新概念英语第二册逐句精讲语言点第45课(1)

新概念英语第二册逐句精讲语言点第45课(1)

45课 A clear conscience

The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post office. Sam was sure

that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him. Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost, together with a note which said： 'A thief, yes, but only 50 percent a thief!' Two months later, some

more money was sent to Sam with another note： 'Only

25percent a thief now!' In time, all Sam's money was paid

back in this way. The last note said： 'I am 100percent

honest now!'

语法归纳：被动语态

一句话总结：请参考Lesson 10和Lesson 21的语法分析及总结。

精讲笔记：

1. The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost.

整个村子很快知道，有一大笔钱丢失了。

语言点1 the whole village指“全村的人”，后常接动词单数。常

用表达还有：

the whole world全世界

the whole country全国

the whole society全社会

the whole class全班

语言点2 had been lost是过去完成时的被动语态。

2. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post office.

当地的屠夫萨姆·本在把存款送往邮局的途中把钱包弄去了。

语言点1 the local butcher 为 Sam Benton 的同位语。

语言点2 while taking是一个省略形式(时间状语从句变成分词作状语)

这种情况必须具备两个条件：

这个动作的主语跟主句的主语一致；

这个动作一定是正在实行。

原句完整的形式应该是：Sam Benton, the local butcher, had

lost his wallet while he was taking his savings to the post office.

3. Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one

of the villagers, but it was not returned to him.

萨姆确信那钱一定是被某个村民捡到了，不过却不见有人来送还给他。

语言点 must have done表示对过去发生事情的肯定推测；must have been done则是对过去肯定推测的被动语态。