All the thing I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again. Suddenly, I saw the Officer's face light up.

　　10. All the thing I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess.

　　所有细心包装好的东西一会儿工夫就乱成一团。

　　dreadful ['dredful]

　　adj. 可怕的;糟透的，令人不快的

　　例句:

　　I cannot imagine what to do in this dreadful situation.

　　我不能想像在这么糟的情况下该怎么办。

　　mess [mes]

　　n. 混乱;食堂，伙食团;困境;脏乱的东西

　　vt. 弄乱，弄脏;毁坏;使就餐

　　vi. 把事情弄糟;制造脏乱;玩弄

　　例句:

　　See how your cat has messed up my ball of wool.

　　瞧你的猫把我的绒线球弄乱了。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:本句中的all the things为先行词，其后的定语从句必须由that引导，即(that)I had packed so carefully;不用which,that可以省去。In a dreadful mess的意思是“乱成一团”，是固定搭配。

　　11. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again.

　　我相信那箱子再也关不上了。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:sure后面的宾语从句省略了引导词that。

　　12. Suddenly, I saw the Officer's face light up.

　　忽然，我看到官员脸上露出了自得的神色。

　　语言点1:句子结构分析:see为感官动词，后面一般接不带to的动词不定式，比如这句话的结构就是see sth.light up。

　　语言点2:light up常指“得意洋洋”，在此句中作face的宾语补足语。