An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen 8heets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea atts the ship tilted and began to go down.
一场暴风雪把甲板变成了冰冻的地板,随着船倾斜并且开始下沉,成百上千个家庭的人从甲板上滑落海中。
六级词汇讲解:
本句的主干是An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets...。that引导定语从句,修饰sheets;as引导时间状语从句。
families指的是很多个家庭的家庭成员。deck意为甲板。tilt意为倾斜。如:
The table top suddenly tilted and all the plates and glasses crashed onto the floor.
桌面突然倾斜,所有的盘子和玻璃制品都掉到地板上打碎了。
六级考点归纳:
go down的字面意思为下去。本句中go down的主语是船,因而应该结合语境将其理解为下沉。此外,go down还有很多含义,包括:吞服。如:
The pill wont go down.
这药丸无法下咽。
接受。如:
This explanation wont go down with me.
我无法接受这一解释。
减弱。如:
We waited for the wind to go down.
我们等待风势减弱。
延续。如:
The story will not go down.
故事不会再延续下去了。
落。如:
Feeling guilty, he went down on his knees in front of his parents.
他心感愧疚,在父母面前跪了下来。
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