
Have your parents ever inspected your room to see if you cleaned it properly? imagine having your entire houses, garage, and yard inspected at any time -- with no warning. Inspections were a regular part of lighthouse (灯塔) living, and a keeper's reputation depended on results. A few times each year, an inspector arrived to look over the entire light station. The inspections were supposed to be a surprise, but keeper sometimes had advance notice.
Once lighthouses had telephones, keepers would call each other to warn that the inspector was approaching. After boats began flying special flags noting the inspector aboard, the keeper's family made it a game to see who could notice the boat first. As soon as someone spotted the boat, everyone would do last-minute tidying and change into fancy clothes. The keeper then scurried to put on his dress uniform and cap. Children of keepers remember inspectors wearing white gloves to run their fingers over door frames and windowsills looking for dust.
Despite the serious nature of inspections, they resulted in some funny moments. Betty Byrnes remembered when her mother did not have time to wash all the dishes before an inspection. At the time, people did not have dishwashers in their homes. In an effort to clean up quickly, Mrs. Byrnes tossed all the dishes into a big bread pan, covered them with a cloth and stuck them in the oven. If the inspector opened the oven door, it would look like bread was baking. He never did.
One day, Glenn Furst's mother put oil on the kitchen floor just before the inspector entered their house. Like floor wax, the oil made the floors shiny and helped protect the wood. This time, though, she used a little too much oil. When the inspector extended his hand to greet Glenn's mother, he slipped on the freshly oiled surface. "He came across that floor waving his arms like a young bird attempting its first flight," Glenn late wrote. After he steadied himself, he shook Glenn's mother's hand, and the inspection continued as though nothing had happened.
你父母有没有检查过你的房间,看你是否打扫得很干净?想象一下,在没有任何警告的情况下,随时检查你的整个房子、车库和院子。检查是灯塔的常规部分(灯塔) 一个守门员的声誉取决于结果。每年都会有几次,一名检查员来检查整个照明站。检查本应是一个惊喜,但饲养员有时会提前通知。
一旦灯塔有了电话,看守人就会互相打电话警告检查员正在靠近。在船上开始悬挂特殊的旗帜,注明船上的检查员后,饲养员的家人开始玩游戏,看看谁能首先注意到这艘船。一旦有人发现了这艘船,每个人都会在最后一刻整理并换上花哨的衣服。然后,饲养员急忙穿上制服,戴上帽子。饲养员的孩子们记得,检查员戴着白手套,用手指在门框和窗台上寻找灰尘。
尽管检查性质严肃,但还是产生了一些有趣的时刻。贝蒂·伯恩斯(Betty Byrnes)记得她母亲在检查前没有时间洗所有的盘子。当时,人们家里没有洗碗机。为了快速清理,拜恩斯夫人把所有的盘子都扔进了一个大面包锅里,盖上一块布,然后把它们粘在烤箱里。如果检查员打开烤箱门,看起来就像是在烤面包。他从来没有这样做过。
一天,格伦·弗斯特的母亲在检查员进入他们家之前在厨房地板上抹了油。就像地板蜡一样,这种油使地板闪闪发光,有助于保护木材。不过,这次她用的油有点太多了。当检查员伸出手来迎接格伦的母亲时,他在刚上过油的表面上滑倒了。格伦后来写道:“他穿过地板,挥舞着手臂,就像一只试图第一次飞行的小鸟。”。等他站稳后,他握了握格伦母亲的手,然后继续检查,好像什么都没发生一样。
句子成分分析:
Have your parents ever inspected your room to see | if you cleaned it [properly]?
Imagine having your entire houses, garage, and yard inspected [at any time] -- [with no warning].
