新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第39課 不必擔心 (7)

　　Before we had time to worry about what mighthappen, we were back on the plain again. Bruce consulted the map once more and toldus that the village was now only fifteen miles away. Our next obstacle was a shallowpool of water about half a mile across.

　　19.Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plainagain.

　　我們還未來得及擔心后果，車已重新開上了平地。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:before引導時間狀語從句，從句中還包含一個賓語從句what might happen,交代worry的內容。

　　20.Bruce consulted the map once more and told us that the village was now onlyfifteen miles away.

　　布魯斯又看了一眼地圖，告訴我們那座村莊離我們只有15英里了。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:that引導賓語從句，說明told的內容。

　　21.Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about half a mile across.

　　下一個障礙是一片約半英里寬的淺水塘。

　　語言點:句子結構分析: about half a mile across為介詞短語，作后置定語，說明淺水塘的情況。