每日長難句 42

原句：

They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over)—lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.

【2006?Text 2】

單詞：

?lean /li?n/ adj. 瘦且健康的

?pointed /?p??nt?d/ adj. 尖的，尖銳的；明確的

?dedicated /?ded?ke?t?d/ adj. 專注的，專心致志的；獻身的

?bun /b?n/ n. 圓面包

?flagstone /?flfl ?ɡst??n/ n. 石板

?box office 售票處；票房

分析長難句：

找謂語動詞：

They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over)—lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.

斷開長難句：

They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over)—lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them / when the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.

①主句：They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over)—lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them

• 意思群1、2、3

②時間狀語從句：when the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.

??分裂結構：

though they come from all over

譯文：

盡管他們來自世界各地，但是他們似乎看起來都很像——消瘦、棱角分明、神情專注，穿著牛仔褲和涼鞋，啃著小圓面包，躺在劇場外的石板上過夜，為的是在第二天上午10點半售票處開門時購買專門預留并出售給他們這些露宿者的20張坐票和80張站票。