Unit 1 Nothing ventured, nothing gained
課文長句難句剖析
1. The smell is, as usual, almost unbearable, being a mixture of sweat, seal oil fat, and dirty underwear.
剖析:being a mixture of sweat, seal oil fat, and dirty underwear是現(xiàn)在分詞短語,作表語unbearable的補語,進一步解釋unbearable的原因。
譯文:氣味像平時一樣幾乎讓人無法忍受,有汗味、海豹油味,還有骯臟內(nèi)衣的氣味。
2. I try to think of happier things: warm and dry clothes, a cosy bedroom, sunny days, my mother’s face and the celebration we will get when we return, for I am part of a failed expedition that tried to cross the continent of Antarctica, something that had never been done before.
剖析:try to的意思是:努力去做。。。。。。/試圖想要。。。。。。(但往往沒有做成功) 比如:Jack tried to stand up on the head but (he) failed.杰克想用頭著地倒立,可是沒有立起來。
think of是“想起、想到、認為”等意思。比如:She felt afraid when she thought of the story his boy friend told her the other day.她一想起男朋友那天給她講的故事就感到害怕。