新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第37課 開往威斯特海溫的快車 (6)

　　One hourand seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance. I askeda passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heard of it. Idetermined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived.

　　16.One hour and seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half thedistance.

　　1小時17分過去了，走了還不到一半路程。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:passed and…(時間過去多久之后發(fā)生了…)是個強調(diào)時間的用法。

　　17.I asked a passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heardof it.

　　我問一位乘客，這是不是開往威斯特海溫的那趟快車，他說從未聽說過有這么一趟快車。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:if引導賓語從句，交代asked的內(nèi)容。

　　18.I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived.

　　我決定到目的地就給鐵路部門提意見。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:as soon as引導時間狀語從句。

　　語言點2:lodge a complaint的意思是“提意見，投訴”。