重點句型
1. Suddenly, by the light of the lightning, we saw something in the middle of the river.
突然間,借著閃電的光亮我們看到河中間有東西。
2. It was quite dark,but I could see a man lying on the floor, tied up with rope.
四周都很黑,但我能看見一個人被繩子捆著躺在地板上。
3. "He sounds as if he's going to die of fright!"
“聽起來他就要被嚇死了!”
4. As they make their way down the river, they have a number of exciting adventures.
隨著他們順河而下,他們經歷了許多刺激的冒險。
5. He arrived in New Orleans without a penny in his pocket only to find that there were no boats for South America.
他身無分文地來到新奧爾良,結果發現沒有去南美洲的船。
6. Forced to change his plans, he worked for several years as a pilot on a steamboat...
迫不得已他只好改變了計劃,在一艘汽船上當了好幾年領航員……
句型探究
1. "He sounds as if he's going to die of fright!"
“聽起來他就要被嚇死了!”
sound為連系動詞,意為“聽起來”,后接表語。其本身有一定的詞義,但不能獨立作謂語,必須與表語一起構成復合謂語。常見的連系動詞有:be, look, seem, feel, keep, smell, taste, go等。
He seems to be quite happy.
他看起來似乎十分快樂。
look, sound等連系動詞后常接as if / as though 引導的表語從句表推測,從句中有時用虛擬語氣,意為“看起來/聽起來好像……”
He looks as if he were ill.
他看起來像是病了。
He rushed out of the house as if angry.
他沖出房間,好像很生氣的樣子。