6．There is a journalist and writer living in America whose name is Alex Haley.

a journalist and writer 是一个人

a journalist and a writer是两个人

living in America whose name is Alex Haley 是 v+ing 形式作定语, 修饰a journalist

and writer, 起作用相当于定语从句.

5．Many of the men fell sick with fever.

with 在此表示原因的概念.

例如:

It is white with snow.

He was tired with her speech at the meeting.

Her eyes shone with pleasure.

His nose ran red with cold.

4．He reasoned with them and tried to persuade them to set him free.

reason在此译为 “讲道理”, 在此为不及物动词.

例如:

He will not reason, he just makes wild statements.

set sb. free　 放掉某人, 释放某人.

例如:

They finally set free all the prisons of war and they all went home happily.

3．Kunta had been seized in the forest and then hit on the head with a hard object.

seize (突然) 抓住.

例如:

The cat seized the bird and ran away.

2．One man had a head wound and was in pain.

in pain 疼痛, 痛苦.

例如:

I’m wounded and in pain.

1．Born a free man, he was now in chains.

in chains 带着镣铐; 受到束缚.

例如:

　 　　The prisoners were put in chains.

2．The moment he reached the country, he started his search.

the moment (that)　一．．．．．．就．．．．．．， 引导时间状语从句．　

例如：

The moment I saw him I knew that there was no hope of finding out the fact.

表示同样意思的短语还有：

immediately , the minute, directly, as soon as, had hardly …when, had no sooner…than 等．

语言重点

1．The men took him in their boat to the castle on the coast where he was now held prisoner.

hold 在此译为:扣押.　

例如：He was held in the hands of the Japanese army.

prisoner 在此做主语补足语.　 主语补足语一般是句子变为被动之后,原来的宾语补足语成为了现在句子结构中的主语补足语了.

例如：

He was seen reading a book under the tree when the clock struck twelve.

They were kept waiting outside in the rain for a long time.

He was elected monitor of our class.

The lights were found on when we passed by the room.

They were kept in the dark room.

He was made angry again at the news.

They were made disappointed at his son’s not coming back home.

12．What did he find when the ship finally arrived?

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句子分析

11．How long did the sea journey last?