Back in the Old Country 重返故里
I stopped to let the car cool off and to study themap. I had expected to be near my objective bynow, but everything still seemed alien to me. Iwas only five when my father had taken meabroad, and that we eighteen years ago.
1.I stopped to let the car cool off and to study the map.
我停下车,让汽车发动机冷却一下,同时查看一下地图。
语言点:句子结构分析: to let the car cool off and to study the map.作目的状语。
2.I had expected to be near my objective by now, but everything still seemed alien tome.
我本想离目的地已经不远,但周围一切对我仍很陌生。、
语言点:be alien to sb.的意思是“对某人来说是陌生的。”
3.I was only five when my father had taken me abroad, and that we eighteen yearsago.
我5岁那年,父亲就带我出了国,那是18年前的事了。
语言点:句子结构分析:when引导时间状语从句,交代作者5岁的时候发生了什么事情。