新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第55課(1)
Lesson 55:Not a gold mine 并非金礦
Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently. A new machine called 'The Revealer' has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground. The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where — it is said — pirates used to hide gold. The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground. Very excited, the party dug a hole two feel deep. They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. In spite of this, many people are confident that 'The Revealer' may reveal something of value fairly soon.
句子講解：
本文語法：復習現在分詞和過去分詞作定語的用法 (參考Lesson 29的語法分析。)
1. Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently.
最近，找到失蹤寶藏的夢想差一點兒變成現實。
語言點 句子的主體實際是Dreams came true.“夢想成真”。of finding...是介詞短語作dreams的后置定語。
2、A new machine called "The Revealer" has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground.
一種叫“探寶器”的新機器已經發(fā)明出來，人們用它來探測埋藏在地下的金子.
語言點 called..在此是過去分詞短語作后置定語(見Lesson 29)。
3、The machine was used in a cave near the seashore whereit is said一pirates used to hide gold.
在靠近海邊的一個據說過去海盜常在里面藏金子的巖洞里，這種機器被派上了用場。
語言點1 use—詞的靈活應用：
1) use作實義動詞，意為“使用' 相當于employ。
2) used to do表示“過去常常做，現在不再做了”，注意，此結構加動詞原形。
例：I used to swim every day when I was a child.孩提時代，我每天去游泳。 used to沒有人稱和數的變化，例：
She /1 / They used to do …
3) be used to doing = be accustomed to doing 習慣于做某事
這里的be是系動詞，used是形容詞，to是介詞，后接名詞或動名詞。
She is used to cooking eggs for dinner.她習慣了 以雞蛋當晚餐。
be used to doing = get / become / grow used to doing 習慣于
語言點2 it is said據說，據傳說;it is reported據報道
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