The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jewelers. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars.
7. The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.
寧靜突然被打破,一輛大轎車亮著燈,響著喇叭,呼嘯著沖進了拱廊街。
headlights
n. 頭燈,車頭燈;前大燈
例句:
The headlights are powerful Bi-Xenon units.
頭燈是功能強大的雙氙氣單位。
horn [h?:n]
n. 喇叭,號角;角
vt. 裝角于
例句:
About more than 100 people were horned in the bullfighting this year.
在今年的斗牛中,約有一百多人被牛抵傷。
blaring [blε?]
n. 嘟嘟聲;號聲;巨響
vi. 發(fā)嘟嘟聲;發(fā)出響而刺耳的聲音
vt. 嘟嘟地發(fā)出;高聲發(fā)出
例句:
The radio is blaring out.
收音機發(fā)出喧鬧的聲音。
roared [r?:]
n. 咆哮;吼;轟鳴
vi. 咆哮;吼叫;喧鬧
vt. 咆哮;呼喊;使……轟鳴
例句:
I heard the lions roaring in their cages.
我聽見獅子在籠中吼叫。
語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:when引導時間狀語從句,with引導獨立主格結(jié)構(gòu),作伴隨狀語。
語言點2:break一詞如果能夠恰當?shù)赜迷趯懽髦?,會起到令人叫絕的作用:
(1)break one's heart 傷了某人的心
(2)break the ice 打破僵局
(3)day break 黎明
(4)as day breaks 拂曉時分
8. It came to a stop outside the jewelers.
在珠寶店門口停了下來。
語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:it 指代上文中的car。Come to a stop為固定搭配。
語言點2:短語come to a stop中的stop為名詞,其表達的意思與動詞stop相同。還有些動詞也能轉(zhuǎn)換成此種短語,其構(gòu)成方式是在這個動詞或它的名詞形式前面加上come to a/an
例如:
(1)halt come to a halt 停止
(2)end come to an end 結(jié)束
(3)close come to a close 結(jié)束
例句支持:
Work comes to a stop when the company can not pay the workers wages.公司不能支付工人工資時,就停工了。
9. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars.
一個人留在駕駛座上,另外兩個用黑色長筒絲襪蒙面的人跳下車來。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗玻璃砸碎。
wheel [hwi:l]
n. 車輪;方向盤;轉(zhuǎn)動
vt. 轉(zhuǎn)動;使變換方向;給…裝輪子
vi. 旋轉(zhuǎn);突然轉(zhuǎn)變方向;盤旋飛行
例句:
The nurse wheeled the dinner up.
護士用推車把飯送來了。
stockings
n. 長襪,球襪;絲襪
例句:
So, these stockings can help you to recover quickly.
因此,穿這種襪子能幫助您盡快恢復。
smashed [smæ?t]
adj. 破碎的;喝醉酒的
v. 粉碎(smash的過去式和過去分詞)
例句:
Many small businesses smashed up during the slump.
許多小企業(yè)在經(jīng)濟衰退時瓦解了。
iron ['ai?n]
n. 熨斗;烙鐵;堅強
vt. 熨;用鐵鑄成
adj. 鐵的;殘酷的;剛強的
vi. 熨衣;燙平
例句:
The criminal was ironed.
那個罪犯被戴上了腳鐐手銬。
bars
n. 酒吧(bar的復數(shù)形式);(木、金屬等的)條;柵欄;馬齒齦
例句:
There are lots of bars down there.
在下去一點,那里有很多酒吧。
語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:while引導時間狀語從句,交代同時發(fā)生的兩個不同的動作。with black stockings over their faces為介詞短語,作后置定語,修飾two others。And并列連接“跳出”和“砸”兩個動作。短語with iron bars為方式狀語,補充說明砸窗戶的方式。