Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she wastaking when she ran through a forest after two men.Theyhad rushed up to her while she was having apicnic at the edge of a forest with her children andtriedto steal her handbag. In the struggle, the strapbroke and, with the bag in their possession, bothmen started running through the trees. Mrs. Sterlinggot so angry that she ran after them. She was soonout of breath, but shecontinued to run. When shecaught up with them, she saw that they had satdown and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them. The mengot such a fright that they dropped the bag andran away. 'The strap needs mending,'said Mrs. Sterling later, 'but they did not steal anything.'
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7. The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away.
這兩個(gè)人嚇了一跳,扔下包便逃跑了。
語言點(diǎn) 這是一個(gè)典型的“such + a +名詞 + that從句”的結(jié)構(gòu)。
8. "The strap needs 'said Mrs. Sterling later, "but they did not steal anything."
“這提包帶子需要修理斯特林夫人事后說道,“不過他們什么也沒有偷走。”
語言點(diǎn) need doing用主動(dòng)形式表示被動(dòng)意思:
Your hair needs cleaning.
你的頭發(fā)需要洗洗了。
My car needs servicing.
我的車需要去做保養(yǎng)了。