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# 75 · 呼救信号

### 第1段

When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.

中文理解：不久前，一架轻型客机偏离航线，坠毁在山里，飞行员遇难。机上仅有的一位年轻母亲和两个年幼的女儿却都安然无恙。 当时正值隆冬，地上积着厚雪。母亲知道，最近的村庄也在好几英里之外。 天黑时，她把一个行李箱当成小床，把孩子们放进去，再用找得到的所有衣服盖住她们。 夜里冷得可怕。她尽量贴近孩子，甚至想把自己也塞进箱子，可箱子太小了。 第二天清早，她听见飞机从头顶飞过，正想着怎么发出信号，忽然有了主意。她在雪地上踩出了“SOS”三个大字母。 幸运的是，一位飞行员看见了信号，用无线电通知最近的城镇。没过多久，一架直升机就赶到现场，救出了这些坠机幸存者。

* **off course**：偏离航线；course指路线；别与of course当然混淆。

* **miles away**：在数英里外；很远；away接在距离之后，说明相隔多远。

* **grew dark**：天色暗下来；grow作系动词表示逐渐变得，过去式grew。

* **send a signal**：发出信号；signal 是发出的信号，可按情境补充接收者或用途。

* **by radio**：通过无线电；by引出通信方式，radio前不加冠词。

* **on the scene**：在现场；到达现场；scene在此是事件现场，不是舞台布景。

#### When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed.

并列复合句，and 连接两个句子，首句为复合句，主句为主谓结构，when 从句 flew off course 表示“偏离航线”，off course 是说明飞行方向的表达，course 不是 flew 的直接宾语。 后句为主谓结构.

#### The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt.

简单句，主系表结构，这里unhurt 是形容词，所以作表语，而不是像上一句was killed 一起做谓语.

#### Snow lay thick on the ground.

简单句，主系表结构，这里lay 是系动词，后面的形容词thick 作表语.

#### The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away.

复合句，主谓 + 宾语从句，该宾语从句为主系表结构.

#### When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find.

并列复合句，主句为and 连接两个谓语的并列句，均为主谓宾结构，前句有when 引导的时间状语从句，该从句为主系表结构. 最后是现在分词短语作状语，只不过这个状语之中包括了一个she could find 的定语从句修饰clothes，这个从句属于成分之中的，此处额外予以划分.

#### The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small.

并列复合句，整个句子第一层为but 连接的两个句子. 第二层则是but 前面的句子，分为and 连接两个谓语的并列句，第一句为主系表结构，这里面有一个as 引导的状语从句，主谓结构；而第二句则是省略了主语的句子，tried 作谓语，动词不定式短语作宾语.

最后是but 后面的句子，主系表结构.

#### Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal.

并列复合句，and 连接两个句子，前句为主谓宾 + 宾补；后句为省略了主语的谓语 + 宾语从句结构，宾语从句为主谓宾结构.

#### She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow.

简单句，主谓宾结构，这里stamp 作动词，和out 一起构成动词词组，要多查字典.

#### Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town.

并列句，均为主谓宾结构.

#### It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.

复合句，主句主系表结构，后面是before 引导的时间状语从句，to rescue 动词不定式短语为目的状语，并非从句，该状语比较长，为了便于大家的理解，我们额外多划分了一个定语，用来修饰the survivors，供参考.

## 学完这一课

先沿这条线复述《呼救信号》：母女在坠机中幸存 → 严冬里远离村庄 → 用行李箱保护孩子 → 紧靠孩子熬过寒夜 → 在雪地踩出求救信号 → 信号终于带来救援。再借一个结构讲自己的事：只保留本课两个关键动作，用一个时间词把它们接起来。

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