自考“綜合英語(yǔ)(二)”下冊(cè)詳解(38)

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29.…a card on which was written,“Monsieur Gustave Naudin for M.le BaronHausberg.” 寫(xiě)有“霍斯勃格男爵先生之代表古斯塔夫?諾丁先生”的一張名片。
    on which…… 為定語(yǔ)從句,修飾card.We are in a real jam.我們的麻煩大了。
    for sb.:on behalf of sb.作為……的代表
    eg: Let me say a few words for my school. 
    讓我代表我的幾句話(huà)。
    M是 Monsieur的縮寫(xiě),le是法語(yǔ)的一個(gè)冠詞,相當(dāng)于英語(yǔ)的the.
    30.“I suppose he has come for an apology,”…… “I think the man has come because the Baron wanted me to apologize formy foolish behavior yesterday (giving him one pound),”……
    for表示目的
    eg:He went to London for holidays. 
    他去倫敦度假去了。
    31.slight French accent
    accent:the way someone pronounces the words of a language,or his intonation showing which country or which part of a country he comes from鄉(xiāng)音,口音
    Cf.dialect:a variety of a language spoken only in one area,in which words or one area,in which words or one area,in which words or grammar are slightly different from other forms of the same language方言
    32.Have I the honour ofspeaking to Monsieur Erskine?您是厄斯金先生嗎?
    have the honour of doing sth.:(正式)榮幸……
    eg:I am very happy to have the honour of speaking to you today.  
    今天我有幸給你們講話(huà)十分高興。
    eg:At the conference,I had the honour of meeting a number of writers I admire.
    會(huì)上我很榮幸發(fā)見(jiàn)到幾位我崇敬的作家。
    eg:I have the honour of being invited to take part in the party.  
    我很榮幸被邀請(qǐng)來(lái)參加這個(gè)晚會(huì)。
    33.“The Baron,” said the old gentleman with a smile,has commissioned me to bringyou this letter…… 委托我把這封信交給您。(這是很正式的說(shuō)法)
    commission sb.to do sth.:to formally ask someone to do sth.正式委托某人做
    34.On the outside was written “A wedding present to Hugh Erskine and Laura Merton,from an old beggar,” and inside was a cheque for ten thousand pounds.信封上寫(xiě)著:“休?厄斯金與勞拉?默頓新婚志喜。一老乞丐賀”,信封內(nèi)是一張1萬(wàn)英鎊的支票。
    On the outside was written,inside was a兩個(gè)并列句均為倒裝句。
    Hugh是常見(jiàn)的男性名字,是其昵稱(chēng),Hughie特別正式場(chǎng)合一般不用昵稱(chēng)。
    35.…… Alan Trevor was thebest man……
    best man:a male friend or relative of a bridegroom who assists him at his wedding男儐相
    Cf.:bridesmaid女儐相
    36.“Millionaire models”remarked Alan,“are rare enough;but model millionaires are rarer still!”— “There is hardly a millionaire who wants to be painted as a beggar;it is even more difficult to find a millionaire who knows how to use his money wisely.”said Alan.“百萬(wàn)富翁的模特實(shí)已罕見(jiàn),”艾倫說(shuō),“不過(guò)模范百萬(wàn)富翁更是鳳毛麟角了!”
    此處model一詞是雙關(guān)語(yǔ):artist's model (畫(huà)家的模特)和perfect example(模范)。
    are:unusual,not common稀罕的,稀有的,不常見(jiàn)的
    Pandas are rare animals in the world.熊貓是世界上的稀有動(dòng)物。
    這最后一句話(huà),作者又借畫(huà)家之口,用一雙關(guān)詞(兼有“模特”與“模范”、“楷模”的意思 ),巧妙發(fā)點(diǎn)出了故事的主題思想。百富翁要畫(huà)家將其畫(huà)成可憐兮兮的乞丐,竟意想不到發(fā)引起一個(gè)青年的同情與施舍,青年人的滴水之恩,引來(lái)了“老乞丐”的厚報(bào),其人其事令人耳目一新;善良青年自己的生活捉襟見(jiàn)肘,卻將最后一個(gè)英鎊毫不猶疑地給了一個(gè)素不相識(shí)的乞丐,此舉值得稱(chēng)道。什么叫富?家產(chǎn)萬(wàn)貫,卻一毛不拔,非富;擁有良田萬(wàn)頃,卻為富不仁,更非富有;無(wú)論你的財(cái)產(chǎn)是多,還是少,只要樂(lè)于給予,才是真正富有。