A farm worker,who stayed up all night, claimed to have seen afigure人 cutting corn in the moonlight. In time, itbecame an accepted fact that the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost thatdid most of their work for them.
No one suspectedthat there might be someone else on the farm who had never beenseen.
7. A farm worker, who stayed up all night, claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn inthe moonlight.
有一个彻夜未眠的雇工还声称他看见一个人影在月光下收割庄稼。
语言点:句子结构分析:who引导一个非限制性定语从句,对这个farm worker作进一步的补充修饰。
8. In time, it became an accepted fact that the Cox brothers employed a conscientiousghost that did most of their work for them.
随着时间的流逝,考科斯兄弟雇了一个尽心尽责的鬼,他们家的活大部分都让鬼给干了,这件事成了公认的事实。
语言点:句子结构分析:第一个that引导同位语从句,对fact进行充分的解释说明,即“事实是什么”。第二个that引导定语从句,修饰ghost,说明这个ghost做了什么。
9. No one suspectedthat there might be someone else on the farm who had never beenseen.
谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。
语言点:句子结构分析:that引导宾语从句,交代suspected的内容。