17. he arranged for a secret extension to be attached to Miss Winthrop's phone:经他策划,在温思罗普小姐的电话上接了一个秘密分机。 arrange+ for+ 名词/代词+to do:安排某人做某事或做成某事。又如: *They have arranged for the writer to meet a number of his readers. 他们已经安排好作者与部分读者见面。 *He arranged for the letter to arrive on her birthday. 他刻意安排那封信在她的生日那天到达。 to be attached 是 to attach 的被动结构。
18. So you did know Ralph Matthews after all:这么说你还是认识拉尔夫·马修斯的啦。 did 用来强调 know。 after all 这里用来表示“in spite of what you said”(尽管温思罗 普小姐表示过拉尔夫·马修斯这个名字她很陌生)。又如: So you've come after all! (原来没有指望你来) He told me that they couldn't give me the job after all . (原来答应过)
19. throwing onto her desk a sheet of paper he had brought with him:把他带进来的那张纸甩到她的桌子上。 这是一个现在分词短语从句,作状语,修饰主句。 a sheet of paper 是 throwing 的宾语,因带有定语从句 he had brought with him 变得很长,所以放在 onto her desk 之后。 刚才格雷森先生向温思罗普小姐口述的内容侦探通过电话分 机截获,并记录在这张纸上。
20. The girl stopped her noisy typing and rose from her chair, trembling:那女人停止了发出噪音的打字,浑身颤抖着从椅子上站了起来。 trembling是现在分词,作状语,修饰 rose from her chair。 又 如: * She ran out of the house, shouting. 她叫喊着从屋子里跑了出来。 *Sally was lying in bed, crying. 萨莉躺在被窝里哭泣。
21. And you might as well remove the silver box:你不妨把这银匣 子拿掉吧。 might/may (just) as well:不妨……,无妨,用来向他人提出建议,比 had better 委婉。 这里 The Thinking Machine 的语气多少有挖苦的意味。他接着说出提出这一建议原因:“电话联线已无必要了。” 下册我们继续学习: Questions on the Text 课文问题 【Page 330】【第330页】�
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