1. "Your aster will be here in less than an hour and we must be at the station to meet her. We are late already."
“你姐姐还有不到一个小时就要到这儿看我们了,我们得去车站接她,我们已经来不及了。”
2. After I had given her some money, she looked into a crystal ball and said: A relation of yours is coming to see you.
我给了她一些钱后,她就看着一个水晶球说道:“你的一个亲戚要来看你了。”
真题检验:when的用法
I had just started back for the house to change my clothes ( ) I heard voices.
A. as B. when C. after D. while
答案:选B
分析:本题考査状语从句的用法。句子前半部分为过去完成时,后半部分用一般过去 时。前半部分的动作发生在后半部分的动作之前,选项A、C、D与句意不符; when在此意为“这时”。
翻译:我刚动身回家去换衣服,这时听见有人说话。
3. As soon as I went outside, I forgot all about Madam Bellinsky because my wife hurried towards me.
我一走出帐篷,就把别林斯基夫人给我算卦的事忘得一千二净了,因为我的妻子正匆匆向我跑来。