1.语法讲解:
现在分词和过去分词作定语
现在分词和过去分词可以放在名词前面或者后面充当定语,起修饰限定作用。
1)现在分词作定语,与名词是主动关系:a shouting woman —个大喊大叫的女人;an exciting trip 一次令人激动的旅行;a passing boat 一艘路过的船
2)过去分词作定语,与名词是被动关系:a deserted house 一座废弃的房子;my lost pen我那支丢失的笔;a broken pipe 一个坏了的烟斗
3)现在分词和过去分词放在名词之后作定语相当于定语从句:
There is a dog called Dudu (= There is a dog that is called Dudu.)
有一只叫嘟嘟的狗。
Please look at the student sitting on the chair.
请看那个坐在椅子上的学生。
2. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did nottake him because the trip was too dangerous.
那个人想要飞往大西洋中的一个孤岛——罗卡尔岛,但是弗西特机长拒绝送他去,因为那段飞行太危险了。
知识点1:a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean 为Rockall的同位语。
知识点2:too dangerous 过于危险(贬义);very dangerous 非常危险(中性,指危险程度较大)
3. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places.
从此,弗西特机长已经送乘客到许多不寻常的地方。
知识点1:fly sb. to somewhere= send sb. by air/plane用飞机把乘客送到某个地方
所以原句还可以改为:Since then, Captain Fawcett has sent passengers to many usual places by air.
知识点2:since常用于现在完成时态。
4. Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service.
本·弗西特机长买了一辆不同寻常的出租汽车,开始了一项新的业务。
知识点:表达“与众不同的,不寻常的”的词汇:unusual, remarkable, uncommon, unwonted, differed。
5. Captain Fawcett’s first passenger was a doctor who flew from Bormingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains.
弗西特机长的第一名乘客是位医生,他从伯明翰飞往威尔士山区—个偏僻的村庄。
知识点1:此句中关系代词who引导定语从句修饰doctor。
知识点2:lonely虽然以-ly结尾,从构词规律来看像副词,但实际为形容词。类述有friendly友好的, jolly偷快的, chilly寒冷的,goodly优秀的
知识点3:mountain意为“山”;mountains意为“山脉,群山”。注意,表达“在群山之中”用介词in。