新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第48課 沉默的村莊 (11)

　　The most frightening thing ofall was that not a sound could be heard. There was no doubt that we were unwelcomevisitors. We needed no further warning. Turning back down the main street, wequickened our pace and made our way rapidly towards the stream where we hopedthe boatman was waiting.

　　31.The most frightening thing of all was that not a sound could be heard.

　　最令人害怕的是到處沒有一點聲音。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:can be heard的意思是“可以被聽到。”

　　32.There was no doubt that we were unwelcome visitors.

　　毫無疑問，我們的來訪是不受歡迎的。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:there is/was no doubt that…相當(dāng)于it is/was needless to say…。

　　33.We needed no further warning.

　　我們不需要進一步的警告了。

　　語言點:need no相當(dāng)于do not need。

　　34.Turning back down the main street, we quickened our pace and made our wayrapidly towards the stream where we hoped the boatman was waiting.

　　便掉轉(zhuǎn)身子，沿著那條主要街道加快步伐，快速地朝深溪邊走去，希望船夫還在那兒等著我們。