文法淺釋- (113)

文法淺釋- (113)

文法(grammar)與句型(sentence patterns)

八、動狀詞  (Verbal) (又稱變體動詞)

45) The majority of people in the U.S. don’t have trouble getting enough to stay healthy. (大都數美國人要獲得足夠的養來維持健康是沒有困難的。)

                            

  S. + have problem (difficulty/ trouble) + with + n.

New students coming overseas really have ~ with a new study program. 來自國外的新學生們對於新的學習計畫真遭到困難。

    S. + have problem (difficulty, a hard time/trouble) + (in) + Ving.

a. People always have ~ pronouncing the last name of the governor of California, Schwarzenegger.人們對於加州州長的姓- Schwarzenegger.總是念不出來。

b. I have more trouble interacting with others. 與他人互動我遭遇更多麻煩。

   ﹝精選句子﹞

1)  Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of

misery and travail.

藝術是被儲存起來的人類靈魂蜜汁，它是經由痛苦與辛勞累積而成。

(註：travail = very hard work)

2)  The best of the best have a clearly defined purpose and driving

force in their lives.

(位居眾人之上的人們有在他們生活中，有一明確的目標和衝勁。)

《注意下列句中斜體部分所使用的適當動狀詞》：

3)  This smart-looking chair is eye-catching without stealing the show.

(這張好看的椅子搶眼，但不喧賓奪主。) 

註：adj.-looking，a good-looking girl美麗的女孩；an odd-looking hat 外貌奇怪

的帽子

4)  Allow your soul to unfurl and bring the outdoors in by using the restful

and restorative colors of nature.

(讓你的靈魂打開，並且藉著使用寧靜與恢復元氣的自然色彩把戶外帶進來。)

請以適當動狀詞寫出，使下列句子讀來通順：

5)  Take pleasure in natural light by (bask) in it at a desk (place) in front of a

window or (reflect) it with mirrors (hang) just so.

Answer: basking; placed; reflecting; hung

在窗前書桌邊取暖於自然光中，或用懸掛的幾面鏡子來反射它，藉此二法來自娛。

分析：

1.     by basking or (by) reflecting；basking 與reflecting 平行作by之受詞

2.     place  vt. 置放，前省略which is；hung 前省略which are

3.     take pleasure in + n.   以…為樂

6) (hear) some people talk, you would imagine that their lives were somehow endangered by the (swell) lists of the publishers.  After all, it is very easy to ignore the existence of a novel, for the thing does not follow you about, (snap) at your heels.

(如果聽一些人講話，你會想像到他們的生活受到如腫漲般增加的許多

出版商的危害。畢竟，不去理會一本小說的存在是很容易的，因它不會

到處跟隨你。)

Answer & 分析：

To hear (in order to hear) ; swollen (swell swelled swelled/swollen); snapping (=and snap)

7)   It goes almost without (say) that inspiration is not peculiar to

religion.  An inspiration is an idea which seems (enter) the mind

suddenly, and as it were, from without.   

幾乎是勿庸置言-靈感對宗教是不奇怪的；靈感似乎是突然進 入心的一種想

法，而且可以說是從外界進入。)

Answer &分析：     

saying; to enter

8)  Don’t waste a minute (not be) happy. If one window closes, run

to the next one- or break down a door.

 (連一分鐘也別感到不快樂；如一扇窗關閉，就找另一窗，或打破一扇門。)             

 - 要想得開-  (註：waste a minute not being happy= waste a minute in being unhappy)

Answer & 分析：          

not being = in not being

9)  Of twenty-four arrows (shoot) in succession, ten were fixed in the

target, and the others ranged so near it that, (consider) the distance of

the mark, it was thought to be good archery.

 (連續設出的24支箭中，有10支射中靶心；其餘的則如此近靶心，以致就射中

痕跡言，射箭技術優良。)  註：considering = in view of 鑒於

Answer & 分析：shot (=which are shot) ; considering

Justin Lai 編

07.20.2015