流利英語精華句型題目

【句型6】such inns as there were were generally dirty and flea-ridden; the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine.（lesson 3）

【譯文】當地的那些小旅館一般都骯髒且跳蚤猖獗。單調的食物是當地乳酪配以常常已放了一年之久的`麪包，人們就着劣酒吞下這種食物。

【講解】the food simply…中food和simply中間，all與washed中間都省略了was。本句的要點在於：在幾個並列分句中，第一個分句中用了be，後面分句中的be可以省略。例如：

【原文】there are two requisites in interpretation：one is accuracy and the other（is）expressiveness.

【譯文】口譯要求有二：準確和明晰。