新概念英语第二册 Lesson 34 · 语法精读与固定搭配分类
本课是「丢了 20 年的自行车被找到」的新闻小故事,几乎通篇是被动语态。语言点集中在 被动语态的各种时态(was asked / was told / had been found / was picked up / is being sent)、间接引语里的被动,以及 most 表示「非常」的特殊用法。
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| Dan Robinson has been worried all week. | 现在完成时的被动 has been + 过去分词 · worried 在此是形容词化的过去分词 |
| Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. | the local police 当地警察局,作主语时谓语用复数 |
| In the letter he was asked to call at the station. | was asked 是一般过去时的被动语态 · call at + 地点 到某处拜访 |
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| Dan wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried anymore. | why he was wanted 是宾语从句(被动语态)· not … anymore 不再 |
| At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. | 过去完成时的被动 had been + 过去分词,表示「在被告诉之前就已经被找到」 |
| … the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. | pick up 在此意为「捡到、发现」· four hundred miles away 四百英里之外 |
| It is now being sent to his home by train. | 现在进行时的被动 is being + 过去分词,表示「正在被……」 |
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| Dan was most surprised when he heard the news. | most 用在形容词前不表示最高级,而是「非常、相当」(= very)· be surprised 感到惊讶 |
| He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. | be amused 觉得好笑 · expect sth. to be done 预料某事被做(不定式的被动式) |
| It was stolen twenty years ago when Dan was a boy of fifteen! | was stolen 是一般过去时的被动语态 · a boy of fifteen 一个 15 岁的男孩 |
| 短语 | 用法与例句 |
|---|---|
| call at | 到某处拜访、去某地一趟:call at the station。 |
| not … anymore | 不再……:he is not worried anymore。 |
| pick up | 捡起、拾到;也有「接(人)」的意思。 |
| be surprised | 感到惊讶;be amused 觉得好笑。 |
| most + 形容词 | = very 非常:Dan was most surprised. |