1.There, making her way down through the small uneven pathway of ice, was an old woman with a cane.
【参考译文】那里,一位老妇人拄着一支拐杖,走在狭窄、不平的冰路上。
【结构讲解】句子的主干是"There...was an old woman...",“making her... of ice”修饰“an old woman ”。
2.To the drivers in the long line of cars that was backing up in the street, we were insufferable obstructions.
【参考译文】后面的街道上排起长长的汽车队,对于这些司机们来说,我们就是难以忍受的妨碍物。
【结构讲解】“ in the long line of cars ”修饰“the drivers”,“was backing up in the street”修饰“ cars ”。
3.Cars honked at the further slowing of pace that had been caused by our brief conversation.
【参考译文】由于我们的简短对话,汽车队行进得更缓慢了,它们鸣起了喇叭。
【结构讲解】句子的主干是“Cars honked”。“at the further slowing of pace”作状语,修饰“honked”,“ had been caused by our brief conversation”做定语,修饰“pace”。