新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第28課 五磅也太貴 (2)

　　Many of the tourists on board hadbegun bargaining with the tradesmen, but I decided not to buy anything until I haddisembarded.

　　I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me adiamond ring. I had no intention of buying one, but I could not conceal the fact that Iwas impressed by the size of the diamonds.

　　4.Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen, but Idecided not to buy anything until I had disembarded.

　　船上許多游客開始同商販討價還價起來，但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不買。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:had begun bargaining為過去完成進行時。But連接兩個轉折關系的并列句。Until引導時間狀語從句。

　　5.I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell mea diamond ring.

　　我剛下船，就被一個人截住，他向我兜售一枚鉆石戒指。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:who引導定語從句，修飾man，即“…樣的人”。

　　6.I had no intention of buying one, but I could not conceal the fact that I wasimpressed by the size of the diamonds.

　　我根本不想買，但我不能掩飾這樣一個事實：其鉆石之大給我留下了深刻的印象。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:of buying one為介詞短語，作后置定語，修飾intention，即“買的欲望”的意思。That引導同位語從句，對fact進行解釋說明。