第141句:
That's why l've rid my cupboard of microwave food packed in bags coated with a potential cancer-causing substance, but although l've lived blockti from a major fault line (地質斷層 ) for more than 12 years, 1 still haven't bolted our bookcases to theliving room wall.
這就是我把櫥柜里那些裝在涂有潛在致癌物質的包裝袋里的微波食品都丟掉了的原因。但盡管我在一個距離地質大斷層只有幾個街區的地方生活了12年多,我還是沒有把書架固定在起居室的墻上。
六級詞匯講解:
這是一個復合并列句,第一個分句的主干為That's why...,其中why引導的是表語從句,過去分詞短語packed in bags作定語修飾food,過去分詞短語coated with a potential cancer-causing substance則修飾bags;第二個分句的主干為I...haven't bolted...bookcases...,其中although引導的是讓步狀語從句,for more than 12 years充當該從句的時間狀語。
rid sth. of sth.意為“清除……的……”,也可以表示“使擺脫,解除……的負擔”。
通常rid與of連用,構成短語rid of。如:
My baby is rid offever.
我的寶寶已經退燒了。
coat在句中作動詞,意為“涂上,包上”,此外還可以表示“給……穿上外套,罩上”。如:
The mountains are coated with white snow.
群山被皚皚白雪覆蓋著。
bolt意為“閂上,上螺栓”。如:
The captain bolted the hatch down.
船長推上了艙蓋的插銷。