Day 19

英文重现

I believe that the reporter who interviewed me expected tales of tombs,gold,and glory.I told her about heat,disease,and insect bites.I described the time that my jeep broke an axle 50 miles from anywhere,the time that the local municipality stole half my workers to work on a local road.“Picture postcards never show the bugs,”I told her.“Stinging ants,wasps,fleas,roaches the size of your hand.Postcards never show the heat.”

——SAT 2009年5月题，Section 5

解析

1.第一个句子中，“believe”后面为“that”引导的宾语从句，从句中又嵌套了一个由“who”引导的定语从句来修饰主语“the reporter”，所以宾语从句的谓语是“expected”。

2.第三个句子，有两个并列的同位语从句“that my jeep broke an axle 50 miles from anywhere”和“that the local municipality stole half my workers to work on a local road”，进一步修饰说明“described”的宾语“the time”；“Stinging ants,wasps,fleas,roaches the size of your hand”是“bugs”的同位语。

词意辨析

参考翻译

我相信采访我的记者期待的一定是关于墓穴、黄金以及过往荣耀的故事，而我告诉她的却是炎热、疾病和蚊虫叮咬。我向她讲述我的吉普车在方圆50英里渺无人烟的地方车轴坏掉的经历以及地方市政府偷用我一半的工人去修建当地公路的经历。“明信片上永远展示不出虫子，”我告诉她，“（比如）叮人的蚂蚁、黄蜂、跳蚤以及（那些）手掌般大小的蟑螂。明信片里永远展示不出酷热。”

实战演练

My hands tell more of my history than my face.They are tanned and wrinkled and I can trace the paths of veins along their backs.The nails are short and hard,like the claws of some digging animal.

I believe that the reporter who interviewed me expected tales of tombs,gold,and glory.I told her about heat,disease,and insect bites.I described the time that my jeep broke an axle 50 miles from anywhere,the time that the local municipality stole half my workers to work on a local road.“Picture postcards never show the bugs,”I told her.“Stinging ants,wasps,fleas,roaches the size of your hand.Postcards never show the heat.”

The narrator mentions all of the following as problems encountered at archaeological digs EXCEPT____.

(A)noxious insects

(B)incompetent workers

(C)government interference

(D)mechanical breakdowns

(E)uncomfortable weather

答案：B

答案解析

这是一道except类型的题，主要就是将选项中的信息和文中信息一一对应。选项A“有害的昆虫”对应文中的“Stinging ants,wasps,fleas,roaches”；选项C“政府干预”对应文中“the time that the local municipality stole…a local road”；选项D“机械故障”对应文中“the time that my jeep…from anywhere”；选项E“不舒适的天气”对应文中的“Postcards never show the heat”；因此只有选项B“不称职的员工”未提及。