INSIGHT INTO SENTENCES (1)
【原句 1】
There are lots of worthwhile programmes like this under the umbrella of the UN that
have helped millions of people across the world. (P51)
【译文】在联合国的管理体系中还有很多此类的重要项目，它们已经为全世界数
以百万计的人提供了帮助。
【解读】
1. 划线处的 under the umbrella of 意为“在……的管理下”。如：
a. The team work under the umbrella of the National Research Unit.
b. Mr. Hughes’s agency is one of 980 community agencies under the umbrella of the
National Community Action Foundation in Washington, D.C.
2. under the umbrella of 还可意为“在……的保护下”。如：
a. What benefits are included under the umbrella of this policy?
b. Children are often sheltered under the umbrella of their parents before fitting into
society.
【联想】可用来表达“在……的保护（庇护）下”的短语还有：
1. under the protection of。如：
a. He asked to be put under the protection of the police.
b. Many British wild animals are now under the protection of the Wildlife and
Countryside Act.
2. under the shelter of。如：
a. They were standing under the shelter of a huge tree.
b. The president addressed the crowd under the shelter of an umbrella.
【小试牛刀】英译汉。
1. Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of a single
authority.
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2. The world powers have chosen to act under the moral umbrella of the United
Nations.
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3. Police operated under the umbrella of the security forces.
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4. Many of the rare birds in that country are under the protection of the wildlife
protection organization.
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5. In spite of the pouring rain, a plant flowers under the shelter of a greenhouse.
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【原句 2】
These carpets are decorated with beautiful traditional patterns and can fetch a high
price on the international market. (P53)
【译文】这些地毯上有好看的传统图案来作装饰，在国际市场上可以售得高价。
【解读】
fetch 为及物动词，可意为：
1. 接来，取来。如：
a. Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school?
b. The chair is in the garden; please fetch it in.
2. 售得，卖得（某价）（如划线部分所示）。再如：
a. The paintings fetched over a million dollars.
b. Those old books won’t fetch (you) much.
3. 给（某人）（一击）。如：
a. Julia fetched Roy a slap on the cheek.
b. I fetched him a smart blow on the ear!
【拓展】
与 fetch 相关的常用短语有：
1. fetch up 偶然来到，意外到达。如：
a. Where on earth have we fetched up now?
b. And then, a few years after leaving college, he somehow fetched up in Rome.
2. fetch and carry (for sb.) 供（某人）差遣，（为某人）打杂。如：
a. I helped out in the tents fetching and carrying.
b. He expects his daughter to fetch and carry for him all day.
【小试牛刀】汉译英。
1. 要我去隔壁房间把你的大衣拿来吗?
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2. 房子没有卖到她期望的那个价钱。
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3. 她狠狠地给了他一记耳光。
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4. 我得去车站接我妈妈。
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5. 她每天大多数时候都在为经理跑腿。
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6. 我在火车上睡着了，竟坐到了西藏。
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参考答案
【原句 1】
1. 许多之前分散的集团现在正在某权威机构的统一管理下运作。
2. 世界大国已选择在联合国的道义框架下行事。
3. 警方在保安部队的掩护下采取了行动。
4. 那个国家的许多珍稀鸟类受到了野生动物保护组织的保护。
5. 尽管大雨滂沱，在温室的庇护下一株植物开花了。
【原句 2】
1. Should I fetch you your coat / fetch your coat for you from the next room?
2. The house didn’t fetch as much as she was hoping it would.
3. She fetched him a terrific slap in the face.
4. I have to fetch my mother from the station.
5. Most of her day was spent fetching and carrying for her manager.
6. I fell asleep on the train and fetched up in Tibet.
INSIGHT INTO SENTENCES (2)
【原句 1】Have not had time to write my diary for a whole week. (P62)
【译文】已经整整一周没有时间写日记了。
【解读】
画线部分为 not have time to do sth.结构，表示“没有时间做某事”，相当于 have no
time to do sth.。如：
I haven’t had time to go to the shops today. = I have had no time to go to the shops
today.
【联想】
1. have no time for sth. / sb.表示“没有时间做某事；不喜欢/讨厌某人”。如：
I have no time for outdoor sports.
I have no time for lazy people.
2. find / make time to do sth.表示“腾出时间做某事，抽空做某事”。如：
You should find / make time to talk to your children.
I don’t know how you find / make time to do all the things you do.
3. have (no) time to spare 表示“（没）有余暇，（不）忙碌”。如：
Anyone who has time to spare and would like to help can contact Moira.
We have no time to spare if we want to get the article written by tomorrow.
【小试牛刀】用以上所学的含 time 的短语翻译下列句子。
1. 下周我会试着抽出时间来处理这个问题。
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2. 他不喜欢喋喋不休的人。
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3. 我有很多工作要做，没时间看电视。
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4. 每当我有空闲的时候，我就会读书。
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【原句 2】The situation is very different here, as are the problems. (P62)
【译文】这里的情形很不一样，存在的问题也不同。
【解读】
句中的 as 作连词，引导比较状语从句，表示“正如，就像”。表示比较的 as 从
句一般采用正常语序，但在正式语体里，尤其是在主语较长时，as 从句有时可采
用倒装语序。如：
Our eating habits have changed, as has our way of life.
He thought, as did all his friends, that the film was boring.
【拓展】
1. 当 as 引导比较状语从句时，通常用于 as / so ... as 结构。如：
The girl was as brilliant as she was beautiful.
She didn’t sing so well that night as she usually does.
Things didn’t go as / so smoothly as we had expected.
2. 在带有 as / so ... as 结构的句子中，通常主句主语和 as 从句的主语不同，而比
较项目相同，此时 as 从句通常用不完全句；也可能主语相同，而比较项目不
同，或者两个主语和两个比较项目都不同，即两个不同的人或物就不同的方面
进行比较，此时必须用完全句。如：
John behaves as politely as Bob (does).
Danny is not so wise as he is witty.
The swimming pool isn’t twice as wide as that one is long.
【小试牛刀】用 as 从句或 as / so ... as 结构翻译下列句子。
1. 他干得像熟练工人一样快。
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2. 这个纸箱的宽度和长度相等。
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3. 他的眼睛不像在电影里看起来那么蓝。
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4. 凯特很少见到她父亲像现在这样为她的进步感到高兴。
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5. 我像很多住在市区的人一样每天乘公共汽车去上班。
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参考答案
【原句 1】
1. I’ll try and find / make time to deal with the problem next week.
2. He has no time for people who talk too much.
3. With so much work to do, I don’t have / have no time to watch TV.
4. I read whenever I have time to spare.
【原句 2】
1. He worked as fast as a skilled worker (did).
2. The cardboard box is as wide as it is long.
3. His eyes aren’t so / as blue as they look in the film.
4. Kate has seldom seen her father so pleased with her progress as he is now.
5. I go to work by bus every day, as do many people who live downtown.
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