Nothing to Worry About 不必?fù)?dān)心
The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from. Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed. Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away. It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties. He simply had no sense of danger at all. No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
As we bumped over the dusty track, we swerved to avoid large boulders.The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine. Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.
What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes. But there was worse to come. Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure. In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped. Though we all got out to examine the fissure, he remained in the car. We informed him that the fissure extended for fifty yards and was two feet wide and four feet deep. Even this had no effect. Bruce went into a low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zig-zag course. Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again. Bruce consulted the map once more and told us that the village was now only fifteen miles away. Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about half a mile across. Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came to a grinding halt. A yellow light on the dash- board flashed angrily and Bruce cheerfully announced that there was no oil in the engine!
10.Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.
因此，我們不時(shí)地掉過(guò)頭，懷疑車(chē)后是否留下了機(jī)油和汽油的痕跡。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:wondering if…是現(xiàn)在分詞結(jié)構(gòu)，作伴隨狀語(yǔ)，其中的if引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句，說(shuō)明wondering的內(nèi)容。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:keep looking back的意思是“不斷地向后看”。
11.What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes.
突然大石塊不見(jiàn)了，前面是一片平地，的障礙只有一簇簇灌木叢。這使我們長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)地松了口氣。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):give way to的意思是“給…讓路”。
12.But there was worse to come.
但是更糟糕的事情在等著我們。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:worse指代“更糟糕的事情”。To come為動(dòng)詞不定式結(jié)構(gòu)，充當(dāng)worse的后置定語(yǔ)。
The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from. Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed. Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away. It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties. He simply had no sense of danger at all. No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
As we bumped over the dusty track, we swerved to avoid large boulders.The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine. Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.
What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes. But there was worse to come. Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure. In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped. Though we all got out to examine the fissure, he remained in the car. We informed him that the fissure extended for fifty yards and was two feet wide and four feet deep. Even this had no effect. Bruce went into a low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zig-zag course. Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again. Bruce consulted the map once more and told us that the village was now only fifteen miles away. Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about half a mile across. Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came to a grinding halt. A yellow light on the dash- board flashed angrily and Bruce cheerfully announced that there was no oil in the engine!
10.Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.
因此，我們不時(shí)地掉過(guò)頭，懷疑車(chē)后是否留下了機(jī)油和汽油的痕跡。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:wondering if…是現(xiàn)在分詞結(jié)構(gòu)，作伴隨狀語(yǔ)，其中的if引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句，說(shuō)明wondering的內(nèi)容。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:keep looking back的意思是“不斷地向后看”。
11.What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes.
突然大石塊不見(jiàn)了，前面是一片平地，的障礙只有一簇簇灌木叢。這使我們長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)地松了口氣。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):give way to的意思是“給…讓路”。
12.But there was worse to come.
但是更糟糕的事情在等著我們。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:worse指代“更糟糕的事情”。To come為動(dòng)詞不定式結(jié)構(gòu)，充當(dāng)worse的后置定語(yǔ)。