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 Lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚

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• 课文内容：

  The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable http://dict.qsbdc.com/parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the http://dict.qsbdc.com/airfield . Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the http://dict.qsbdc.com/Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, thehttp://dict.qsbdc.com/precious parcel was full of stones and sand!

• Notes on the text 课文注释
• 1 detectives were waiting at the airport all morning,

        侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。句中的动词时态是过去进行时。过去进行时常用来表示过去某时正在进行的情况或动作。本课课文中有4个句子使用了过去进行时。

      2 keep guard, 守卫。

      3 to their surprise,

      使他们吃惊的是。

  参考译文

  飞机误点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。他们正期待从南非来的一个装着钻石的贵重包裹。数小时以前，有人向警方报告，说有人企图偷走这些钻石。当飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼内，另一些侦探则守候在停机坪上。有两个人把包裹拿下飞机，进了海关。这时两个侦探把住门口，另外两个侦探打开了包裹。令他们吃惊的是，那珍贵的包裹里面装的全是石头和沙子！

  自学导读

  1．…detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. ……侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。

  all 一般直接加表示时间的单数名词构成副同短语，如：all day （整整一天），all night（整夜），all week（整星期），all winter（整个冬天），all year（整年）等。但不说all hour。

  whole在表达同样的意思时一般要加冠词或数词，如：a whole day/ year（一整天／年），two whole weeks（整整两星期）。

  2．…someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. ……有人向警方报告，说有人企图偷走这些钻石。

  that后面的部分为动词tell的宾语从句。从句中的时态为过去将来时（would）。

  3．When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield.

  当飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼内，另一些侦探则守候在停机坪上。

  （1）这个长句子由3个部分组成：when引导的是整个句子的时间状语从句；some of…building为主句；while 引导的是动作与主句的动作同时进行的时间状语从句。while作为连词表示“和……同时”、“当……时候”时常常引导一个过去进行时从句。（cf. 本课语法）

  （2）地点状语 on the airfield 与第一句中的 at the airport 意义相近。注意介词on和at的不同搭配。

  （3）代词others常常和some连用，表示“有些（人）……，也有些（人）……”或者“有的……，其余的……”：

  Some students are very hard-working; others are not.

  有些学生非常用功；有些则不然。

  Some of the novels are interesting; (the) others are not.

  在这些小说中，有些很有趣，其他的则不然。

  4．keep guard, 守望，警戒，与 stand guard（站岗，放哨）意思相近。

  Two thieves kept guard around the house while the others entered it.

  两个小偷在屋子外面守着，其他的则进了屋。

  They kept a close guard over the thieves.

  他们对小偷们严加看管。

  5．to their surprise, 令他们吃惊的是。

  这个短语中的所有格形容词their也可以换成其他所有格形容词：(much) to my/ his surprise, to our surprise 等。一般不说 to your surprise.

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