1. She complains of harassment and threatens to bring an embarrassing employment tribunal involving sexual discrimination-and, once she reveals that she has hired expert legal advisers and PR agents, the victim business settles quickly.
本句是一個(gè)復(fù)合句,主句是由and連接的兩個(gè)并列的句子。第一個(gè)句子中, and連接兩個(gè)并列的謂語(yǔ), involving sexual discrimination現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)作后置定語(yǔ),修飾employment tribunal.第二個(gè)句子中,once引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句,其中that引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句,作reveal的賓語(yǔ)。
語(yǔ)法重點(diǎn):并列結(jié)構(gòu),分詞短語(yǔ)作定語(yǔ),時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句,賓語(yǔ)從句
2. Just as a vulgar best man's speech at a wedding can strike the wrong note, so I sensed as we chatted after the speech that the jibes would not be swiftly forgotten.
本句是一個(gè)復(fù)合句。第一個(gè)as引導(dǎo)方式狀語(yǔ)從句,意為"正如"。第二個(gè)as引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。that引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句,作sense的賓語(yǔ)。
語(yǔ)法重點(diǎn):方式狀語(yǔ)從句,時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句,賓語(yǔ)從句
3. This is the age of celebrity, even in the boardroom. and none of us is impervious to the presence of those legendary characters when they switch on the full blast of their glittering personality.
本句是一個(gè)復(fù)合句。主句是由and連接的兩個(gè)并列的句子This is...and... legendary characters. When引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。
語(yǔ)法重點(diǎn):時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句