晨读2 Using Language 素材这样理解积累 [原文呈现] THE TIME MACHINE(Adapted) It was at ten o'clock today that the first of all Time Machines began its career.【1】 I gave it a last check，and sat myself in the leather seat①. I pushed the starting lever② on the main panel③ forwards an inch then immediately backwards again. Looking around，I saw my laboratory exactly as before. Had anything happened I thought my mind had tricked me. Then I saw the clock. A moment before，it was a minute or so④ past ten; now it was nearly half past three! 【1】It was at ten o'clock today that...为强调句式，强调时间状语。 I drew a breath⑤，gripped the lever and pushed it forwards. The laboratory went hazy⑥ around me. My niece came in to fetch something，maybe her handkerchief，apparently without seeing me. It probably took her a minute, but to me she moved like a rocket！【2】 I pushed the lever further. Night came as if a lamp was being turned out⑦，and in another moment came the day. Tomorrow night came，then skipped⑧ to day，again and again，faster and faster still. 【2】It probably took her a minute...是It takes sb. some time to do sth.句式。 It is hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling. It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road⑨. As my pace grew faster，the walls of the laboratory fell away，and I was left in the open air⑩. 【3】The sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown across the sky，but soon there was division between night and day. 【4】 Around me I saw trees growing like puffs of smoke; they grew，spread，and died in moments. I saw huge buildings rise up ，then disappear like in a dream. 【5】The whole surface of the earth was being changed，melting and flowing before my eyes. I calculated that I was being pushed through time at hundreds of years a minute. 【3】句中as引导时间状语从句。 【4】句中as if引导表语从句。 【5】句中saw huge buildings rise up是“see＋宾语＋宾补”复合结构。 I had a strong urge to look at the random things that were being flashed before my eyes! 【6】 I had thought about the risk of stopping the Time Machine many times. So long as I travelled at maximum speed, it didn't matter. 【7】But if I stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else，we would be forced together and explode like a bomb! Like an impatient fool, I pulled the lever backwards hard. With a sudden jolt ，the Time Machine was flipped on its side，and I was thrown through the air. 【6】that were being flashed before my eyes是定语从句。 【7】句中so long as引导条件状语从句。 I was stunned for a moment，and then heard the sound of thunder. I was sitting in the rain in some mud next to the machine. “A fine welcome，” I said，“for a man who has travelled thousands of years to be here！” [词汇积累] ①sit sb./oneself in a seat 使……就座 ②lever['lev r] n．操纵杆；杠杆 ③panel ['p nl] n．控制板；仪表盘；专家咨询组 ④or so大约 ⑤draw a breath深吸一口气 ⑥go hazy变得模糊 ⑦turn out关掉；熄灭；在场 ... ...
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