1. I can talk to him about things that I can't really talk about with my friends because he knows my life in a way that no one else does. (P14)

　　这个句子中 I can talk to him about things 是主句，that I can't really talk about with my friends 是定语从句，修饰things 。because he knows my life in a way that no one else does 是原因状语从句，在这个状语从句中又包含了一个定语从句that no one else does ，修饰先行词way。

　　way 作先行词时，其后的定语从句比较特殊，有以下三 种形式：

　　1) The way in which you answered the question was admirable. (正式英语)

　　2) That's the way we did it.(常用形式)

　　3) That's the way that we did it.

　　2. We usually giggled and whispered all night long, while the adults played cards and talked in the kitchen. (P15) 我们通常整夜地低声说笑，而大人们在厨房里玩牌交谈。

　　while 在这里是并列连词，表示两种情况的对比，常译成“而”。又如：

　　I like tea while she likes coffee.我喜欢茶而她喜欢咖啡。

　　3. Family is so important all through your life. Sometimes, though, it is easy to take your family for granted. (P15) 家庭在人的一生中是如此的重要。可有时人们容易把家庭看作理所当然。

　　在这个句子中，your 是泛指任何人，而不是特指你。如：

　　When you face the south, the east is at your left. 面朝南的时候，左边是东方。

　　*all through + n. : from the beginning to the end of + n. 如：

　　Here it is so cold all through the winter. 这个地方整个冬天都很冷。

　　*though 是副词，一般用于句末，常译为：可是；然而；不过。如：

　　I can't stay, I'll have a coffee, though. 尽管我不能留下来，但我可以喝杯咖啡。

　　*take...for granted 把……看作想当然或理所当然。如：

　　George took for granted all that his parents did for him. 乔治把他的父母为他所做的一切视为理所当然。

　　We take it for granted that knowledge advances rapidly. 我们对于知识快速增长毫不怀疑。

　　4. He walked away, his little heart broken. (P22) 他走开了，幼小的心灵受到了极大的伤害。

　　在这个句子中，broken 是过去分词，它与heart 之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，his little heart broken 不是一个句子，而是由过去分词broken加上它的逻辑主语his little heart 构成的一个结构，这个结构叫做独立主格结构，在句中作状语。

　　相当于： He walked away, while his little heart was broken.

　　再如： The question settled, they went back to their posts. (Because the question was settled, they went back to their posts.)问题解决了他们就各回自己的岗位上去了。

　　This done, he locked the door and went to bed. (After this was done, he locked the door and went to bed.) 做完这事他就锁门睡觉了。

　　5. I shouldn't have yelled at you that way. (P22) 我本不应该那样朝你大喊大叫。

　　shouldn't have done 表示本不应该做某事而实际上已经做了。如：

　　You shouldn't have got up so late. 你本不应该起这么晚。

　　They shouldn't have come. 他们本不应该来。

　　类似的结构还有：

　　should have done sth. 本该做某事(而实际上没做)

　　could have done sth. 本能做某事(而实际上没做)

　　couldn't have done sth. 本不能做某事(而实际上做了)

　　need have done sth. 本有必要做某事(而实际上没做)

　　needn't have done sth. 本没有必要做某事(而实际上做了)

　　(文/刘悦章 滕景华； 英语辅导报冀教高一版 04~05学年度第12期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)