啃嚼语段

The old gentleman was not the only one who started shouting.

喊叫起来的人不止老先生一个。

The Dodger and Charley Bates, not wanting to attract attention to themselves by running down the street, had stopped round the first corner.

神偷和查理·贝茨为了不一直顺着马路跑下去而引起别人的注意,已停在了第一个拐角处。

When They realized what was happening, they also shouted" Stop thief! "and joined in the chase like good citizens.

当他们认识到发生了什么事时,也掺和在人群里,像好公民一样喊着：“抓贼！”并参加了追逐。

The cry of "Stop thief! "always causes great excitement.

“抓贼！”这喊声往往能引起极大的骚动。

Everybody in the street stopped what they were doing and began to shout themselves.

街上的每一个人都停下正在做的事,跟着喊。

Many joined in the chase with enthusiasm and soon there was a big crowd running after Oliver.

许多人以极大的热情加入了追逐的人群。很快就有一大帮人在追赶奥利弗。

语段精讲

1. The old gentleman was not the only one who started shouting.

语法点拨1：who started shouting是限定性定语从句修饰先行词one。先行词是不定代词，指代“喊抓贼的人”，在定语从句中充当主语，而且前面有the only修饰，那么关系代词只能用who，不能用that。

语法点拨2：start在这里是做及物动词用，后面接动词的话，要接动名词形式，start doing something，表示从不做事的情况下开始做一件事情。Start也可以做不及物动词用，后面跟动词不定式，即：start to do something，这个表示做着一件事情的，而停止下来开始做另外一件事情。

2. The Dodger and Charley Bates, not wanting to attract attention to themselves by running down the street, had stopped round the first corner.

语法点拨：not wanting to attract attention to themselves by running down the street是否定结构的现在分词短语做原因状语，可以改为原因状语从句：because they did not want to attract attention to themselves by running down the street。

这个现在分词中的介词短语by running down the street是做方式状语。

写作语库：attract attention to oneself：引起别人对自己的注意 run down：沿着......跑 round the corner：在拐角处

3. The cry of "Stop thief! "always causes great excitement.

写作语库：cause great excitement：引起极大的骚动

词汇精讲：excitement在这里是做不及物动词用，意思是“刺激，兴奋，激动”。例如：The news caused great excitement. 这消息令人极为兴奋。He is jumping about in excitement at the discovery. 他因这一发现而兴奋得手舞足蹈。

4. Many joined in the chase with enthusiasm and soon there was a big crowd running after Oliver.

写作语库：join in the chase：加入追逐（的队伍） with enthusiasm：热情地 a big crowd：一大群人，很多群众

加分短语：with enthusiasm：热情地 e.g He introduced his brother to me with enthusiasm. 他热心地把他弟弟介绍给我们。His speech fired the crowd with enthusiasm for the new plan. 他的演讲激起了大众对新计划的热情。

语法点拨：在there be句型中，主语后面跟有动词的话，要使用现在分词形式。这个句式是：there+系动词+主语+动词的现在分词。句中running after Oliver，是现在分词作主语的补足语。