NCE3.22 By heart 熟记台词-句子成分分析

NCE3.22 By heart 熟记台词-句子成分分析

1. Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end.
   So that 引导结果状语从句
2. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night.
   In many ways作状语，who引导的限定性定语从句修饰先行词actors.
3. A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years.
   in a highly successful play 介词短语作定语修饰actor, who 引导的定语从句修饰先行词aristocrat.
   cast :分配角色；aristocrat: 贵族；Bastille：巴士底狱
4. In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner.
   In the last act, 介词短语作时间状语. which引导的定语从句修饰letter, letter在从句中作宾语.
   gaoler:监狱长，看守
5. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
   Even though引导让步状语从句。that 引导名词从句作insisted的宾语。
6. One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.
   To play a joke, 不定式作decide的宾语， 后面to find out …是不定式作目的状语， if he had managed to learn …是if引导的名词从句作find out的宾语，after so many performances是if从句中的时间状语.
7. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied:’the light is indeed dim, sire. I must get my glasses.’
   这个句子可以看作He found that he could not remember a word of the letter 和the gaoler replied … 两个句子合并而成，found 变成现在分词finding, that 引导的名词从句作find的宾语。