A Skeleton in the Cupboard 櫥柜里的骷髏
We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years. The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation. The terrible secret is called "a skeleton in the cupboard". At some dramatic moment in the story, the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation is ruined. The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine, a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands. It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction. To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard. The only person I know who has a skeleton in the cupboard is George Carlton, and he is very proud of the fact. George studied medicine in his youth. Instead of becoming a doctor, however, he became a successful writer of detective stories. I once spent an uncomfortable weekend which I shall never forget at his house. George showed me to the guestroom which, he said, was rarely used. He told me to unpack my things and then come down to dinner. After I had stacked my shirts and underclothes in two empty drawers, I decided to hang one of the two suits I had brought with me in the cupboard. I opened the cupboard door and then stood in front of it petrified. A skeleton was dangling before my eyes. The sudden movement of the door make it sway slightly and it gave me the impression that it was about to leap out at me. Dropping my suit, I dashed downstairs to tell George. This was worse than‘a(chǎn) terrible secret; this was a real skeleton! But George was unsympathetic. ‘Oh, that,'he said with a smile as if he were talking about an old friend. ‘That's Sebastian. You forget that I was a medical student once upon a time.'
1.We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years.
在小說中，我們經(jīng)常讀到一個表面上受人尊重的人物或家庭，卻有著某種多年不為人所知的駭人聽聞的秘密。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:how引導(dǎo)賓語從句，說明read的內(nèi)容。從句中的which引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾secret,說明“是什么樣的秘密”。
2.The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation.
英語中有一個生動的說法來形容這種情況。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:to describe this sort of situation作賓語saying的補(bǔ)足語，補(bǔ)充說明“說法”的內(nèi)容。
3.The terrible secret is called "a skeleton in the cupboard".
驚人的秘密稱作 “柜中骷髏 ”。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析: a skeleton in the cupboard作主語secret的補(bǔ)足語。
We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years. The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation. The terrible secret is called "a skeleton in the cupboard". At some dramatic moment in the story, the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation is ruined. The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine, a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands. It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction. To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard. The only person I know who has a skeleton in the cupboard is George Carlton, and he is very proud of the fact. George studied medicine in his youth. Instead of becoming a doctor, however, he became a successful writer of detective stories. I once spent an uncomfortable weekend which I shall never forget at his house. George showed me to the guestroom which, he said, was rarely used. He told me to unpack my things and then come down to dinner. After I had stacked my shirts and underclothes in two empty drawers, I decided to hang one of the two suits I had brought with me in the cupboard. I opened the cupboard door and then stood in front of it petrified. A skeleton was dangling before my eyes. The sudden movement of the door make it sway slightly and it gave me the impression that it was about to leap out at me. Dropping my suit, I dashed downstairs to tell George. This was worse than‘a(chǎn) terrible secret; this was a real skeleton! But George was unsympathetic. ‘Oh, that,'he said with a smile as if he were talking about an old friend. ‘That's Sebastian. You forget that I was a medical student once upon a time.'
1.We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years.
在小說中，我們經(jīng)常讀到一個表面上受人尊重的人物或家庭，卻有著某種多年不為人所知的駭人聽聞的秘密。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:how引導(dǎo)賓語從句，說明read的內(nèi)容。從句中的which引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾secret,說明“是什么樣的秘密”。
2.The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation.
英語中有一個生動的說法來形容這種情況。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:to describe this sort of situation作賓語saying的補(bǔ)足語，補(bǔ)充說明“說法”的內(nèi)容。
3.The terrible secret is called "a skeleton in the cupboard".
驚人的秘密稱作 “柜中骷髏 ”。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析: a skeleton in the cupboard作主語secret的補(bǔ)足語。