原文:Now I stared at this sudden apparition with my eyesfairly starting out of my head in astonishment. Remember, I had crashed in thedesert a thousand miles from any inhabited region. And yet my little man seemedneither to be straying uncertainly among the sands, nor to be fainting fromfatigue or hunger or thirst or fear. Nothing about him gave any suggestion of achild lost in the middle of the desert, a thousand miles from any humanhabitation. When at last I was able to speak, I said to him:“But– what are youdoing here?”
我的疑问1:Now I stared atthis sudden apparition with my eyes fairly starting out of my head inastonishment.这里fairly副词是修饰目前分词短语‘starting out of my head inastonishment’。 in astonishment是修饰‘starting out of my head’。我的理解对吗?这里fairly 是公平地意思修饰start 貌似词义不通啊!
我的疑问2:这里remember是单个限定动词做分句,假如时祈使句应该Remember!或者Remember.才对,可是这里remember后面是逗号。这是什么使用方法?
我的疑问3:remember是一般目前时而 I had crashed inthe desert a thousand miles from any inhabited region是过去完成时是强调说话人叙说的时间很长时间远,我的理解对吗?
我的疑问4:Nothing about himgave any suggestion of a child lost in the middle of the desert。这句是如何翻译成:”他丝毫不像是一个迷失在旷无人烟的大沙漠中的孩子“?Nothing about him(主语) gave any gave any suggestion of a child lost inthe middle of the desert,字面意思是:没关于他方面的信息给在沙漠中并且离得远远的居住区千里以外的孩子任何一个建议。gave anysuggestion 明明是给任何一个建议的意思。
1 atarting out意为(因为惊讶而猛的跳动、跳出来。in atonishment修饰starting. fairly在此为强调意义,翻译为:简直要(跳出来)。
2 这个remember 假如后面用that引导宾语从句,则remember为主句(祈使句)后面为宾语从句。目前没that,remember后面用逗号,原来的宾语从句目前成了主句,而remember则为插入语。说话人提醒听话人注意。
3 remember是其实语气,不是一般目前时,这是插入语。与从句的时态无关。
4 suggestion 在此不是建议的意思,而是提示、暗示。这个男生身上没任何东西能提示他是A,B,C 还是D。