小編絮語：

每日床頭啃一段語篇，您的生活質量更加高。

啃嚼語段：

"Don't worry, my beauty," laughed Alec．

“別著急,我的美人兒,”亞歷克笑著說,

"I thought you would enjoy a longer ride on such a lovely night．

“我以為你會喜歡在這樣美麗的夜晚多騎一會兒的。

But I can't let you go．The fog is so bad now that you couldn't possibly find your way．

但我不能讓你走。現在霧這么大,你是根本找不著路的。

I'll leave you here and go to find out where we are．

我把你放在這兒等著,我去看看我們現在到了哪兒。

When I come back, I'll tell you, and you can come with me on horseback or go alone on foot—just as you like．"

我回來以后就告訴你。那時,你可以跟我騎馬回去,也可以一個人走回去——隨你的便。”

She agreed to this．"Shall I hold the horse？"she asked．

這么一說她便同意了。“我需要牽著馬嗎？”她問。

"No, he'll stay quiet," answered Alec．

“不,它會乖乖地待著的,”亞歷克回答道,

"By the way, your father has a new horse today．And the children have some new toys．"

“順便告訴你,你父親今天有匹新馬了,孩子們也得到了一些新玩具。”

"Was it…was it you who gave them？Oh, how good of you！" murmured

“是……是你送給他們的嗎？哦,真得謝謝你的一片好心！”

Tess with a heavy heart．"I almost wish you hadn't！"

苔絲心情沉重地嘀咕著,“我真有點兒希望你沒這么做！”

語段精講：

第一、短語學習

1. find one’s way：找到路

講解：用于表示到某處不知道往哪兒走，經過詢問或者是自己找而找到往哪個地方去的路改怎么走。

范例：Excuse me, sir. I'm trying to find my way to the zoo.

打擾一下，先生。請問去動物園怎么走？

Your son helped me find my way around the fair.

你的兒子幫我在博覽會附近找到路。

2. find out：弄清楚，查明

范例：That man used artful means to find out secrets.

那人使用狡猾的手段獲取機密。

It's important to find out what he is doing.

弄清他在干什么是重要的。

3. on horseback：騎著馬，騎在馬背上

講解：on是介詞，在這里表示方式，意思是“借助......為工具”。

范例：The crowds were dispersed by policemen on horseback.

人群被騎著馬的警察所驅散。

Few people travel on horseback now.

現在很少人騎馬出門了。

4. on foot：步行

講解：介詞on在這里表示方式。

范例：I missed the regular bus, so I had to go to work on foot.

早上沒趕上班車, 沒奈何只好步行去上班。

He goes to school not by bus, but on foot.

他去上學不是乘公共汽車，而是走路去的。

5. as you like：隨你的便，隨你的意愿

范例：Do as you like, it's all one to me.

隨便你怎么做，對我都是一樣。

You can do exactly as you like.

你愛怎么做就怎么做。

6. by the way：順便，附帶地說說

范例：By the way, do you have any idea where the post office is?

順便問一下，你知道郵局在哪兒嗎?

By the way, tell your wife she throws a successful party.

還有，請告訴你夫人，她辦了一個很成功的宴會。

7. a long ride：（坐車，騎馬）遠途

范例：We had a long ride in the car.

我們乘汽車走了一段長旅程。

Is it a long ride to the railway station?

去火車站要坐很久的汽車嗎？

8. on a night：在一個晚上

范例：Of course they had good reason to be fussy on such a night.

當然羅，這樣一個晚上，她們大驚小怪是有充分理由的。

On a stormy night, people stay at home.

在暴風雨的夜晚，人們都呆在家里。

9. with a heavy heart：心情沉重地，心事重重地

范例：With a heavy heart he turned toward home.

他帶著沉重的心情走回家去。

He returned home with a heavy heart after his father's funeral.

參加他父親的葬禮之后，他心情沉重地回家了。

第三、語法點撥

1. The fog is so bad now that you couldn't possibly find your way．

要點解析：這個句子中注意so......that...的用法。So后面接形容詞或副詞，that引導結果狀語從句。

2. “No, he'll stay quiet," answered Alec．

要點解析：stay在這里是做系動詞用，所以后面跟的是形容詞quite。Stay在這里的意思是“保持某種狀態”。

3. Was it…was it you who gave them？

要點解析：這個句子使用了倒裝結構。這個倒裝句式是：it+系動詞+要強調的部分+who+其它成分。這個句子中強調的是主語you。

4. I almost wish you hadn't！

要點解析：這個句子使用了虛擬語氣。很有wish這個詞的復合句中，wish后面跟賓語從句，要使用虛擬語氣。這里是對已經完成了的事情，已經過去的了事情的虛擬，所以這里只用過去完成時態。