新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第31課 可愛的怪人 (6)

　　When Dickie was given the watch, he presented the assistant with the cloth bag. It contained 300 in pennies. He insisted on the assistant's counting the money before he left—30,000 pennies in all!

　　16.When Dickie was given the watch, he presented the assistant with the cloth bag.

　　店員為迪基拿出了那塊手表，迪基把布口袋遞給他。

　　語言點:was given不可譯為“被給”，而應翻譯為主動語態(tài)“為…拿”。

　　17.It contained 300 in pennies.

　　口袋里面裝著300鎊的便士。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:contain用于包括“可見實物”，而include用于包括“抽象事物”。In pennies作方式狀語，意思是“以便士的形式”。

　　18.He insisted on the assistant's counting the money before he left—30,000 pennies in all!

　　他堅持要店員點清那些硬幣后他才離去。這些硬幣加在一起共有 30,000枚!

　　語言點:句子結構分析;本句的主體結構為insist on doing sth.(堅持做某事)。Before引導時間狀語從句。In all常放在句尾，起強調作用，意思是“全部，總共”。