重點句型
1. One road in particular, which goes north from La Paz, is considered the most dangerous road in the world.
尤其是從拉巴斯通向北邊的一條路被認為是世界上最危險的路。
2. He was driving a lorry load of bananas when he came off the road at a bend and fell three hundred metres down the mountain.
當他開著一輛裝滿香蕉的卡車要駛過一個彎道時,他連人帶車翻下了300米深的山崖。
3. For people doing this job, common sense, physical fitness and an outgoing personality are likely to be more important than 對從事這個工作的人來說,常識、健康的身體和外向的性格很可能比計算機技能更重要。
句型探究
1. He was driving a lorry load of bananas when he came off the road at a bend and fell three hundred metres down the mountain.
當他開著一輛裝滿香蕉的卡車要駛過一個彎道時,他連人帶車翻下了300米深的山崖。
本句為主從復合句,when為并列連詞,意思是“就在那時,突然……”,when這種用法常用于如下結構:
sb. was / were doing sth. when… 某人正做某事時突然
sb. was / were about to do sth. when 某人正要做某事時突然
sb. was / were on the point of doing sth. when... 某人正要做某事時突然
sb. had (just) done sth. when 某人剛做完某事突然
I was about to go to bed when there was a knock on the door.
我正要上床睡覺時,突然有人敲門。
2. As more and more countries open up to tourism,more travel agents will be needed,but the real demand will be for guides to take groups and even individuals on adventure holidays.
隨著越來越多國家開發旅游業,就需要越來越多旅游代理處,但真正需求量大的卻是帶領團隊或個人去進行冒險度假的導游。
① open up 開發;開辟;打開;暢談
They opened the country up the trade.
他們使這個國家在貿易上對外開放。