今日长难句:
选自《天生罪人》
One minute it'll be a placid afternoon, people hanging out, doing their thing, and next thing you know there's a cop car chasing gangsters, flying through the streets, a gun battle going off, helicopters circling overhead.
这句话描述了在南非贫民区一天当中非常常见的场景,超级有画面感。最大的框架是one minute…,and the next thing…刚刚还是…..,下一刻就….。One minute it'll be a placid afternoon。这里就是主句部分了,placid形容词表示平静的,之后就换了一个新的主语people和一个新的动作hanging out,doing their thing。但这个动作并不是通过谓语动词形式表示出来的,而是通过现在分词短语或者形容词等表达出来的;这部分就是独立主格了,不用另起分句,但同样能传达出【什么】+【怎么了】的意思,可以是包含多个独立意思的,句子非常简洁,把作者想要突出的重点放在主句当中,剩下的意思放在独立主格当中表达出来即可。and next thing you know there's a cop car chasing gangsters, flying through the streets,下一刻就有一个警车在追黑帮分子,现在分词短语flying through the streets仍然是警车发出的动作,再往后也是两个独立主格,a gun battle going off,一个枪战爆发,helicopters circling overhead.直升机在头顶盘旋。
整句话意思是:刚刚这里还是一个平静的午后,人们在这里闲逛、做自己的事情,下一刻你就会看到警车在追赶黑帮分子,它们在街道上高速行驶,枪战声响起,直升机在头顶盘旋。今天的作业用独立主格造个句子:我先来造一个句子:Dishes washed, we sat down to relax.餐具洗净后,我们坐下来休息。大家来试一下造这个句子:作业完成后,她尽情享受她的空闲时间。别忘了在评论区留下你的作业哦!
核心要点:
1.placid adj.平静的
The lake was so placid that you could see the reflection of the trees in the water.
湖面如此平静,以至于可以看到树木的倒影。
2.gangster n.黑帮成员
The movie tells the story of a young man who rises from a small-time gangster to become the king of the criminal underworld.
电影讲述了一个年轻人从小规模黑帮成员成长为犯罪地下世界的老大的故事。
3.go off 爆炸
The bomb went off just as the police arrived, causing widespread panic and destruction.
警察到达时炸弹爆炸了,造成了广泛的恐慌和破坏。
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