高中英语精读|经典阅读|长难句拆解

高考原文

My color television has given me nothing but a headache. I was able to buy it a little over a year ago because I had my relatives give me money for my birthday instead of clothes that wouldn’t fit. I let a salesclerk fool me into buying a discontinued model. I realized this a day later, when I saw newspaper advertisements for the set at seventy‑five dollars less than I had paid.

The set worked so beautifully when I first got it home that I would keep it on until stations signed off for the night. Fortunately, I didn’t get any channels showing all‑night movies or I would never have gotten to bed.

Then I started developing a problem with the set that involved static (静电) noise. For some reason, when certain shows switched into a commercial, a loud noise would sound for a few seconds. Gradually, this noise began to appear during a show, and to get rid of it, I had to change to another channel and then change it back. Sometimes this technique would not work, and I had to pick up the set and shake it to remove the sound. I actually began to build up my arm muscles shaking my set.

When neither of these methods removed the static noise, I would sit helplessly and wait for the noise to go away. At last I ended up hitting the set with my fist, and it stopped working altogether. My trip to the repair shop cost me $62, and the set is working well now, but I keep expecting more trouble.

✨重点词汇 & 短语

1. give sb nothing but a headache  只给某人带来麻烦、令人头疼
2. relative /ˈrelətɪv/n. 亲戚
3. salesclerk /ˈseɪlzklɑːk/n. 售货员，店员
4. fool sb into doing sth  哄骗某人做某事【高考高频短语】
5. discontinued model  停产型号
6. advertisement /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/n. 广告
7. sign off （电视台）结束一天的播出、停播
8. fortunately /ˈfɔːtʃənətli/adv. 幸运地
9. static n. 静电噪音
10. switch into 切换到
11. commercial /kəˈmɜːʃl/n. 商业广告
12. get rid of 摆脱，除去
13. build up 逐步增强
14. end up doing sth 最后以做某事告终【写作高分句型！作文可直接套用】
15. altogether /ˌɔːltəˈɡeðə(r)/adv. 完全，彻底

📖长难句拆解

句子 1

I was able to buy it a little over a year ago because I had my relatives give me money for my birthday instead of clothes that wouldn’t fit.

• 语法结构：because 引导原因状语从句；have sb do 让某人做某事；that 引导定语从句修饰 clothes
• 中文翻译：一年多以前我买下了这台电视机，因为过生日时亲戚给了我钱，而不是送我不合身的衣服。

句子 2

The set worked so beautifully when I first got it home that I would keep it on until stations signed off for the night.

• 语法结构：so…that… 如此…… 以至于【语法填空 & 书面表达万能句型】
• 中文翻译：刚把电视机带回家的时候，它播放效果特别好，我常常一直开着，直到电视台结束当天的播出。

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