我花了一段时间才逐渐适应了所有新的规章制度。
2.Millions of people watched that first moon landing on television, their hearts in their mouths, aware of how difficult and dangerous an adventure it was, and what risks had to be taken. (P58)
数以百万计的人们在电视上观看了首次登月,他们的心提到了嗓子眼儿,因为他们十分清楚它是多么艰难、多么危险,也知道要冒多么大的风险。
★their hearts in their mouths为独立主格结构,在句中作伴随状语。独立主格结构在形式上不是一个完整的句子,但在语意上相当于一个句子。
①The hunter entered the forest, gun in hand.
那位猎人手里提着枪走进了森林。
②Weather permitting (permit), we will go for an outing tomorrow.
天气允许的话,我们明天去郊游。
③The experiment done (do), the students went on to take notes in the experiment report.
实验做完了,同学们继续在实验报告上做笔记。
3.But this was going to be a special flight and so millions of people tuned in to witness the takeoff on TV.(P58)
但是这次却将是一次特殊的飞行,因此数百万人打开了电视来一睹这次起飞。
★witness v.目击:亲眼看见;亲身经历n.目击者,见证人,证人
①Several residents claim to have witnessed the attack.
几位居民声称目击了这次袭击事件。
②The witness was telling about the whole accident.
目击者正在讲述整个事故的过程。
(1)witness to sth./doing sth. 为(做)某事作证
(2)be (a) witness to 目睹,能证明
bear/give witness to 为......作证 ③He witnessed_to_having_seen the man enter the building.
他作证看到那个男人进入这栋建筑。
④His good health is witness to the success of the treatment.
他健康的身体证明这种疗法是成功的。
[名师点津] 除了可以用人作主语外,witness还可以用时间或地点作主语,意思为"是......发生的时间或地点;见证",有此用法的动词还有see。
⑤The last half of the nineteenth century witnessed/saw the steady improvement in the means of travel.
十九世纪下半世纪见证了旅行方式的稳定改善。