PETS二级考试语法复习精讲(97)
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Let's go for a spin .
Clyde: I'm feeling energetic today. Let's go for a spin.
Al: OK. I need some exercise.
Clyde: Where shall we go?
Al: Let's go round the lake, over the hill and come back through the wood.
Clyde: Fine, that's about 15 kilometers, enough for one day.
Al: Don't forget your puncture outfit and crash helmet.
克莱德:我今天感到精力充沛,我们乘车去兜兜风好吗?
艾尔:好,我也需要做些运动。
克莱德:去哪里呢?
艾尔:我们绕过湖,再上山,然后经树林回来。
克莱德:好,那大约是十五公里路程,差不多需要一天的时间。
艾尔:别忘了带爆胎装备和护头盔。
今天先说spin一字。spin作动词,可解作'旋转',过去式和完成式是spun,例如:The ballet dancer spun gracefully on her toes(那芭蕾舞者以脚趾站立,优美的转身)。车轮是旋转的,所以车辆疾驶也叫spin,例如:A car spun past(一辆汽车疾驰而过)。作名词,spin可以指乘摩托车、汽车等兜风取乐,常用于go for a spin一语,例如:Let's go for a spin around town in my car/on my motorbike(我们去城里四处兜兜风吧,可以坐我的汽车/摩托车)。此外,你还可以说take(a vehicle) for a spin,例如:I am taking my car/motorbike for a spin(我要开车/骑摩托车去兜兜风)。开车兜风,也可以叫go for a drive,不过,drive一字,不专指兜风,也可指一般驾驶,例如:The drive to the supermarket took about fifteen minutes(开车去超级市场,要十五分钟左右)。这一句的drive不宜用spin取代。Go for a ride也是坐车兜风,但开车的是别人,例如:Would you like to go for a ride in my car?(我开车和你兜兜风去,好不好?)。艾尔叫克莱德别忘了带爆胎装备:Don't forget your puncture outfit.Outfit除了指一套工具,还可指一套服装,例如a camping outfit是'露营用品',an interview outfit却是'面试时穿的衣服'.[NextPage] Go at a steady pace.
James: Where are you going on the weekend?
Harry: I'm going hiking with some classmates.
James: Hiking? Isn't that rather strenuous?
Harry: Not if you go at a steady pace and take the occasional break.
James: Oh, that doesn't sound too bad.
Harry: Why don't you join us? You'll have a great time.
詹姆斯:你周末会去哪里?
哈利:我会和同学一起去徒步旅行。
詹姆斯:徒步旅行?那不是很辛苦吗?
哈利:只要步伐速度平均,中途休息一下,就不辛苦。
詹姆斯:啊,那听起来还不太坏。
哈利:你也和我们一起去吧,你一定会喜欢的。
哈利说,远足只要步速平均,就不辛苦:Hiking isn't strenuous if you go at a steady pace.Pace本义是'一步的距离',The target was about a hundred paces from where the archers stood即'箭靶距离弓箭手约一百步'.这pace往往引伸解作'步速'或'速度',例如:We were working at a painfully slow pace(我们工作的速度慢得厉害)。
以pace为言的三个常用语不可不识:一是keep pace with,即'赶得上';一是set the pace,即'定出步速',比喻'做榜样'或'带头';一是at a snail's pace,即'以蜗牛的速度'或'慢吞吞',例如:(1) Pay rises never seem to be able to keep pace with inflation(薪水上升的速度,似乎永远赶不上通货膨胀)。(2) He worked very hard, and his sales performance was so good that he set the pace for the other salesmen(他努力工作,销售表现理想,成为其它售货员的模范)。(3) Because of lane closures, the traffic was moving at a snail's pace(由于有些车道封闭,路上车辆像蜗牛一样爬行)。Pace作动词,则是指'来回踱步',例如:He anxiously paced the room waiting for the doctor to arrive(他焦虑的在房间里来回踱步,等候医生到来)。哈利邀詹姆斯同行:Why don't you join us?这Why don't you……?句式常用来提出建议,和why not……?相同。哈利大可以说:Why not join us?