Here I was, about to have lunch with Eddie Trulock
2024-10-21 13:30:41 学考宝 作者:佚名
问题描述
Here I was, about to have lunch with Eddie Trulock...为什么about to前面没有主语的?
老师答疑
刘老师:
▲Here I was 是主系表结构,是倒装句的变式,here 经常前置句首。如:
Here is a letter for you. (主语是名词,Here 开头引起倒装)
Here he is.(主语是人称代词时,Here 开头时不引起倒装)
▲Here I was, about to have lunch with Eddie Trulock.
“我在这里,就要与埃迪特鲁洛克共进午餐。”
Here I was,意思是“我在这里”,有时可不必译出,它具有提示作用,提醒对方注意。was 要重读,逗号表示停顿。后面的成分可以是现在分词短语、过去分词短语、形容词短语,副词短语等。
本句的about to have lunch with Eddie Trulock 视为形容词短语,其逻辑主语是I,作伴随状语或目的状语。类似用法还有There I was。例如:
1. And here I was, listening to their talk. 而我只是坐在这里,听着他们的谈话。
2. Here I was, working every day, treating my body like garbage, never catching a break. 我每天都在忙乎着工作,照顾自己的身体就像废物一般,从来没机会喘口气。
3. There I was, locked in his grasp, as helpless as a new-born babe. 我在那里,处于他的掌握之中,无能为力。
4. There I was, looking nothing like a pretty ballerina dancer. 我就在那里,看起来根本不像一个漂亮的芭蕾舞女舞者。
5. There I was,high and dry in a strange city with only five dollars in my pocket. 我被抛弃在一个陌生的城市里,口袋里只有5元美元。
6. There I was, way off my ambitions getting deeper in love every minute. 我就是这样,把雄心壮志撇在一边,每时每刻都在情网里越陷越深。
7. I'd only met him once, and here he was, pouring out his heart to me. 我只跟他见过一次面,但他已经在向我倾吐心事了。
8. And here he was, driving past the Lorelei, when he saw a huge signboard on the front wall. 现在他回来了,正开着车经过罗雷莱公寓,他看到公寓的前墙上巨大的告示牌。
9. Yet here he was, lying in the grass, hidden by trees from the house, waiting for an innocent, red-haired, two-year old girl child to come within reach. 然而此刻他却躺在草地里,躲藏在屋边的树后,等待着一个无辜的、红头发的两岁女孩儿来到他够得着她的地方。
▲除了there 和here 外,作表语的还可以是介词短语。请比较下面两句:
1. I was in the kitchen cooking.
2. I was cooking in the kitchen.
【分析】这两个句子都正确,但表达意思的侧重点不同。
句1是“主系表结构”,介词短语in the kitchen作表语,现在分词cooking作伴随状语。
本句传达的信息重心是:“我在厨房”。至于在厨房干什么,那是次要信息。
句2是过去进行时态,介词短语in the kitchen作地点状语。
本句传达的信息重心是:“我在做饭”。至于在哪里做饭,那是次要信息。
▲这属于“主语 + be + 介词短语 + 现在分词”类型。现在,我们分析“现在分词”的作用:
1. He found he was at ease chatting with them. 他发觉跟他们的谈话很轻松。
2. He was at work repairing a machine. 他在上班,正在修理一台机器。
3. The man was in deep debt, looking worried all day long. 该男子深陷债务,看上去整天忧心忡忡的。
以上3句,分词短语都是作状语:
chatting with them 作was at ease 的时间状语;
repairing a machine 作at work 的方式或伴随状语;
looking worried all day long 作was in deep debt 的结果或伴随状语。
黎老师:
be about to do sth.的意思是“即将做某事”、“马上就要做某事”。
Here I was, about to have lunch with Eddie Trulock...
= Here I was about to have lunch with Eddie Trulock...
这里的 I 就是主语。