新概念英语第三册逐句精讲语言点 第35课 伸张正义 (5)

　　As the crywas repeated several times, she ran to tell the manager who promptly rang up the firebrigade. The cry had certainly come from one of the chimneys, but as there were somany of them, the fire fighters could not be certain which one it was. They located theright chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man's cries.

　　13.As the cry was repeated several times, she ran to tell the manager who promptlyrang up the fire brigade.

　　由于这种喊叫声重复了几次，她跑去报告经理，经理当即给消防队挂了电话。

　　语言点1:句子结构分析:as引导原因状语从句，交代为何报告经理。Who引导定语从句，修饰manager。

　　语言点2:was repeated several times在本句中不可译为“被重复了几次”，而应译为主动语态。

　　语言点3:ring up的意思是“打电话”。

　　14.The cry had certainly come from one of the chimneys, but as there were so many ofthem, the fire fighters could not be certain which one it was.

　　喊叫声肯定是从烟囱里传出来的，然而，因为烟囱太多，消防队员无法确定到底是哪一个。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:as引导原因状语从句，as前面的but表示转折。Which one it was是宾语从句。

　　15.They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man'scries.

　　他们通过叫击烟囱倾叫声而确定传出声音的那个烟囱。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:locate by的意思是“通过该…来定位”。and并列连接tapping和listening两种“定位”方式。