新概念英語第二冊34課：破案“神速”難點解析

1. Dan wondered why he was wanted by the police.

wanted by the police是雙關語，故意給讀者造成錯覺，因為一般情況下，wanted by the police意為“被警方通緝”，但此文指“警察要他去”。如a wanted man“一名通緝犯”。

wonder表示“想知道，驚奇，對

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感到驚訝”，用途很廣，既可表示讚歎好事，也可表示對壞事感到吃驚。

Arriving in New York, she wondered at the tall building and crowded streets.

她剛到紐約時，對那裡的高樓大廈和擁擠的街道感到驚奇。

I wonder at her perennial youthfulness.

我讚歎她那青春常駐的模樣。

2.Dan was most surprised when he heard the news.

當聽到這訊息時，丹感到極其驚訝。

most用來修飾形容詞或副詞時，前面不加定冠詞，意思等於very, 表示“非常，極其”。

She was most affected by the news.

這訊息對她的震動很大。

I had a most appalling depression.

我經歷了一個極其驚駭的消沉期。

當所涉及的評判具有主觀性時，的使用十分普遍。

a most interesting choice 一個非常有趣的選擇

a most effective campaign一場十分有效的運動

3.He was amused too. 他也被逗樂了。

amuse vt.

1)使歡笑，逗

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笑，如

His story amuses me.

2)娛樂，消遣

She amused herself by reading detective stories.

她靠讀偵探小說來消遣。

be amused at/ by/ with

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以

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為樂，對

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覺得好笑（有趣）

amuse oneself with 以

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自娛

amuse, worry, surprise這類有關人的情感方面（如驚恐

、

興奮）的動詞通常只有兩種句型：“某人+be+過去分詞”和“某物+動詞+某人”。這些動詞有amuse, surprise, worry, please, satisfy, frighten, astonish, annoy, upset, dismay, terrify, infuriate, interest, delight, excite

We were all amused by/at her funny stories yesterday.

昨天我們大家被她的滑稽故事逗樂了。

His funny experience amused us all.

他的滑稽經歷把我們大家都逗樂了。

The news surprised him.

這訊息讓他吃了一驚。

He was surprised by/at the news.

他對這訊息感到吃驚。

The story excited him very much.

這個故事使他激動萬分。

He was very much excited by/at the story.

他對這個故事感到萬分激動。

a frightening dog, 一條令人可怕的狗

a frightened dog 一個被嚇破膽的女孩

The little girl was frightened by the tiger.

那個小女孩被那隻老虎嚇壞了。

2。

He never expected the bicycle to be found

= He never expected that they would find the bicycle.

他從沒期望找到腳踏車。

to be found是動詞不定式一般時的被動形式，作賓語補足語，對expect the bicycle進行補充說明情況。