6.The morning I got my passport and exit visa I realized I had less than twenty-four hours to figure out a way of getting my Berlin diaries out.
我拿到护照和出境签证的那天上午,我就意识到我只剩下不到24小时,在这么短的时间必
须想出办法,把我的柏林日记带出德国。
figure out:to think about a problem or solution until you find the answer or understand what has happened 想出办法,计算出
eg:Can you figure out how to start this machine?
你能想出如何启动这台机器的办法吗?
eg:It took me hours to figure those algebra problems out.
我花了几个小时才解出那些代数题来。
7.Suddenly,later that morning,the solution became clear.I suddenly thought of a way to solve the problem later that morning./ I suddenly figured out a way to solve the problem later that morning.
那天上午晚些时候,办法突然明朗了。
Solution:the way to solve a problem解决办法
8.It was risky,but life in the Third Reich had always been risky.It was worth a try.—— It was very dangerous,but life in Nazi Germany was full of risks.It was worth trying.
这个办法要冒很大的风险,risky冒风险的 risk (doing) 冒风险
eg:He risked getting arrested gathering the materials.
他冒着被捕的风险收集这些材料。
be worth (doing) sth值得
eg:The story is worth reading.这个故事值得一读。
eg:The film is worth seeing.这部电影值得一看。
9.I laid outthe diaries in two big steel suitcases I had bought.
lay sth.out:spread sth.out把……摊开/放下
eg:Lay out the map on the desk and let's find the location of the town.
把地图在书桌上摊开,咱们找找那座小镇的方位。
eg:He laid out the knives and forks on the table.
他把刀叉摆放在餐桌上。
10.Over them I placed a number of my broadcast scripts,each page of which had been stamped by the military and civilian censors as passed for broadcast.在日记的上面我放了一些广播稿,这些广播稿的每一页都盖有军方和文职新闻检查官的印章以示予以通过,可以广播。
which had been……是定语从句,修饰a number of my broadcast scripts.
as passed for broadcast 作主语 each of which的补足语。
在相应的主动语态的句子里则作宾语的补足语。请比较下列例句:
eg:The censors stamped the scripts as passed for broadcast.
检查官在稿子上盖了章批准广播。
eg:The president signed his application for retirement as approved.校长在他的申请书上签了批准他退休。
eg:His application for retirement was signed by the president as approved.他的退休申请书校长签字予以批准。
as 后面可跟名词、形容词、分词等。
11.On top I put a few General Staff maps I had picked up from friends.在最上面我放了几张多从朋友那里搞到的总参谋部使用的地图。
pick up:得到,弄到;买到,
eg:——Where did you pick up that nice little mobile phone of yours?你从哪里买到你那个漂亮的小手机?
eg:——It goes with my job.我工作单位发的。
eg:Mr.Jones picked up a few valuable