We have just moved into a new house and I havebeen working hard all morning. I have been trying toget my new room in order. This has not been easybecause I own over a thousand books.To makematters worse, the room is rather small, so Ihave temporarily put my books on the floor. Atthe moment, they cover every inch of floorspace and I actually have to walk on them toget in or out of the room. A short while ago, mysister helped me to carry one of my oldbookcases up the stairs. She went into my roomand got a big surprise when she saw all those books on the floor. 'This is the prettiest carpet Ihave ever seen,' she said. She gazed at it for some time then added, 'You don't needbookcases at all. You can sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!'

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4、To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have temporarily put mybooks on the floor.

更糟糕的是房间还非常小，所以我暂时把书放在了地板上。

语言点1本句中so引导并列句

语言点2to make matters wo撕是一个插入语，表示递进关系，起到进一步补充说明的作用。

to make matters worse 相当于 worse than all, what is worse。

语言点 3 rather =fairly =quite 相当;十分;彻底

5、At the moment, they cover every inch of floor space and I actually have towalk onthem to get in or out of theroom.

这会儿,书占据了地板的所有空隙，我实际上只得踩着这些书进出房间。

语言点1 at the moment - at thistime 这会儿

语言点2 space =room表示“空间”，作“空间”讲时两词都是不可数名词。

语言点3 getin or out of somewhere 进出某地方

6、A short whileago, mysister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up thestairs.

几分钟前，我妹妹帮我把一个旧书柜抬上了楼。

语言点1 help sb. to do sth. = help sb. do sth.带某人做某亊

语言点2 carry sth. up the stairs把某物/抬到楼上