第一、固定短语:
1. talk of:谈论,议论
典型例句:Her mother would talk of her views in the same intelligible tone.
她的母亲偏偏要大声发表高见。
I waived the discourse, and began to talk of my business.
我撇开了这个话题,开始讲我的事情。
2. lead out:把......引出,领出
典型例句:He rushed into the burning building and led the people out to safety.
他冲进着火的大楼,把人们带出到安全的地方。
3. set off:出发,启程
典型例句:It's raining. Even so, we must set off.
天在下雨。尽管如此我们还是要出发。
She turned away and set off towards the lake.
她不加理睬,转身往湖边走去。
4. cheer up:(使)高兴起来,(使)振作起来
典型例句:Try and cheer up a bit; life isn't that bad!
想办法高兴点儿,生活并不是那么糟糕!
He cheered up at the thought of seeing her again.
想到再次见到她,他就高兴起来。
Flowers always cheer a room up.
房间里一有花就满室生辉。(比喻用法)
5. in the dark:在黑暗中,秘密地
典型例句:The lamps were already flaring in the dark, and a cool wind was blowing.
路灯已在暮色中发光,吹来了一阵冷风。
The most spectacular battle was fought in the south in the dark.
最触目惊心的一场战斗,是黑暗中在南面进行的。
6. a few:几个
典型例句:A few years ago, sociology was the most popular subject for undergraduates.
几年之前,社会学是大学本科生最欢迎的课程。
I have a few reflections to offer on what you have said.
我对你的发言提供几点意见。
7. not..any more:不再......
典型例句:You can't drink any more.
你不能再喝了。
We couldn't stand it any more.
我们不能再忍受了。
第二、写作表述:
1. led out the old horse with the loaded wagon:把套着负载货物的马车的马牵出来
注解:这里led是leed的过去分词,lead out the horse意思是“把马牵出来”。介词with在这里的意思是“有”,loaded是动词load的过去分词,它与wagon是被动关系,意思是“负载满的”,with loaded wagon意思是负载着货物的马车,这个介词短语做horse的定语,修饰horse。
2. after a silence:一阵寂静之后,一阵沉默之后
注解:注意silence是可数名词,不要少了a。再如:After a short silence, he ventured to look round at his companion.(在沉默片刻之后,他鼓起勇气来望着对方。)
3. a noble family:贵族家庭
4. lift her face:抬起她的脸
5. help you marry a gentleman:帮助你嫁给一位绅士
注解:help sb do something,注意help后面的宾语后由动词的话,要用动词原形。
6. put that into your head:让那个想法,念头在脑海中产生
注解:put在这里是使役动词,意思是“让,使”。
7. heard them talking about it:听见他们正在谈论此事
注解:heard是动词hear的过去分词,hear sb doing something的意思是听见某人正在做某事。这里hear后面的宾语使用现在分词,是表示“听见”这个动作发生的同时,家里人在谈论自己家是爵士的后裔一事,谈论的这个动作正在进行。
8. claim relationship with her:声称和她是亲属关系
注解:表达“与......有亲属关系”,relationship后面的介词用with。
9. a ready-made rich lady:早就是一个有钱的妇女
注解:ready-made是一个复合词,由形容词ready和过去分词made组合而成,意思是“现成的,做好的”,在这里引申为“已经是”的意思。
10. talk on:继续谈论
注解:on在这里是继续的意思。