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原文内容
10 句英文原文
" And towns, and rivers, and deserts?"" I couldn't tell you that, either."
" But you are a geographer!"
" Exactly," the geographer said.
" But I am not an explorer.
中文翻译
“还有城镇、河流和沙漠呢?” “那个我也没法告诉你。”
"但你是个地理学家!"
“确实如此,”地理学家说道。
"但我不是探险家。
我的星球上一个探险家都没有。
并非地理学家才会去统计城镇、河流、山脉、海洋和沙漠的数量。
地理学家太重要了,不能到处闲逛。
他不离开他的办公桌。
但他在书房里接待了探险家们。
他向他们提问,并记下他们回忆起的旅行经历。
重点词汇
8 个geographer/dʒiˈɒɡrəfə(r)/
n.地理学家
原句:"But you are a geographer!"
explorer/ɪkˈsplɔːrə(r)/
n.探险家
原句:I haven't a single explorer on my planet.
desert/ˈdezət/
n.沙漠
原句:And towns, and rivers, and deserts?
planet/ˈplænɪt/
n.行星
原句:I haven't a single explorer on my planet.
loaf/ləʊf/
v.游荡,闲逛
原句:The geographer is much too important to go loafing about.
study/ˈstʌdi/
n.书房
原句:But he receives the explorers in his study.
recall/rɪˈkɔːl/
v.回忆起
原句:He asks them questions, and he notes down what they recall of their travels.
note down/nəʊt daʊn/
phr.v.记下
原句:He asks them questions, and he notes down what they recall of their travels.
重点语法
5 个1
too...to...
太...而不能...
原文
The geographer is much too important to go loafing about.
地理学家太重要了,不能到处闲逛。
例句
The box is too heavy for me to lift.
这个箱子太重了,我抬不起来。
2
It is not...who...
强调句型(否定形式)
原文
It is not the geographer who goes out to count the towns...
出去清点城镇...的并不是地理学家。
例句
It was not Tom who broke the window.
打破窗户的不是汤姆。
3
go + V-ing
表示去从事某项活动
原文
...to go loafing about.
...去到处闲逛。
例句
Let's go swimming this afternoon.
我们今天下午去游泳吧。
4
what 引导的宾语从句
what 引导名词性从句,在从句中作成分
原文
...what they recall of their travels.
...他们所回忆起的旅行经历。
例句
I don't understand what you mean.
我不明白你的意思。
5
have/has not a single...
固定表达,表示“一个...都没有”
原文
I haven't a single explorer on my planet.
我的星球上一个探险家都没有。
例句
He hasn't a single friend here.
他在这里一个朋友都没有。