新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第26課 急需大餅干筒 (4)

　　They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener. The response to this competition was tremendous. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.

　　10. They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.

　　他們愿意以每磅10美元的價錢買下由聽眾烘制的最大的餅干。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:baked by a listener是過去分詞短語，充當biscuit的后置定語。

　　語言點2:固定搭配:offer to pay…for…的意思是“愿意為…付…”。

　　11. The response to this competition was tremendous.

　　這次競賽在聽眾中引起極其熱烈的反響。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:to this competition是介詞短語，作后置定語，修飾response。

　　12. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.

　　不久，形狀各異，大小不一的餅干陸續(xù)送到工廠。

　　語言點:arrive at的本意是“到達”，因為“餅干”是不會自己到達的，所以在此引申為“被送到”。