第266句:
Still, when Lenore Skenazy, a columnist for The New York Sun, wrote about letting her son take the subway alone to get back to her Manhattan home from a department store on the Upper East Side,She didn't expect to get hit with a wave of criticism from readers.
然而,當《紐約太陽報》的專欄作家莉諾-斯肯納茲在文章中寫道,她讓自己的兒子獨自一人從上東區的百貨商店乘地鐵回到曼哈頓的家,她并沒有料到這在讀者中會引起一陣批評浪潮。
六級詞匯講解:
本句的主干是...she didn't expect to get hit with...。理解該句關鍵是要理清when引導的時間狀語從句的結構,其中,a columnist for The New York Sun作插入語,對Lenore Skenazy進行補充說明;letting her son take...to her Manhattan home為wrote about的賓語;from a department store on the Upper East Side則為地點狀語。expect to意為“預料,希望”。如:
We expect to overfulfil our target.
我們估計可以超額完成目標。
get hit with在此意為“招致,遭到……的打擊”。如:
We just got hit with a sudden storm!
我們剛遇上了一場驟雨!
英語六級考點歸納
expect的常見用法如下:
表示“期待,期望”,通常用作及物動詞,后接名詞、不定式或不定式的復合結構,但不能接動名詞。如:
1) Ross is expecting an apology call from Amy.
羅斯在等埃米的道歉電話。
2)I expect to finish the work by Thursday.
我期望能在星期四前完成此工作。
3) Do you expect someone to go with you?
你期望有人同你一起去嗎?
expect還可以表示“預計,預料”,有時用于不好的方面。如:
1)I expect to be back on Sunday./I expect that I will be back on Sunday.
我預計星期日回來。
2) Emma expects to fail the job interview.
埃瑪預料自己面試不會通過。
后接that從句時,如果從句的謂語為否定形式,通常要將否定形式移到expect前面。如:
I didn't expect that you answered my letter so soon.
我料想你不會這么快就回我的信。
在口語中可表示“想,猜想”。如:
1) You don't want to go?I expect you're tired.
你不想去?我恕你是累了吧。
2) - Is Sarah Brightman going to give any performance at the evening party?
莎拉·布菜曼要在晚會上表演節目吧?
-I expect so.
我想是吧。