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# 07 · 太晚了

### 第1段

The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!

中文理解：飞机晚点了，侦探们整个上午都在机场等候。他们等的是一包从南非运来的贵重钻石。 几个小时前，有人告诉警方，窃贼会设法偷走这批钻石。 飞机到达时，一部分侦探守在候机大楼里，另一部分守在停机坪上。 两个人把包裹从飞机上取下来，送进海关。两名侦探在门口警戒，另外两人打开了包裹。 让他们大吃一惊的是，这个珍贵的包裹里竟然装满了石头和沙子！

* **waiting at the airport**：在机场等候；at说等候地点；等谁或什么则用for。

* **A few hours earlier**：几小时前；相对故事中的过去时刻，比ago更适合过去叙事。

* **try to steal**：企图偷走；表示尝试做某事，不保证成功；别与try doing试试看混淆。

* **keeping guard**：正在警戒；守卫；指承担警戒、看守职责，和维持人群秩序的 keep order 不同。

* **To their surprise**：令他们意外的是；表达人的反应，不是说明行动目的。

* **full of**：装满；充满；可以说容器装满，也可以说充满感受；full 是形容词。

#### The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning.

并列句，以and 分为前后两句，第一句为主系表结构，第二句为主谓结构.

\[关键句型] 本课学习过去进行时，后句的谓语were waiting 就是过去进行时.

#### They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa.

简单句，主谓宾结构，也是用的过去进行时. 句末from South Africa 作定语，修饰 parcel，表示这是一个来自南非的包裹. 南非是非洲南部的一个国家，并非泛指非洲南部，如果想表达非洲南部，则可用(southern) Africa，southern 作定语修饰非洲.

#### A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds.

复合句，本句是全书第一个复合句，所谓复合句，是从句子结构的角度来对句子进行分类，可以分为简单句、并列句、复合句和并列的复合句四类. 复合句指除了主句之外，还有从句，融合在一整句中. 大家学到《新概念英语4》时，会遇到大量复合句.

本句中，主句是 tell sb. sth. 的双宾语结构：the police 是间接宾语，that thieves would try to steal the diamonds 是直接宾语从句，说明告知的内容。即 someone had told the police + that…一般来说，that 引导的宾语从句that 不作任何成分，只是作为引导词，口语中可以省略.

\[语法符号讲解] 在引导词that 处画横线，但没有画满，仅画了“th”两个字母，代表宾语从句从此开始，在宾语从句末尾词the diamonds.处，在“nds.”下画横线，横线包括句末点句号，表示该横线是宾语从句，而非仅仅是宾语. 该从句中thieves 主语，照常画双横线；谓语would try，波浪线；动词不定式短语作宾语，“to steal the dia”下画横线，代表宾语. 这样diamonds 一词的宾语横线中间空了几个字母没有画线，可以有效区分宾语符号和宾语从句符号.

#### When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield.

复合句，句首为when 引导的时间状语从句，为主谓结构. 主句detectives were waiting 为主谓结构，用了过去进行时. 后面的 while 表示两组侦探的情况对照，可理解为“而”；前面的 when 从句交代共同的时间背景。while 后也是主谓结构，用过去进行时。

\[语法符号讲解] when…arrived 为时间状语从句，故中括号“\[]”的“]”打在逗号右边“,]”，代表该中括号不是状语符号，而是状语从句符号. 同样的，while…airfield 也是如此，一个“]”打在点句号左边，代表地点状语，即“airfield].”，另一个“]” 打在点句号右边，代表状语从句的结尾，即“airfield.]”.

#### Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House.

并列句，两句都是主谓宾结构，其中后句省略了主语.

#### While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel.

复合句，while 引导的时间状语从句，为主谓结构，仍然是用了过去进行时. 主句则为主谓宾结构.

#### To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!

简单句，主系表结构. 这里的to their surprise 只是插入语，属于独立成分，而非从句，故本句是简单句，并没有从句得以复合成句.

## 学完这一课

先沿这条线复述《太晚了》：等候贵重包裹 → 事先收到线报 → 分头守候 → 押送并开箱 → 结果出乎意料。再借一个结构讲自己的事：选出文中的两个动作，哪个先发生？再用自己的经历写一对。

[Nce · 本册复习台](/new-concept/book-2/review) · [三册选择地图](/new-concept/)

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