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1.A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it.
然而就在前不久,他开上了公共汽车,也并不为此而感到后悔。
(1)while作名词表示“一会儿”、“(一段)时间”时常与a连用,有时也与the,this等连用:
They haven't seen each other for a long while.
他们有很长时间没见面了。
Have you been in Australia all this while?
这段时间你一直在澳大利亚吗?
I saw her a short while ago.
我刚才还见到她了。
(2)句尾的it代指 he became a bus driver这件事。
2.far more exciting
令人兴奋得多
在形容词和副词的比较级与最高级前面,可以用far(相当于much)来表示强调:
It's far/ much colder today than it was yesterday.
今天比昨天要冷得多。
Houses are far/ much more expensive these days.
如今的房价贵多了。
This is (by) far the most expensive bicycle in the shop.
这是这家商店里最贵的自行车。(比其他的要贵好多)
3.… saw two thieves rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car.
……看到两个小偷从一家商店里冲出来,奔向等在那里的一辆汽车。
(1)这句话中,rush和run是two thieves的两个连续的动作。see和其他一些感知动词(如 feel, hear, notice, smell, watch 等),可以用在动词+名词或代词宾语+不带to的不定式结构中:
I saw him climb through the window.
我看见他爬进窗户。
这些动词的宾语相当于不定式的主语,上句即:
I saw that he climbed through the window.
我看见他爬进窗户。
(2)waiting为现在分词作定语,表示“等待着的”、“等在那里的”。
4.The one with the money got such a fright that he dropped the bag.
拿钱的那个小偷吓得把提包都扔了。
(1)with 表示“带着”、“拿着”。
(2)such(a)+名词+ that与 so+形容词+ that一样,后面引导的是结果状语从句,通常译为“如此……以致……”:
They are such wonderful players that they will surely win the game.
他们都是如此出色的运动员,所以肯定能在这场比赛中获胜。
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