小编絮语：

每日床头啃一段语篇，您的生活质量更加高。

啃嚼语段：

"Don't worry, my beauty," laughed Alec．

“别着急,我的美人儿,”亚历克笑着说,

"I thought you would enjoy a longer ride on such a lovely night．

“我以为你会喜欢在这样美丽的夜晚多骑一会儿的。

But I can't let you go．The fog is so bad now that you couldn't possibly find your way．

但我不能让你走。现在雾这么大,你是根本找不着路的。

I'll leave you here and go to find out where we are．

我把你放在这儿等着,我去看看我们现在到了哪儿。

When I come back, I'll tell you, and you can come with me on horseback or go alone on foot—just as you like．"

我回来以后就告诉你。那时,你可以跟我骑马回去,也可以一个人走回去——随你的便。”

She agreed to this．"Shall I hold the horse？"she asked．

这么一说她便同意了。“我需要牵着马吗？”她问。

"No, he'll stay quiet," answered Alec．

“不,它会乖乖地待着的,”亚历克回答道,

"By the way, your father has a new horse today．And the children have some new toys．"

“顺便告诉你,你父亲今天有匹新马了,孩子们也得到了一些新玩具。”

"Was it…was it you who gave them？Oh, how good of you！" murmured

“是……是你送给他们的吗？哦,真得谢谢你的一片好心！”

Tess with a heavy heart．"I almost wish you hadn't！"

苔丝心情沉重地嘀咕着,“我真有点儿希望你没这么做！”

语段精讲：

第一、短语学习

1. find one’s way：找到路

讲解：用于表示到某处不知道往哪儿走，经过询问或者是自己找而找到往哪个地方去的路改怎么走。

范例：Excuse me, sir. I'm trying to find my way to the zoo.

打扰一下，先生。请问去动物园怎么走？

Your son helped me find my way around the fair.

你的儿子帮我在博览会附近找到路。

2. find out：弄清楚，查明

范例：That man used artful means to find out secrets.

那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。

It's important to find out what he is doing.

弄清他在干什么是重要的。

3. on horseback：骑着马，骑在马背上

讲解：on是介词，在这里表示方式，意思是“借助......为工具”。

范例：The crowds were dispersed by policemen on horseback.

人群被骑着马的警察所驱散。

Few people travel on horseback now.

现在很少人骑马出门了。

4. on foot：步行

讲解：介词on在这里表示方式。

范例：I missed the regular bus, so I had to go to work on foot.

早上没赶上班车, 没奈何只好步行去上班。

He goes to school not by bus, but on foot.

他去上学不是乘公共汽车，而是走路去的。

5. as you like：随你的便，随你的意愿

范例：Do as you like, it's all one to me.

随便你怎么做，对我都是一样。

You can do exactly as you like.

你爱怎么做就怎么做。

6. by the way：顺便，附带地说说

范例：By the way, do you have any idea where the post office is?

顺便问一下，你知道邮局在哪儿吗?

By the way, tell your wife she throws a successful party.

还有，请告诉你夫人，她办了一个很成功的宴会。

7. a long ride：（坐车，骑马）远途

范例：We had a long ride in the car.

我们乘汽车走了一段长旅程。

Is it a long ride to the railway station?

去火车站要坐很久的汽车吗？

8. on a night：在一个晚上

范例：Of course they had good reason to be fussy on such a night.

当然罗，这样一个晚上，她们大惊小怪是有充分理由的。

On a stormy night, people stay at home.

在暴风雨的夜晚，人们都呆在家里。

9. with a heavy heart：心情沉重地，心事重重地

范例：With a heavy heart he turned toward home.

他带着沉重的心情走回家去。

He returned home with a heavy heart after his father's funeral.

参加他父亲的葬礼之后，他心情沉重地回家了。

第三、语法点拨

1. The fog is so bad now that you couldn't possibly find your way．

要点解析：这个句子中注意so......that...的用法。So后面接形容词或副词，that引导结果状语从句。

2. “No, he'll stay quiet," answered Alec．

要点解析：stay在这里是做系动词用，所以后面跟的是形容词quite。Stay在这里的意思是“保持某种状态”。

3. Was it…was it you who gave them？

要点解析：这个句子使用了倒装结构。这个倒装句式是：it+系动词+要强调的部分+who+其它成分。这个句子中强调的是主语you。

4. I almost wish you hadn't！

要点解析：这个句子使用了虚拟语气。很有wish这个词的复合句中，wish后面跟宾语从句，要使用虚拟语气。这里是对已经完成了的事情，已经过去的了事情的虚拟，所以这里只用过去完成时态。