英语故事语法Please Sew a Jacket on the Button请在纽扣上缝制夹克衫

Please Sew a Jacket on the Button

请在纽扣上缝制夹克衫

Mrs. Turner lives in a small town. Her husband died in a traffic accident1 and left her little money. She was hungry and lived in a cold room in winter. A shopkeeper had pity on her and told her to cook for him. He pays her some money and she doesn’t worry about food or2 clothes any longer3

The woman is often ready to4 help others. She does her best to give something to the poor persons. Sometimes she would rather be5 hungry; she gives her food to the poor. And she’s liked and everybody knows her.

One Sunday Mrs. Turner rested at home. A few men came to beg something. She hardly 6gave all to them and left only some food for supper. That is evening, while she was doing some sewing in the room, she heard somebody knocking at the door. She opened the door and saw an old man standing outside.

“Please have a pity on me, Mrs. Turner,”said the old man. “I’ve eaten nothing for days. Could7 you give me some food, please?”

“Oh, I’m sorry, sir,”said the woman. “I have neither8 money nor food now. I can do some sewing for you if you clothes are worn out9.”

“It’s very kind of you, madam,” the old man said happily. “I have a button here. Please sew a jac ket on it.”

［译文］

特纳夫人住在一个小镇上。她的丈夫死于一场车祸，没给她留多少钱。在冬天里，她饿着肚子住在一间冰冷的房间里。有一个店主可怜她，让她给自己当厨师。他付给她一些钱，这样她就再也不用为衣食担忧了。

特纳夫人很乐意帮助他人。她尽力给穷人一些物品。有时她宁愿饿着，把她的是食物分给穷人吃。大家都认识她，喜欢她。

一个星期天，特纳夫人在家休息。几个人老乞讨。她几乎把所有的食物都给了他们，只留一些作晚餐。那天夜晚，当特纳夫人在房间里做针线的时候，她听到有人在敲门。她打开房门，看到外面站着一位老人。

“可怜可怜我吧，特纳夫人，”老人说到。“我几天都没吃东西了，你可以给我一些食物吗？”“哦，很抱歉，先生，”特纳夫人说到。“现在我既没钱又没吃的东西，如果你的衣服坏了，我可以为你做些针线活儿。”

“夫人，你真好，”老人高兴地回答道，“我这儿有一粒纽扣，请帮我做一件夹克衫。”

［语法知识点］

1) traffic accident名词traffic修饰名词accident。名词作定语，往往表示“材料、用途或内容”。

例：We should save public spending.

动名词兼有名词和动词特征。可以接宾语和状语，构成动名词短语，动名词有主动语态与被动语态，并有进行时与完成时。

动名词也可作定语。表示“目的、用途”。

例：A swimming pool was built this summer.今年夏天修了一个游泳池。

The teacher brought some reading materials.老师给他带来一些阅读材料。

2) or并列连词。表示“选择”。连词用于连接词、短语、从句或句子。不能独立使用。

例：He may be late or miss the class. （连接动词）他要么迟到，要么缺课。

3) any longer 副词比较级在句中作状语。

any more用于短暂性动词any longer用于延续性动词

no longer=not any longer

no more=not any more

not…any longer和not…any more，但他们侧重的方面不同。前者侧重时间，后者侧重程度和数量。

例：He no longer lives here. = He doesn't live here any longer. 他不在这儿居住了。

一个时间以前他住在这儿，过了这个时间，他就离开了。

You can drink no more. = You can't drink any more. 你不能再喝了。

喝酒的量到了一定程度，不能再继续下去了。

4) is often ready to：动词不定式作形容词宾语。

例：She is glad to meet her friends.她很高兴遇到朋友。

5) would rather be/do：would rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”，后接动词原形,

常省略为’d rather，表示优先选择的一种方式。

其否定形式是would rather not do sth。

would rather没有人称和数的变化，所有的人称一律用would rather。

“would rather+动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句式，美国英语中多用had rather。would (had)在此决无“过去”之意，它是一个情态助动词，且无词性、时态变化。

例：Mr. Li would rather not listen to rock music. 李先生不愿意听摇滚音乐。

If you’d rather be alone, we’ll all leave here. 如果你宁愿独自呆着，那我们都离开这儿。

6) hardly 是"几乎不", hard 也可是副词,努力地,猛烈的

①hardly 是位于句首时,句子要用倒装.如:

例：Hardly did I believe what you said. 我几乎不相信你说的话.

Hardly did I arrive at the railway station when the train started.

我一到火车站,火车就开走了.

②句子中有hardly 时,其反意疑问句的疑问部分应该用肯定形式.

例：He can hardly understand it, can he? 他几乎听不懂,不是吗?

7) Could：表示能力或可能性。多用于指过去。用于现在，表示虚拟或委婉。

例：Could I help you? （比can委婉）

例：If the door were unlocked, the house could be robbed.

（表示与现在的事实相反）

If you had worked harder, you could have succeeded.

（表示与过去的事实相反）

8) neither...nor...表示"既不……也不……"。其含义是否定的，可连接任意两个并列的成份。

例：She likes neither butter nor cheese.（连接名词）她既不喜欢黄油也不喜欢乳酪。

She is neither clever nor hardworking. （连接形容词）她既不聪明，又不勤奋。

此句中neither...nor...连接两个宾语。

当neither...nor...连接两个主语时，也应遵循"就近原则"。例如：

例：Neither he nor she is at home today. （连接代词）今天他和她都不在家。

若将neither...nor...句型变为肯定句，只需把neither...nor...改为both...and...即可，同时谓语动词必须用复数形式。

9) 被动语态与系表结构的区别：

①形似一致，都包含过去分词。

②但是，被动语态中，过去分词表动作，可以与by连用，由副词much修饰，可用于各种

时态。系表结构中，过去分词表示状态，不与by连用，由副词very修饰，只用于一般现在时与一般过去时。