個藍(lán)色的。

　　5 . He's hardworking , but not very clever .

　　5 .他很勤奮，但不很聰明。

　　6 , The phone rang , but only for a few seconds .

　　6 .電話鈴響了，但只響了幾秒鐘。