新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第36課 百萬分之一的幾率 (7)

　　Hans returned to his family home, butthe house had been bombed and no one in the neighbourhood knew what had becomeof the inhabitants. Assuming that his family had been killed during an air raid, Hanssettled down in a village fifty miles away where he had remained ever since.

　　19. Hans returned to his family home, but the house had been bombed and no one inthe neighbourhood knew what had become of the inhabitants.

　　漢斯重返故里，但他的家已被炸毀，左鄰右舍誰也不知原住戶的下落。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:but后面的分句說明漢斯返回家鄉(xiāng)后看到的情景。What引導賓語從句。

　　語言點2:family home的意思是“故里，老家”，相當于hometown。

　　語言點3:become of在此理解為“遭受的情況是…”。

　　20. Assuming that his family had been killed during an air raid, Hans settled down in avillage fifty miles away where he had remained ever since.

　　漢斯以為全家人都在空襲中遇難，于是便在距此50英里外的一座村子里定居下來，直至當日。

　　語言點1:fifty miles away作village的后置定語，說明村子有多遠。

　　語言點2:settle down的意思是“定居”(長期居住在某地而不隨意搬家)。