英语博客:The Court House, where it all happens
时间：2019-02-17 作者：英语课 分类：英语博客 A cup of English
It's time for me to start preparing our Summer holiday. This year, my family and I will take a trip to Spain for a month. We will visit my father and sister in Scotland and England first, and then family and friends in Spain. I can't wait. Our preparations actually started last Summer, when I discovered that we had accumulated quite a lot of air miles over the past few years. I wondered how many return tickets from Seattle to London could be bought with those air miles. To my surprize(se), most of our tickets were covered. "I have to organize(se) a substantial 1 trip," I said to myself. "Who knows when we will have another opportunity..." So, I got the tickets over the phone with a representative from British Airways 2, got the confirmation 3 number, and jumped for joy. Now, I need passports for my two youngest children. So, off to the Court House I go. It is one of the oldest buildings in town, quite ornate compared to the plain buildings that are typical of towns in the U.S. I walked up the marble steps to the third floor, to the passport department. I was suddenly confronted 4 with two security guards, a metal detector 5, and a body search. Gosh, I didn't realize(se) it would be like this. My bag was searched, my body was checked, and I was given the ok. Phew! All I needed were two application forms. It was a quick in and out visit. As I left, I walked past other departments: marriage license 6, car license, building permits, and the court house that serves all of Wenatchee. It was all business and activity. There was even a jail! It was actually exciting to be in a place where important contracts and decisions are made on a daily basis, in a place where it all happens.
Grammar notes.
Practice of the verb 'to be' + past participle as an adjective.
1. The chair was painted the most beautiful blue.
2. The corn fields are harvested by machine nowadays.
3. The words of the prayer are carved into the stone.
4. We were driven to the opera by my cousin.
- She is preparing a substantial meal against his return.她正在准备一顿丰盛的饭菜为他接风。
- The country bought a substantial number of weapons.这个国家购买了大量武器。
- The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
- At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。
- We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
- We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。
- When we confronted him, he denied everything. 我们与他当面对质时，他什么都不承认。
- The writer confronted his pile of work with determination. 那作家下决心面对成堆的工作。
- The detector is housed in a streamlined cylindrical container.探测器安装在流线型圆柱形容器内。
- Please walk through the metal detector.请走过金属检测器。