7.To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard.
尽管我们人人都有各种大小秘密。连最亲密的朋友都不愿让他们知道,但我们当中极少有人有柜中骷髅。
语言点:句子结构分析:which引导定语从句,修饰secrets,说明是“什么样的秘密”。But连接两个转折关系的句子,引出下文。
8.The only person I know who has a skeleton in the cupboard is George Carlton, and he is very proud of the fact.
我所认识的唯一的在柜中藏骷嵝的人便是乔治 .卡尔顿,他甚至引以为自豪。
语言点:句子结构分析:person的后面接了两个定语从句,其中I know的前面省去了在从句中不充当任何成分的关系代词that。
9.George studied medicine in his youth.
乔治年轻时学过医。
语言点:句子结构分析:in his youth的意思是“在他年轻时”,在本句中充当时间状语。