1、SENTENCE EXPLANATIONS请和你的同学一起认真分析下面句子,并补全所缺内容。这种学习方式能逐步提高你理解长难句的能力。1. Will was stupefied with exhaustion, and he might have gone on to the north, or he might have laid his head on the grass under one of those trees and slept; but as he stood trying to clear his head, he saw a cat. (P16)【分析】本句是一个由but
2、连接的并列复合句。在but前的分句中,and连接两个并列分句;在and后的分句中,or连接两个表示选择的并列分句。might have done表示过去“本来可以做某事(但事实上未做)”。在but后的分句中,as 引导_从句,其中trying to clear his head作伴随状语。【句意】威尔累得脑子都木了,他本可以继续向北走,或者他也可以在某棵树下头枕草地睡去;但是,正当他站在那儿,试图让头脑清醒些的时候,他看见一只猫。【仿写】马克今天早晨5点被闹钟吵醒了,他本可以起床到外面跑步,或者他也可以穿好衣服到院子里高声读英语;但是,当他关掉闹钟后,他又睡着了。_2. He watched
3、more alertly as the cat approached the spot again, just an empty patch of grass between the hornbeams and the bushes of a garden hedge, and patted the air once more. (P16)【分析】本句是一个主从复合句。主句是“主语(He)+谓语(watched)”结构,more alertly作方式状语。as引导时间状语从句,该从句的主干是the cat approached the spot and patted the air;an em
4、pty patch of . hedge是spot的_语。【句意】他更加警觉地看着,当那只猫再次靠近那个地方角树与花园树篱的灌木丛之间的一块空草地时,又拍打了一下那儿的空气。【仿写】当史密斯先生一位严格的英语老师叫出她的名字并要求她背课文时,凯特变得很紧张。_ 3. You could only see it from the side nearest the road, and you couldnt see it easily even from there, because all you could see through it was exactly the same kind of
5、 thing that lay in front of it on this side: a patch of grass lit by a street light. (P17)【分析】本句是一个由and连接的主从复合句。在主句中,and连接两个并列分句,from the side nearest the road和from there分别在两个分句中作地点状语。and后的分句中包含一个because引导的原因状语从句。其主干为“主(all)+系(was)+表(the same kind of thing)”。you could see through it是省略了that的定语从句,修饰a
6、ll。that . side为定语从句,修饰the same kind of thing。a patch of grass作_语,解释说明the same kind of thing。lit by a street light为动词-ed形式短语作定语。【句意】只有从最靠近马路的一边才能看到它,但也很难看清楚,因为透过它,你所看到的一切与这一边的完全相同:被一盏街灯照亮的一片草地。4. But this was the centre of a broad boulevard, and at the side of the boulevard was a line of cafs and sma
7、ll shops, all brightly lit, all open, and all utterly silent and empty beneath a sky thick with stars. (P17)【分析】本句是由and(第一个)连接的并列句。and后的分句是一个由于介词短语置于句首而引起的倒装句。all brightly lit, all open, and all utterly silent . with stars是三个并列的独立主格结构,在句中作伴随状语。【句意】但是,这是一条宽阔的马路的中央。路的一侧是成行的咖啡馆和小商店,里面灯火通明,还在营业。在布满繁星的夜空
8、下,所有的店铺都静悄悄的,无人光顾。【仿写1】入口外站着两个带枪的警官。_【仿写2】他走进房间,鼻子冻得通红。_5. Behind him the full moon shone down over a distant prospect of great green hills, and on the slopes at the foot of the hills there were houses with rich gardens and an open parkland with groves of trees and the white gleam of a classical tem
9、ple. (P17)【分析】这是一个and(第一个)连接的并列句。and后的分句是一个there be句型。两个with短语都作_语,分别修饰houses和an open parkland。【句意】在他的身后,皎洁的月光照射在远处的青山上,山脚下的斜坡上有带有漂亮花园的房子,还有一个开放式公园,里面有小树林和反射着白光的古庙。【仿写】在我们学校的前面有一个长满鲜花和树木的大花园。 _参考答案SENTENCE EXPLANATIONS 1.【分析】时间状语【仿写】Mark was woken up at 5:00 by the alarm clock this morning, and he m
10、ight have got up to run outside, or he might have got dressed to read English aloud in the yard; but after he turned off the alarm clock, he fell asleep again. 2.【分析】同位【仿写】Kate became very nervous when Mr. Smith, a strict English teacher, called her name and asked her to recite the text. 3.【分析】同位4.【仿写1】Outside the entrance stood two police officers with guns.【仿写2】He walked into the room, his nose red with cold.5.【分析】后置定【仿写】In front of our school there is a big garden with lots of flowers and trees.