啃嚼語段

The old gentleman was not the only one who started shouting.

喊叫起來的人不止老先生一個。

The Dodger and Charley Bates, not wanting to attract attention to themselves by running down the street, had stopped round the first corner.

神偷和查理·貝茨為了不一直順著馬路跑下去而引起別人的注意,已停在了第一個拐角處。

When They realized what was happening, they also shouted" Stop thief! "and joined in the chase like good citizens.

當他們認識到發生了什么事時,也摻和在人群里,像好公民一樣喊著：“抓賊！”并參加了追逐。

The cry of "Stop thief! "always causes great excitement.

“抓賊！”這喊聲往往能引起極大的騷動。

Everybody in the street stopped what they were doing and began to shout themselves.

街上的每一個人都停下正在做的事,跟著喊。

Many joined in the chase with enthusiasm and soon there was a big crowd running after Oliver.

許多人以極大的熱情加入了追逐的人群。很快就有一大幫人在追趕奧利弗。

語段精講

1. The old gentleman was not the only one who started shouting.

語法點撥1：who started shouting是限定性定語從句修飾先行詞one。先行詞是不定代詞，指代“喊抓賊的人”，在定語從句中充當主語，而且前面有the only修飾，那么關系代詞只能用who，不能用that。

語法點撥2：start在這里是做及物動詞用，后面接動詞的話，要接動名詞形式，start doing something，表示從不做事的情況下開始做一件事情。Start也可以做不及物動詞用，后面跟動詞不定式，即：start to do something，這個表示做著一件事情的，而停止下來開始做另外一件事情。

2. The Dodger and Charley Bates, not wanting to attract attention to themselves by running down the street, had stopped round the first corner.

語法點撥：not wanting to attract attention to themselves by running down the street是否定結構的現在分詞短語做原因狀語，可以改為原因狀語從句：because they did not want to attract attention to themselves by running down the street。

這個現在分詞中的介詞短語by running down the street是做方式狀語。

寫作語庫：attract attention to oneself：引起別人對自己的注意 run down：沿著......跑 round the corner：在拐角處

3. The cry of "Stop thief! "always causes great excitement.

寫作語庫：cause great excitement：引起極大的騷動

詞匯精講：excitement在這里是做不及物動詞用，意思是“刺激，興奮，激動”。例如：The news caused great excitement. 這消息令人極為興奮。He is jumping about in excitement at the discovery. 他因這一發現而興奮得手舞足蹈。

4. Many joined in the chase with enthusiasm and soon there was a big crowd running after Oliver.

寫作語庫：join in the chase：加入追逐（的隊伍） with enthusiasm：熱情地 a big crowd：一大群人，很多群眾

加分短語：with enthusiasm：熱情地 e.g He introduced his brother to me with enthusiasm. 他熱心地把他弟弟介紹給我們。His speech fired the crowd with enthusiasm for the new plan. 他的演講激起了大眾對新計劃的熱情。

語法點撥：在there be句型中，主語后面跟有動詞的話，要使用現在分詞形式。這個句式是：there+系動詞+主語+動詞的現在分詞。句中running after Oliver，是現在分詞作主語的補足語。