新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)第83課(1)

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Lesson 83 After the elections 大選之后
    The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections. He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad. My friend, Patrick, has always been a fanatical opponent of Mr. Lane's Radical Progressive Party. After the elections, Patrick went to the former Prime Minister's house. When he asked if Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad. On the following day, Patrick went to the house again. The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance, when Patrick asked the same question. Though a little suspicious this time, the policeman gave him the same answer. The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question. This time, the policeman lost his temper. "I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday," he shouted, "Mr. Lane was defeated in the elections. He has retired from political life and gone to live abroad!"
    "I know," answered Patrick, "but I love to hear you say it!"
    句子講解:
    1、The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections.
    前首相,溫特沃茲o萊恩先生,在最近的大選中被擊敗。
    語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) sb. be defeated in the election某人在選舉中失敗了
    2、He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad.
    他現(xiàn)在退出了政界,到國(guó)外去了。
    語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) retire from political life 退出政界
    3、My friend, Patrick, has always been a fanatical opponent of Mr. Lane's Radical Progressive Party.
    我的朋友,帕特里克,一直是萊恩先生的激進(jìn)黨的強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)者。
    語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) Radical Progressive Party 激進(jìn)黨;Conservative Party 保守黨
    4、After the elections, Patrick went to the former Prime Minister's house.
    在大選過后,帕特里克來(lái)到了前首相的住處。