第二十三章 省略句 并列句中的省略及练习题

　　1 .并列句如果两个分句有重复处，后面不分就常常省略掉：

　　I work in a factory and my brother on a farm .

　　我在工厂工作，我弟弟在农场工作。

　　My room 15 on the second floor and his , on the third .

　　我的房间在三楼，他的房间在四楼。

　　He majors in English , and Iin French .

　　他主修英语，而我主修法语。

　　Someone has borrowed that look , but Idon t remember who .

　　有人借了那本书，但我不记得谁借的了。

　　The fox may grow grey , but never good .

　　狐狸会变老，却不会变好。(谚)

　　2 .有时but , and 等连词可引起一个短语，有的词则省略了：

　　We tried to help her , but in vain .

　　我们想法子帮助式，但没有用。

　　He did it andquite successfully too at the beginning .

　　他这样做了，而且开头时还很成功。

　　We still have our shortcomings , and veryb 心ones too .

　　我们还有缺点，而且是很大的缺点。

　　This happened and adodthingtoo , forithepedustorealizeour sh ort comings .

　　发生了这事，也是好事，因为它帮棵我们明白了我们的缺点。

　　3 .另外，下面这些句子也可说有词省略：

　　A little further and you will see a sign board ?

　　再往前走一点，你可以看到一块招牌。(G 。)

　　A few months more and the hydro - - electric station would be providing power .

　　再过几个月水电站就要供电了。(Wait )

　　Well , another thing , have you sent out the invitation cards ?

　　哦，还有一件事，请谏发出去了吗?( Ihave toaskyou )

　　Now , one more thing , I want to send a package by air mail .

　　还有一件事，我要寄一个航空包裹。(I have to do . )

　　Exercises (练习及答案)

　　练习一：补出下列句子的省略部分

　　1 . We eat our food with chopsticks and the Europeans with knives and fofks .

　　1 . eat ( their food )

　　2 . The names of the two little ones seemed to be Sabina and Freda ; of the eldest , Stella .

　　2 . The name ( of the eldest ) seemed to be

　　3 . The scenery was beautiful , and the acting superb .

　　3 . was ( superb )

　　4 .A: We're bound to win someday .

　　B: Yes , but when ?

　　4 . ( When ) are we to win

　　5 . You must stop , and at once , this sort of behaviour .

　　5 . stop ( at once )

　　6 . She never said she was homesick , but she was .

　　6 . ( was ) homesick

　　7 . She pretended to be angry , but she was not .

　　7 . ( was not ) angry

　　练习二：将下面的英语句子翻译成中文

　　1. He worked hard but without any success .

　　1. 他努力工作却没成功。

　　2. She glanced quickly about , but seeing only the empty room .

　　2.它快速向周围望了一眼，但只看见一间空屋。

　　3 . She tried to save it but invain.

　　3 .私设法救它却没救活。

　　4 . It's not the red one I wanted but the blue one .

　　4 .我要的不是红的而是那个蓝色的。

　　5 . He's hardworking , but not very clever .

　　5 .他很勤奋，但不很聪明。

　　6 , The phone rang , but only for a few seconds .

　　6 .电话铃响了，但只响了几秒钟。