新概念英語第三冊(cè)逐句精講語言點(diǎn) 第5課 確切數(shù)字 (2)

　　The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace'. The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.

　　The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them.

　　4. The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace'.

　　文章的開頭是這樣的:“幾百級(jí)臺(tái)階通向總統(tǒng)府的高墻。”

　　語言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:這是一個(gè)直接引語的句式，用數(shù)字作主語非常大氣的描述了總統(tǒng)府的龐大規(guī)模。Which引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾wall,強(qiáng)調(diào)是怎樣的高墻。

　　語言點(diǎn)2:hundreds of 表示“成百上千的”。

　　下面是與數(shù)字有關(guān)的表達(dá)總結(jié):

　　Tens of 幾十

　　Dozens of 幾十

　　Thousands of 成千上萬的

　　Tens of thousands of 數(shù)十萬的

　　Millions of 數(shù)百萬的

　　Tens of millions of數(shù)千萬的

　　Hundreds of millions of 數(shù)億的

　　Billions of 數(shù)十億的

　　例句支持:

　　Hundreds of millions of people are living in harmful environment in the world. 全世界有數(shù)億人仍然生活在有害的環(huán)境當(dāng)中。

　　5. The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.

　　編輯立即給那位記者發(fā)去傳真，要求他核實(shí)一下臺(tái)階的確切數(shù)字和圍墻的高度。

　　語言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析: instructing him find out… 為現(xiàn)在分詞短語，作目的狀語。And并列連接臺(tái)階數(shù)量和圍墻高度。

　　語言點(diǎn)2:at once表示“立刻，立即”。

　　6. The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them.

　　記者立即出發(fā)去核實(shí)這些重要的事實(shí)，但過了好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間不見他把數(shù)字寄來。

　　語言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析: to obtain these important facts為動(dòng)詞不定式短語，作目的狀語。But連接兩個(gè)并列句，表示轉(zhuǎn)折，說明接下來的情況。

　　語言點(diǎn)2:注意區(qū)別以下重要的寫作短語:開始做某事

　　(1) st out to do sth. 帶著某種特殊目的

　　(2) begin to do sth. 描述某種狀態(tài)的開始，反義詞end

　　(3) start to do sth. 強(qiáng)調(diào)動(dòng)作，反義詞為stop

　　例句支持:

　　They set out to write a book on Chinese history. 他們開始著手寫一部關(guān)于中國(guó)歷史的書。

　　I begin to recover confidence. 我開始漸漸恢復(fù)了信心。

　　語言點(diǎn)3:sb. take + 時(shí)間 + to do sth.=it takes sb.+ 時(shí)間 + to do sth.，意思是“某人花費(fèi)多少時(shí)間做某事”。

　　例句支持:

　　I took five hours to do my home work.(=It took me five hours to do my homework.) 我花了5個(gè)小時(shí)做家庭作業(yè)。