🔍 After the elections 大选之后

新概念英语第二册 Lesson 83 · 语法精读与固定搭配分类

NCE Book 2 · Lesson 83（课本印刷页 382-385）· 10 个生词和短语 · 课文 9 句

一全文逐句语法解读

本课是一则政治趣闻。语言点集中在 过去完成时（had gone）、though 引导的让步状语从句及其省略（Though a little suspicious this time）、the day after / the day before yesterday 等时间表达，以及 the policeman on duty 这类「介词短语作定语」的结构。

¶ 1 · 落选的首相（句 1-3）

句子	语法点
The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections.	被动语态 was defeated · the former Prime Minister 前首相 · in the recent elections 在最近的大选中 · 同位语说明姓名
He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad.	retire from 从……退出 · political life 政治生活 · go abroad 出国 · now 与现在进行时连用，表示「正在退出」这一过渡状态
My friend, Patrick, has always been a fanatical opponent of Mr. Lane's Radical Progressive Party.	a fanatical opponent 一个狂热的反对者 · the Radical Progressive Party 激进进步党 · has always been 用现在完成时，说明这一立场始终未变

¶ 2 · 三次登门（句 4-6）

句子	语法点
After the elections, Patrick went to the former Prime Minister's house.	after the elections 大选之后 · the former Prime Minister's house 前首相的住处
When he asked if Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad.	宾语从句 if 引导（是否）· the policeman on duty 值勤的警察（介词短语作定语）· since his defeat 自他落选以来 · 过去完成时 had gone（在「告诉」之前已出国）· 前缀 ex- 表示「前……」（ex-wife 前妻）
On the following day, Patrick went to the house again. The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance, when Patrick asked the same question.	on the following day 第二天 · the same policeman 同一个警察 · 时间状语从句 when 引导（正在……这时）· walk slowly past 慢慢走过

¶ 3 · 警察不耐烦（句 7）

句子	语法点
Though a little suspicious this time, the policeman gave him the same answer. The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question.	让步状语从句的省略 Though (he was) a little suspicious this time · suspicious 怀疑的 · the day after 第三天 · once more 又一次 · exactly the same question 完全相同的问题

¶ 4 · 恍然大悟（句 8-9）

句子	语法点
This time, the policeman lost his temper. "I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday," he shouted, "Mr. Lane was defeated in the elections. He has retired from political life and gone to live abroad!"	lose one's temper 发脾气 · the day before yesterday 前天 · 直接引语以「过去时 + 现在完成时」重申同一事实，语气由平淡转为激动
"I know," answered Patrick, "but I love to hear you say it!"	love to do sth. 喜欢做某事 · hear sb. say it 听见某人说这句话（不定式作宾补，省略 to）· 结尾以「我爱听你这么说」点出全篇的笑点

二固定搭配与重点词组

短语	用法与例句
the former Prime Minister	前首相：The former Prime Minister was defeated。
retire from	从……退出：He is now retiring from political life。
go abroad	出国：He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad。
be defeated	被打败，落选：was defeated in the recent elections。
on duty	值勤：the policeman on duty told him that …。
on the following day	第二天：On the following day, Patrick went to the house again。
lose one's temper	发脾气：the policeman lost his temper。
the day before yesterday	前天：I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday。

三语法核心总结

过去完成时

the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad

让步状语从句的省略

Though (he was) a little suspicious this time

介词短语作定语

the policeman on duty

前缀 ex-

表示「前……」：ex-Prime Minister

though 引导的让步状语从句及其省略：完整形式是 Though he was a little suspicious this time, the policeman gave him the same answer. 当从句主语与主句主语一致、谓语含 be 时，可省略「主语 + be」，只留 though + 形容词短语。同类还有 though tired、though young。
过去完成时点出先后：the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad. 「出国」发生在「告诉」之前，因此用过去完成时 had gone；since his defeat 则为这一时态提供时间起点。
the policeman on duty 这类结构：介词短语 on duty 放在名词之后作定语，相当于 who was on duty 的定语从句，但更简洁。同类还有 the man in the hat、a boy of ten、the book on the desk。