When a thief was caught on the premises of a large fur store one morning, the shopassistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say 'it serves himright'. The shop was an old converted house with many large, disused fireplaces andtall, narrow chimneys. Towards midday, a girl heard a muffled cry coming from behindone of the walls.

　　10.When a thief was caught on the premises of a large fur store one morning, the shopassistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say 'it serves himright'.

　　一天上午，当一个小偷在一家大型珠宝店里被人抓住的时候，店员一定会忍不住说：“他罪有应得。”

　　语言点:句子结构分析:when引导时间状语从句，交代店员是在什么时候说这话的。

　　11.The shop was an old converted house with many large, disused fireplaces and tall,narrow chimneys.

　　那是一座老式的、经过改造的房子，店里有许多废置不用的大壁炉和又高又窄的烟囱。

　　语言点1:介词短语with many large,disused fireplaces and tall, narrow chimneys作定语，修饰house。

　　语言点2:convert的意思是“改造”，相当于recreate,reform,remodel,transform。

　　12.Towards midday, a girl heard a muffled cry coming from behind one of the walls.

　　快到中午的时候，一个女售货员听见从一堵墙里传出一种闷声闷气的叫声。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:现在分词短语coming from behind one of the walls作后置定语，说明“是何处传来的叫声”。