His wifewas sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cakewent right through the windscreen and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flyingthrough the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all ofa sudden.

　　16. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake.

　　司机妻子正坐在他身边，手里托着块大蛋糕。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:holding a large cake作方式状语，意即“拿着一块大蛋糕”。

　　17. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen andlanded on the road.

　　她往前一冲，蛋糕从挡风玻璃飞了出去掉到马路上。

　　语言点:此处的right是副词，意思是“正好”，修饰through the windscreen。

　　18. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongsidethe car, pulled up all of a sudden.

　　此时，一辆卡车正好从后边开到那辆汽车边上，司机看见一块蛋糕从天而降，紧急刹车。

　　语言点1:句子结构分析:seeing a cake flying through the air是现在分词短语，作原因状语。flyingthrough the air作宾语cake的补足语。

　　语言点2:pull up的意思是“使(车)停下”，与draw up的意思相同。

　　语言点3:all of a sudden表示“突然”。