新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 第86課: 失控(2)

　　Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle. It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed. In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away.

　　句子講解：

　　5、Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle.

　　兩個(gè)人剛開(kāi)始向岸邊游過(guò)去，就突然驚愕地發(fā)現(xiàn)快艇正在轉(zhuǎn)著圈行駛。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) notice的賓語(yǔ)在that引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句里。

　　shore:

　　n.岸; 濱; (尤指瀕海國(guó)家) 國(guó)家; 支柱;

　　vt.支撐; 支持;

　　[例句]We got dinner on the shore.

　　我們?nèi)グ哆叧园伞?/p>

　　notice：

　　n.注意; 預(yù)告; 布告; 警告;

　　vt.& vi.注意;

　　vt.通知; 注意到; 留心; 關(guān)照;

　　[例句]Do you think I didn't notice?

　　你以為我沒(méi)注意到嗎?

　　6、It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed.

　　它現(xiàn)在正以驚人的速度正沖他們駛來(lái)。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) come straight towards sb.徑直地沖向某人

　　straight：

　　adj.直的; 連續(xù)的; 直率的; 整齊的;

　　adv.直地; 直接地; 坦率地; 立即;

　　n.直線; 直線部分;

　　[例句]He came straight from the office?

　　他直接從診所過(guò)來(lái)嗎?

　　towards：

　　prep.對(duì)于; 接近; 朝，向; 為了;

　　[例句]Was he ever violent towards her?

　　他曾對(duì)她施加過(guò)暴力嗎?

　　straight towards

　　towards表示“朝”,"向”,而 straight towards則表示“徑直朝...方向”

　　7、In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away.

　　不到一分鐘的工夫，快艇從他們身邊幾英尺遠(yuǎn)的地方呼嘯著駛了過(guò)去。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1 in less than +時(shí)間表不“在 時(shí)間之內(nèi)”。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2 only a few feet away為狀語(yǔ),強(qiáng)調(diào)距離非常近，很危險(xiǎn)。

　　roared ：

　　n. 咆哮;吼;轟鳴

　　vi. 咆哮;吼叫;喧鬧

　　vt. 咆哮;呼喊;使……轟鳴

　　例句:

　　1. I heard the lions roaring in their cages.

　　我聽(tīng)見(jiàn)獅子在籠中吼叫。

　　擴(kuò)展：

　　few,a few 的區(qū)別

　　表示肯定意義：a little / a few 有一點(diǎn)，

　　表示否定意義: little / few 幾乎沒(méi)有的

　　a few /few +可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù) ，，，修飾可數(shù)名詞

　　little / a little +不可數(shù)名詞 ，，， 修飾不可數(shù)名詞

　　a little +不可數(shù)名詞 = a bit of +不可數(shù)名詞

　　a little + 可數(shù)名詞 + a bit +不可數(shù)名詞

　　many /much 意 為 很 多的

　　同義詞 lots of / a lot of

　　many +可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù) 、 修飾可數(shù)名詞

　　much +不可數(shù)名詞 、 修飾不可數(shù)名詞