1.There, making her way down through the small uneven pathway of ice, was an old woman with a cane.
【參考譯文】那里,一位老婦人拄著一支拐杖,走在狹窄、不平的冰路上。
【結(jié)構(gòu)講解】句子的主干是"There...was an old woman...",“making her... of ice”修飾“an old woman ”。
2.To the drivers in the long line of cars that was backing up in the street, we were insufferable obstructions.
【參考譯文】后面的街道上排起長長的汽車隊,對于這些司機(jī)們來說,我們就是難以忍受的妨礙物。
【結(jié)構(gòu)講解】“ in the long line of cars ”修飾“the drivers”,“was backing up in the street”修飾“ cars ”。
3.Cars honked at the further slowing of pace that had been caused by our brief conversation.
【參考譯文】由于我們的簡短對話,汽車隊行進(jìn)得更緩慢了,它們鳴起了喇叭。
【結(jié)構(gòu)講解】句子的主干是“Cars honked”。“at the further slowing of pace”作狀語,修飾“honked”,“ had been caused by our brief conversation”做定語,修飾“pace”。