16 The Visitor 61
原文内容
10 句英文原文
" What does she mean!" cried Miss Minchin to Miss Amelia.
" I don't know, I'm sure, sister," answered Miss Amelia.
" Unless she has made friends with him because he has lived in India."
" It would be just like her to thrust herself upon him and try to gain his sympathies in some such impertinent fashion," said Miss Minchin.
" She must have been in the house for two hours.
中文翻译
其中一个女仆看见她偷偷溜出院子,斗篷下藏着什么东西,还看见她走上隔壁房子的台阶,进了那栋房子。
“她是什么意思!”明钦小姐对阿米莉亚小姐喊道。
“我不知道,我确信,姐姐,”阿米莉亚小姐回答道。
除非她和他交朋友是因为他曾在印度生活过。
“她就是这样的人,会硬凑到他跟前,用某种如此冒昧的方式试图博取他的同情,”明钦小姐说道。
她一定已经在房子里待了两个小时了。
我不会允许这样的放肆行为。
我将去调查此事,并为她的闯入道歉。"
萨拉正坐在一个脚凳上,紧挨着卡里斯福德先生的膝盖,听着他觉得有必要向她解释的许多事情中的一些,这时拉姆·达斯宣布了访客的到来。
萨拉不由自主地站了起来,脸色变得相当苍白;但卡里斯福德先生看到她安静地站着,没有表现出孩子恐惧的常见迹象。
重点词汇
10 个housemaid/ˈhaʊsmeɪd/
n.女仆
原句:One of the housemaids had seen her steal out of the area
cloak/kləʊk/
n.斗篷,披风
原句:with something hidden under her cloak
impertinent/ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənt/
adj.无礼的,莽撞的
原句:in some such impertinent fashion
presumption/prɪˈzʌmpʃn/
n.放肆,冒昧
原句:I will not allow such presumption.
intrusion/ɪnˈtruːʒn/
n.闯入,侵扰
原句:apologize for her intrusion
footstool/ˈfʊtstuːl/
n.脚凳
原句:sitting on a footstool close to Mr. Carrisford's knee
involuntarily/ɪnˈvɒləntərəli/
adv.不由自主地
原句:Sara rose involuntarily
inquire into/ɪnˈkwaɪər ˈɪntuː/
phr.v.调查,查问
原句:I shall go and inquire into the matter
thrust herself upon/θrʌst hɜːˈself əˈpɒn/
phr.v.硬缠着,强加于
原句:to thrust herself upon him
gain sympathies/ɡeɪn ˈsɪmpəθiz/
phr.博取同情
原句:try to gain his sympathies
重点语法
5 个1
see sb. do sth.
感官动词+宾语+省略to的不定式
原文
had seen her steal out of the area
曾看见她偷偷溜出院子
例句
I saw him leave the room.
我看见他离开了房间。
2
It would be just like sb. to do sth.
表示“做某事符合某人的典型性格”的固定句型
原文
It would be just like her to thrust herself upon him
硬缠着别人这种事她完全做得出来
例句
It would be just like him to forget the keys.
忘记带钥匙这种事他完全做得出来。
3
must have done
表示对过去情况的肯定推测
原文
She must have been in the house for two hours.
她肯定已经在房子里待了两个小时了。
例句
The ground is wet. It must have rained last night.
地面是湿的,昨晚肯定下过雨。
4
when引导的时间状语从句
表示“正在这时,突然”
原文
when Ram Dass announced the visitor's arrival.
这时拉姆·达斯通报有访客到来。
例句
I was about to leave when the phone rang.
我正要离开,电话突然响了。
5
none of + 名词
表示“一点也没有,全无”
原文
showed none of the ordinary signs of child terror
没有表现出孩子通常的恐惧迹象
例句
He accepted none of the suggestions.
他一条建议也没接受。