Two hours later, I was talking angrily to the stationmaster at Westhaven. When he denied the train's existence, I borrowed his copy of thetimetable. There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there inblack and white.
19. Two hours later, I was talking angrily to the station master at Westhaven.
兩小時后,我氣呼呼地同威斯特海溫站站長說起此事。
語言點:talk to sb.的意思是“和某人談論”。
20. When he denied the train's existence, I borrowed his copy of the timetable.
他說根本沒有這趟車。于是我借他本人的列車時刻表。
語言點1:句子結構分析:when引導時間狀語從句,交代前后兩個動作的順序。
語言點2:copy的意思是“副本,復印件”。
21. There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in blackand white.
我?guī)е环N勝利者的調子告訴他那趟車白紙黑字。明明白白印在時刻表上。
語言點1:句子結構分析:that引導的賓語從句說明told的內容,是直接賓語,him是間接賓語。
語言點2:black and white的意思是“白紙黑字”,形容十分清楚。