句子语法结构详解:
* 助动词 have 引导一般疑问句。
* 第1个 inspected 为谓语,采用现在完成时。
* to see 为不定式,作后置定语。
* if 为连词,引导宾语从句。
* cleaned 为谓语,采用一般过去时。
* imagine 开头为祈使句。
* imagine 为谓语。
* having 为动名词,作宾语。
* 第2个 inspected 为过去分词,作宾语补足语(即构成复合宾语)。
* you 为人称代词。your 为形容词型物主代词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
have + sth + 过去分词 | 1) 让(或请)某人做某事 2) 某物被(或遭受)... |
Vocabulary:
parent ['perәnt] | n. | 1) 父亲(或母亲) 2) (动、植物的)亲本,亲代,父本,母本 |
ever ['evә] | ad. | 1) 曾经 2) 在任何时候; 什么时候, 从来 (用于否定句,疑问句或 if 引导的条件句) |
inspect [in'spekt] | vt. | 1) 检查,查看,审视 2) 视察 |
vt. | 1) 检查,查看,审视 2) 视察 | |
room [ru:m] | n. | 1) 房间,室,客房 2) 空间,余地 |
see [si:] | vt. | 1) 看见,见到,看出 2) 观看(比赛、电视节目、演出等) |
if [if] | conj. | 1) 是否 2) 如果, 倘若 |
clean [kli:n] | vt. | 1) 干洗 2) 除去……的灰尘,使……干净,打扫 |
properly ['prɔpәli] | ad. | 1) 适当地,妥当地,正确地 2) 得体地,恰当地,合乎习俗地 |
imagine [i'mædʒin] | vt. | 1) 想像,设想 2) 误认为,胡乱猜想,猜测 |
entire [in'taiә] | a. | (用以强调)全部的,整个的,完全的 |
house [haus] | n. | 1) 房子,房屋 2) 全家人 |
garage [gә'rɑ:ʒ] | n. | 1) 车库,停车房 2) 汽车修理厂 |
and [ænd] | conj. | 1) 和, 与, 同, 并 2) 然后,接着 |
yard [jɑ:d] | n. | 1) 院子 2) 花园 |
any ['eni] | a. | 任何的, 任一的 |
time [taim] | n. | 1) 时间 2) 时候 3) 时期,时代 |
no [nәu] | a. | 1) 没有, 无 2) 禁止,不准 |
warning ['wɔ:niŋ] | n. | 1) (就可能发生的意外等提出的)警告,警示,先兆 2) (就将要遭受的处罚等提出的)警告,警戒 |
句子成分分析:
Children (of keepers) remember inspectors wearing white gloves torun their fingers over door frames and windowsills
looking for dust.
句子语法结构详解:
(children 为 child 的复数形式。)
* remember 为谓语,采用一般现在时。
* wearing 为动名词。inspectors 为动名词的逻辑主语。
* to run 为不定式,作状语。
* looking 为现在分词,作状语。
* their 为形容词型物主代词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
look for... | 1) 寻找,寻求 2) 盼望,期待 |
Vocabulary:
child [tʃaild] | n. | 1) 小孩 2) 儿女 |
keeper ['ki:pә] | n. | 1) 看守人、监护人 2) (动物园的)饲养员 |
remember [ri'membә] | vt. | 1) 想起,记起 2) 记得,记起, 回想起 |
inspector [in'spektә] | n. | 1) 检查员,视察员,巡视员 2) (警察)巡官 |
wear [wєә] | vt. | 1) 穿,戴,佩戴 2) 磨损,消耗,用旧 |
white [hwait] | a. | 1) 白的,白色的 2) 白种人的,白人的 |
glove [glʌv] | n. | 手套 |
run [rʌn] | vt. | 1) 经营; 管理 2) 提供, 开设 |
finger ['fiŋgә] | n. | 1) 手指 2) 有……手指的 |
over ['әuvә] | prep. | 1) 在...上面 2) 在...期间 |
door [dɔ:] | n. | 1) 门 2) 门口,入口 |
frame [freim] | n. | 1) 框架 2) 支架,骨架 |
and [ænd] | conj. | 1) 和, 与, 同, 并 2) 然后,接着 |
windowsill ['windәusil] | n. | 窗沿;窗台 |
dust [dʌst] | n. | 1) 尘土,沙尘 2) 积尘,尘埃 |
句子成分分析:
[Despite the serious nature (of inspections)], they resulted in some funny moments.
句子语法结构详解:
* resulted 为谓语,采用一般过去时。
* they 为人称代词主格。the 为定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
result in... | 导致..., 造成... |
Vocabulary:
despite [di'spait] | prep. | 尽管; 不管; 不顾 |
serious ['siәriәs] | a. | 1) 严重的,有危险的,不好的 2) 需认真思考的,严肃的 |
nature ['neitʃә] | n. | 1) 大自然 2) 本性, 天性, 性格 |
inspection [in'spekʃәn] | n. | 检查, 视察 |
some [sʌm] | a. | 1) 一些 2) 某一, 某个 |
funny ['fʌni] | a. | 1) 滑稽的,好笑的 2) 奇怪的,难以解释的,难理解的 |
moment ['mәumәnt] | n. | 1) 片刻,瞬间 2) 准确时刻,正是时候 |
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