4 怎样理解:I saw my opportunity to wrap my hands around the corner of one of them

It was several years ago when my wife asked me to meet her at the local department store on Black Friday morning. They had advertised a bike that she wanted to purchase for our son. We stood with a very large crowd, waiting for the manager to blow the whistle. After a while the whistle blew. It was like throwing a basket of chum into a tank of sharks. I told my wife that if we obtained a bike, fine, but if we did not, I was OK with that too.

As the number of the bike boxes began to gradually decrease, I saw my opportunity to wrap my hands around the corner of one of them. I lifted it and suddenly felt some mild resistance. I looked up to see one of the largest men I had ever seen in my life. Frightening was not enough to describe his presence. He was decorated with numerous leather belts with metal buttons around both arms and even his neck.

I started to loosen the box but he gently pushed it back in my direction and back into my hands. He then directed it to my shopping cart. He looked at me, smiled, and said, “Merry Christmas. ”

My wife and I went to the checkout, paid for the bike and went home. All the way home I was thinking that this moment was by far the best Christmas gift I had ever received. The kindness of a human heart in a simple act of a stranger broke all preconceived notions I might have had. I will never forget it.

这篇文章讲述黑色星期五购物日当天作者和太太在百货商店购买一辆自行车的意外经历,学生看不懂第二段落黑体文字(As the number of the bike boxes began to gradually decrease, I saw my opportunity to wrap my hands around the corner of one of them. I lifted it and suddenly felt some mild resistance. )所表达的含义,特别是wrap my hands around the corner of one of them这部分,向老师请教。

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最佳答案 2022-10-18 18:25

wrap one's arms/legs/fingers around sth 就是抓住某物的意思。因为自行车是装在盒子里的,所以这里的意思是这些装有自行车的盒子中,我抓住了其中一盒的一角(一个盒子有四个角)。

黑色星期五是有很多促销活动的。首段提到了advertise,证明自行车正在促销。再加上要等口令(口哨),然后蜂拥而上,很可能是限量供应,谁抢到了算谁的。所以第二段大意是说,随着装有自行车盒子数量的减少(抢购),我终于等到机会。于是我瞅准机会,抓住(抢到)了其中一盒,没想到巨人强森一般的壮汉也在抢这一盒。哈哈

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