Then came the chairman.
Here is your letter.
(2)表示运动方向的副词或地点状语置于句首,谓语是表示运动的动词。如:
Out rushed a boy from behind the door. 从门后跑出一个小孩。
Ahead sat an old woman. 前面坐着一位老太太。
(3)全部倒装结构的主语必须是名词,如果主语是人称代词则不能倒装。如:
Here he comes. 他来了。
Away they went. 他们走了。
2. ...we are very cheerful, but what each man feels in his heart I can only guess.
我们都很愉快,但我还是能猜出大家心里的想法。
what each man feels in his heart 是动词guess的宾语,为了强调被放到了主语之前。each adj. 每一个。each强调个体,表示单数。如:
Give an apple to each child. 给每个孩子一个苹果。
3. Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past the Antarctic was covered by plants.
后来,这些石块证明在遥远的过去,南极曾被植物覆盖。
that at one time in the distant past the Antarctic was covered by plants 是接在动词proved 后面的宾语从句。
(1)at one time 曾经,一度。如:
The song was popular at one time. 这首歌一度很流行。
(2)in the distant past 在遥远的过去。如:
There were forests here in the distant past. 远古时期这里是一片森林。
拓展:由at ...time 所构成的短语:
at this time 这时/at that time 那时/at the time 当时/at a time 一次/at one time 曾经,一度/at times 有时候,间或/at no time 决不,在任何时候都不
辨析:at a time 与at one time
at a time 每次,每一次;at noe time 曾经,一度。如:
A whale may eat a ton of fish at a time. 鲸鱼一次可以吃掉一吨鱼。
4. Scott spent some of his last hours writing.
spend...(in)doing sth. 花时间做......如: