新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 第60課 太早和太晚 (5)

　　Some friends of my family had this irritating habit. The only thing todo was ask them to come half an hour later than the other guests. Then they arrivedjust when we wanted them.

　　13.Some friends of my family had this irritating habit.

　　我家有幾個(gè)朋友就有這有令人惱火的習(xí)慣。

　　14.The only thing to do was ask them to come half an hour later than the otherguests.

　　唯一的辦法就是請(qǐng)他們比別的客人晚來(lái)半小時(shí)。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) ask sb. to do sth.的意思是“請(qǐng)求某人做某事”。later than的意思是“比…晚”。

　　15.Then they arrived just when we wanted them.

　　這樣，他們可以恰好在我們要求的時(shí)間到達(dá)。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析：when引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。