Police officer: Good morning, sir. May I help you?

Benjamin: Good morning. I need a new identification card.

Police officer: Why?

Benjamin: My ID card is lost.

Police officer: OK, did you bring your household register or residence booklet?

Benjamin: I only have my household register.

Police officer: It doesn't matter, they are the same thing.

Benjamin: Here you are, sir. What do I do next?

Police officer: OK, I will register you in our database system. What's your name, please?

Benjamin: Benjamin.

Police officer: Please get a mug shot in the next room.

Benjamin: I've brought with me some of old ones.

Police officer: But we need them taken with digital cameras.

Benjamin: OK, what's next then?

Police officer: That's all. Come here a week later and get your ID card.

警察：早上好，先生。我能幫您做點什么嗎？

本杰明：早上好。我想辦一張新的身份證。

警察：怎么啦？

本杰明：我的身份證丟了。

警察：好的，您帶戶口簿或是戶口本了嗎？

本杰明：我只帶了戶口簿。

警察：沒關系，它們是一回事。

本杰明：這就是，警官。我下面做什么？

警察：好的，我把您登記在我們的數據系統。您的名字叫什么？

本杰明：本杰明。

警察：請在隔壁房間照一張臉部照 片。

本杰明：我?guī)砹藥讖埼业呐f照片。

警察：但我們需要幾張用數碼相機照的。

本杰明：好的，然后呢？

警察：就這些了。一星期后來拿你的身份證。

Benjamin: To get a new ID card is not a very complicated thing. You can just go to the police office and take a mug shot on digital camera, then just wait till it's done. The only thing to care about is that don't forget to bring the household register with you, without which they can't get it done.

identification card 身份證

household register 戶口簿

residence 戶口本

database n. 數據庫

mug shot 面部照片

過去分詞作狀語和表語

1．過去分詞作狀語

過去分詞作狀語表示動作是被動和完成的，例如：

Written in a hurry, your article was not so good.

因為寫得匆忙，你的文章不是很好。

Seated in the sofa, she didn't know what to do next.

她坐在沙發(fā)上，不知道接下來該做什么。

Lost in deep thought, I didn't hear the phone.

沉溺在深思中，我沒聽到電話聲。

Given another hour, I can finish it.

再給我一個小時，我就能完成它。

2．過去分詞作表語

過去分詞作表語用時，總是在系動詞如：be, appear, feel, remain, seem, look 等之后，構成系表結構。

She is beautifully dressed. 她衣著美麗。

She seemed terribly shocked. 她似乎極度震驚。

The children looked puzzled. 孩子們都像是迷惑不解。

兩人一組，一方朗誦下面的中文句子，另一方挑選出合適的翻譯。

1．房間的鎖壞了。

2．本杰明看起來很迷惑。

3．本杰明不知道身份證丟了。

4．回答完警察的話，雪莉不知道下面該怎么辦了。

5．大雨使橋身受損，這座橋已經不安全了。

1.Benjamin doesn't know his ID card is lost.

2.The lock of the house is broken.

3.Ruined by the rain, this bridge is not safe.

4.Benjamin looks puzzled.

5.Having answered the questions of the police, Shirley doesn't know what to do next.