新東方：新概念英語三冊全“句”透1

【課文例句1】：Our vicar is always raising money for one cause oranother, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clockrepaired.

【例句精析】： forone cause or another

【例句拓展】：該句型的核心信息就是“one....or another”，翻譯為“這樣或那樣的.....” 或“某種.....”。

所以還能百變?yōu)椋?/p>

at one place or another =somewhere 某個地方

at one time or another =sometime 某個時候

In one way or another 用某種方法

【課文例句2】：Thereis nothing I can do about it.

【例句精析】： “There be句型”的精彩使用

可能“There be句型”對大多數(shù)英語學(xué)習(xí)者來說并不屬于語言難點，它一般表示“東西或事情的存在性”。然而通過上述例句的欣賞，我們不難感受到：“There be句型”還有很多用途，有時能夠體現(xiàn)老外表達的娓娓道來與慢條斯理。再比如新概念三冊14課中的“There wasa time when”這一結(jié)構(gòu)好比我們平時說的“once”一詞; 新概念三冊27課中的“There aretimes when”這一結(jié)構(gòu)好比我們平時說的“sometimes”一詞，我們還可以進行聯(lián)想拓展：

There are several/many times when 不止一次/有好多次

There are those times when 有那么些時候

There are occasions when 在某些情況下

There are seconds when 很多瞬間

There were days/times when 曾經(jīng)有些時候

There is a place where 在某個地方

There are many reasons why 存在著很多原因

There are many people who 很多人都……

我們還可以聯(lián)想“表示時間”的短語：The time is nearwhen……不久之后

【例句拓展】：1) 有些時候我會感覺到自己被忽略了。

There are times when I feeloverlooked.

2) 有時她得了病，一連數(shù)月甚至幾年臥床不起;有時她工作起來日以繼夜，像機器似的不知疲倦。

There are times whenshe was ill and confined to bed for months even for years. There are times when she worked day and night, like a tirelessmachine

3) 有好多次我真懷疑他的身份。

There are many times whenI am suspicious of his identity.

【高考真題鏈接】：“2014年上海英語高考翻譯題第3題”

沒有什么比獲準(zhǔn)參加太空旅行項目更令人興奮的了。

Thereis nothing more exciting than being allowed to take part in the space

travel program.會比Nothing can be more exciting than being allowed to

take part in the space travel program更貼合老外的表達方式，在書面語中

也更顯得書卷氣。

“2010年上海英語高考翻譯題第4題”

乍一看，這塊手表沒有什么特別之處，但實際上它是一部手機 At first sight, there is nothing special about the watch, but in fact it is a mobile phone.