做阅读题时读到两个句子,不明白它们的意思和语法,向老师和网友请教:
1.They are as red and hard as they can be(描写Mary's的双手)--- 我分析这是含比较状语从句的句子,但不明白这个带as they can be句子的中文意思和语法怎么分析?
2.How they would look if she tried to play on a piano! ----- 句末有感叹号,我分析是一个感叹句,不知对不对?这个句子是虚拟语气吗?怎样解读这个句子。
网友问:1.They are as red and hard as they can be (描写Mary's的双手)--- 我分析这是含比较状语从句的句子,但不明白这个带as they can be句子的中文意思和语法怎么分析?
解答:根据网友的疑问,我猜网友也许没有搞清as后的they 指代什么,这是一个难点,很容易误以为和主语they一致。这个they其实指red and hard.这应该是英语中的一个惯用句型: as + adj/adv + as adj/adv can be. 后面的as引导的比较状语,你一般把它当作一种特殊的固定用法即可。我记得过去上大学的时候,在钱歌川编的《翻译的技巧》一书中曾看到过种句型。该书有这样一个例句,我至今记忆犹新:You are as wrong as wrong can be. 该书翻译为:你大错特错。 因此,这种句式,表示程度,可以翻译为:非常。。。我给你两个外刊例句你比较体会一下:
网友问:2.How they would look if she tried to play on a piano! ----- 句末有感叹号,我分析是一个感叹句,不知对不对?这个句子是虚拟语气吗?怎样解读这个句子。
解答:这个句子应该是带有虚拟语气的感叹句。其实可以这样判断:此句为直接引语,根据前一句,这里本应用现在时态。但条件句却用了过去时,主句又是would,所以应该是虚拟语气。另外,句子以how 开始,又以感叹号结尾,这应该是感叹句的标志。另外,根据语境也可以得到印证。
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【1】They are as red and hard as they can be
他们像可能的那样又红又硬。
备注:as they can be引导比较状语从句
【2】How they would look if she tried to play on a piano! "
如果她想弹钢琴,他们看上去将会是什么样子啊!
备注:if引导条件状语从句,how为主句内容。
网友提供英语来自于下面这篇文章
Miss Smith! What rough ( 粗糙的) hands Mary Jessup has! "said Daisy Marvin, as she walked home from school with her teacher.
"In my opinion, Daisy, Mary's hands are the prettiest in our class.'
"Why?Miss Smith, they are as red and hard as they can be. How they would look if she tried to play on a piano! "Daisy said.
Miss Smith took Daisy's hands in hers, and said, "Your hands are very soft and white, just the hands to look beautiful on a piano:yet they don't have one beauty that Mary's hands do.Shall tell you what the difference is?"
"Yes, please, Miss Smith." Daisy looked at Miss Smith, with eyes wide open.
"Well, Daisy, Mary's hands are very busy. They wash dishes;they make fires;they hang out clothes, and help to wash them, too:they are always trying to help her poor, hard﹣working mother."
Miss Smith continued, "Besides, they wash and dress the children;they mend their toys and dress their dolls;yet, they find time to bathe the head of the little girl who is so sick in the next house to theirs."
"They do good deeds (行为) to every living thing. I have seen them patting the tired horse and the homeless dog in the street. They are always ready to help those who need help."
"I shall never think Mary's hands are ugly any more, Miss Smith." Daisy said that with tears in eyes.
"I am glad to hear you say that, Daisy;and I must tell you that they are beautiful because they help others gladly and cheerfully."
"Oh, Miss Smith! I feel so ashamed of myself and so sorry, "said Daisy, looking into her teacher's face with shining eyes.
"My dear, beauty doesn't lie in how one looks but what he does."
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