重点词汇词组：

They1 were standing2 on the edge of a huge chessboard3, behind the black chessmen4, which were all taller than they were and carved from what looked like black stone5.

长难句分析

解：1主语+2谓语+3状语+4状语+5定语从句

析：“which were all taller than they were and carved from what looked like black stone”是非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词chessmen，关系代词which在定语从句中作主语，“what looked like black stone”是由连接代词what引导的宾语从句，注意宾语从句用陈述句语序，而不是疑问句语序。

1.on the edge of 在……边上

例：They built the church on the edge of the village.

他们把教堂建在了村边。

常见搭配：

①push/drive sb. over the edge （不愉快的事情）使……发狂

例：She had been driven over the edge by the separation from her husband.

丈夫离她而去，把她逼向疯狂的边缘。

②on edge 如坐针毡的；惴惴不安的

例：You seem a bit on edge this morning.

你今天上午好像有些心神不宁。

相关俚语：take the edge off sth. 减弱，削弱

例：His apology took the edge off her anger.

他道了歉，她的火气就消了些。

2.put sth. out 伸出（手、舌头等）

例：She put out her hand to shake mine.

她伸出手和我握手。

常见搭配：

①put sth./sb. down 登记，记下

例：Do you want me to put you down for the trip to London?

你想报名去伦敦旅游吗？

②put sb. onto sth. 向（某人）介绍

例：Can you put me onto a good dentist?

你能给我推荐一个好牙医吗？

3.spring to life 突然活跃（或忙碌）起来

例：After about eight o'clock the city springs to life.

大约8点钟过后，整个城市突然热闹起来。

常见搭配：

①spring up 突然出现；涌现

例：Thousands of new businesses have sprung up in the past couple of years.

过去几年里数千家新企业如雨后春笋般涌现出来。

②spring from sth. 起源于；来自

例：His need to be liked obviously springs from a deep-rooted insecurity.

他渴望别人喜欢他，这显然源于一种根深蒂固的不安全感。

相关俚语：spring to mind 跃入脑海

例：Say the word "Australia" and a vision of beaches and blue seas immediately springs to mind.

一提起“澳大利亚”几个字，脑海中立刻呈现出沙滩和蔚蓝的大海。

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