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原文内容
10 句英文原文
" What do you do here?" the little prince asked.
" I sort out travelers, in bundles of a thousand," said the switchman.
" I send off the trains that carry them: now to the right, now to the left."
" They are in a great hurry," said the little prince.
" What are they looking for?"
" Not even the locomotive engineer knows that," said the switchman.
" Are they coming back already?" demanded the little prince.
" These are not the same ones," said the switchman.
中文翻译
"你在这里做什么?" 小王子问道。
“我把旅客分成批,每批一千人,”报道员说。
我送走载着他们的火车:时而向右,时而向左。
一列灯火通明的特快列车轰鸣着疾驰而过,像雷声一样震动了扳道工的小屋。
“他们非常匆忙,”小王子说。
他们在寻找什么?
“甚至连火车司机都不知道那件事,”扳道工说道。
接着,第二列灯火通明的特快列车从相反方向轰鸣而过。
“他们这么快就回来了吗?”小王子问道。
“这些不是同一批,”扳道工说道。
重点词汇
8 个sort out/sɔːrt aʊt/
phrasal verb整理;分类
原句:"I sort out travelers, in bundles of a thousand,"
switchman/ˈswɪtʃmən/
noun扳道工;转辙员
原句:"said the switchman."
send off/send ɒf/
phrasal verb发送;派遣
原句:"I send off the trains that carry them:"
brilliantly/ˈbrɪliəntli/
adverb明亮地;灿烂地
原句:"a brilliantly lighted express train"
express train/ɪkˈspres treɪn/
noun phrase特快列车
原句:"a brilliantly lighted express train"
locomotive engineer/ˌloʊkəˈmoʊtɪv ˌendʒɪˈnɪr/
noun phrase火车司机
原句:"Not even the locomotive engineer knows that,"
thundered by/ˈθʌndərd baɪ/
verb phrase轰隆驶过
原句:"a second brilliantly lighted express thundered by,"
demanded/dɪˈmændɪd/
verb追问;要求
原句:"demanded the little prince."
重点语法
5 个1
现在进行时表示当前状态或动作
be + V-ing
原文
"They are in a great hurry,"
"他们非常匆忙,"
例句
He is working now.
他现在正在工作。
2
介词短语作状语
prepositional phrase as adverbial
原文
"in bundles of a thousand"
"按一千人一捆"
例句
She walked with a smile.
她微笑着走路。
3
并列连词连接两个副词
now... now...
原文
"now to the right, now to the left."
"时而向右,时而向左。"
例句
The weather changes now hot, now cold.
天气时热时冷。
4
比较级结构
形容词比较级
原文
"a great hurry"
"非常匆忙"
例句
She is taller than her brother.
她比她哥哥高。
5
一般现在时表示客观事实
主语 + 动词原形/第三人称单数形式
原文
"What do you do here?"
"你在这里做什么?"
例句
The sun rises in the east.
太阳从东方升起。