PETS-2語法講解 (243)

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He signaled to Tom to pull over.
    對(duì)話來源:考試大
    Carol: Dinah was really annoyed with her husband Tom last week.
    Jim: What was it this time?
    Carol: They were driving to the supermarket and he went through a set of traffic lights just
    as they were changing from amber to red.
    Jim: Naughty boy, but nothing unusual.
    Carol: Ah, but he didn't see the police patrol car not far behind.
    Jim: What did the policeman do?
    Carol: He signaled to Tom to pull over and when they were both parked, made Tom sit in his
    police car and gave him a lecture on traffic safety. And then he made him pay the maximum fine.
    Jim: No wonder Dinah was mad at him.
    卡洛:黛娜上星期對(duì)丈夫湯姆十分不滿。
    吉姆:這次是為了什么?
    卡洛:他們開車去超級(jí)市場。湯姆在交通燈由黃轉(zhuǎn)紅的時(shí)候,直闖過去。
    吉姆:真是壞孩子,但沒什么不尋常。
    卡洛:湯姆沒看到車后不遠(yuǎn)處有一輛警方巡邏車。
    吉姆:警察怎么處理?
    卡洛:他示意要湯姆把汽車開到一旁,待雙方停下來后,就叫湯姆上警車,在交通安
    全問題上,好好教訓(xùn)了他一頓,還要湯姆繳交額罰款。
    吉姆:那怪不得那黛娜會(huì)生湯姆的氣了。
    He signaled to Tom to pull over是‘他示意要湯姆把車開到一旁’。Signal是‘信號(hào)’。駕駛汽車,必須懂得一些通用的手勢(shì):Drivers must know certain hand signals。例如:(1) The driver made a signal with his arm for a right turn(司機(jī)做了個(gè)準(zhǔn)備右轉(zhuǎn)的手勢(shì))。(2) The policeman gave Tom a signal to pull over。Signal作動(dòng)詞,可以及物(transitive),也可以不及物(intransitive),即其后可直接受詞(object),也可不帶受詞。He signaled to Tom to pull over,是signal的不及物用法;He signaled Tom to pull over,則是及物用法。The driver signaled to show that he was turning right也是說‘司機(jī)做了個(gè)準(zhǔn)備右轉(zhuǎn)的手勢(shì)’。交通燈(traffic light)當(dāng)然也是一種信號(hào),所以a traffic light有時(shí)叫做a traffic signal。這兩個(gè)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式也可以,例如:The traffic light(s) had failed(交通燈壞了)。隨便一點(diǎn)的英文往往只說the lights,例如:The lights tell cars or walkers to go, get ready to stop, or stop(交通燈指示車輛或行人前行、準(zhǔn)備停下或停下來)。交通燈的三種顏色,英文叫g(shù)reen(綠色)、amber(琥珀黃色)、red(紅色),例如:(1) The lights have changed from green to amber(交通燈由綠色轉(zhuǎn)為黃色)。(2) The lights were (on) red(交通燈亮起紅燈)。不守法闖紅燈,叫做to jump a light/the lights。