范文句型分析:

1. I will always remember New Year's Day in 2001.
   我将永远记得2001年的元旦。
   解说:
   New Year's Day元旦
   Labor Day劳动节
   the Dragon Boat Festival端午节
   the Lantern Festival元宵节
   the Moon Festival中秋节
   注意:
   节日名称可用Day或Festival来表示。称作“... Day”的节日，其前不加定冠词the;而称作“... Festival”的节日则其前必须用定冠词the，如上列五例。

2. Early that morning my sister and I received a phone call.
   那天一大清早，我姐姐和我接到一个电话。
   解说:
   receive a phone call接到一个电话
  =receive a call
   例:I received a phone call from John asking me to go out with him.
    ＝I received a call from John asking me to go out with him.
      我接到约翰的一个电话，要我和他一块出去。

3. We were told Grandma had fainted and was being taken to a hospital in Taichung.
     电话中告诉我们祖母昏倒后被正送到台中一家医院。
   解说:
a. faint vi.昏倒
   例:Benjie fainted while he was taking the math test.
      本吉在考数学时昏倒了。
b. …Grandma had fainted and was being taken to a hospital in Taichung.
   注意:
   昏倒的动作发生在被送到医院去之前，所以前者用过去完成时而后者用过去进行时的被动语态。

4. As soon as we received the message,…
 一The moment we received the message, my uncle drove us to the hospital as fast as he could.
   一接到这个消息，叔叔便尽快地载我们到医院去。
   解说:
a. message n.信息;电报;广告(用于收音机、电视台)
   leave a message with ...留言由……转达
   take a message记下留言
   例:I left a message with Robert's secretary because he was not in the office.
      我留言由罗伯特的秘书转达，因为他那时不在办公室。
      Please take a message if my friend calls.
      如果我朋友打电话来请记下他的留言。
      We'll be back after these messages.
      广告后请继续收听/收看本节目。—广播电视主持人用语。
b. as+adj./adv.+as possible  尽可能地……
  =as+adj ./adv.+as one can
   例:You should stay as calm as you can when there's an earthquake.
     =You should stay as calm as possible when there's an earthquake.
      地震时，你应该尽量保持冷静。
      Clive ran as fast as he could because he was chased by rabid dogs。
     =Clive ran as fast as possible because...
      因被疯狗追赶，克莱夫拼命地逃跑。
    *rabid  a.患狂犬症的
     rabies n.狂犬病，恐水症

5. It was a long journey from Taipei.
   从台北到台中路很长。
   解说:
   journey n.旅程，行程(＝trip)
   例:The explorer's journey lasted ten years.
      那位冒险家的旅程历经10年。

6. While we were on the road, holiday bumper-to-bumper traffic slowe us down to a snail's pace and a car accident the previous day mad the congestion worse.
   一路上，假日大排长龙的车流使我们慢得如蜗牛一般，而前一天的一场车祸使塞车更为严重。
   解说:
a. on the road 在路途中，一路上
   例:When we drove to Kaohsiung, Betty ate on the road all the time.
      当我们开车到高雄时，贝蒂一路上都在吃东西。
b. bumper-to-bumper
   汽车一辆紧接一辆排长龙的，保险杠几乎碰保险杠的
   bumper  n.(汽车前后的)保险杠
   例:Rick went to a cafe to avoid the bumper-to-bumper traffic.
      里克为避免大排长龙的交通而去咖啡店喝咖啡。
      The rear bumper softened the impact of the crash.
      后面的保险杠减缓了碰撞的冲击力。
c. traffic n.交通
   例:Everyone complains about Taipei traffic.
      每个人都抱怨台北的交通。
d. slow sb down  使某人减慢速度
   slow down  减速
   speed up  加速
   例:The heat slowed everyone down today.
      今天的炎热使大家的速度都慢了下来。
      The passengers yelled at the bus driver to slow down.
      乘客对着公交车司机大叫要他减速。
      I asked the taxi driver to speed up.
      我要求出租车司机开快点.
e. a snail's pace  如蜗牛般的步履
  snail n. 蜗牛
  pace  n.速度
  keep pace with…与……齐头并进
  例:Go faster! Don't walk at a snail's pace.
     走快点!别像蜗牛一样慢。
     Tom walks so fast that I can't keep pace with him.
     汤姆走得那么快使我跟不上他。
f. the previous day 前一天
  =the day before
  previous   a.在前的;先前的
  例:I saw an accident the previous day.
    =I saw an accident the day before.
     我前天目击了一场意外。
     The previous summer, Louis went to Jamaica on vacation.
     去年夏天，路易斯去牙买加度假。
g. congestion n，拥挤，拥塞
   congested a.拥塞的
   例:The traffic congestion lasted for hours.
      交通堵塞持续了数小时之久。
      The freeway becomes congested around ffve o'clock.
      5点左右高速公路开始塞车。
h. 本文:
   …a car accident (the previous day) made the congestion worse.
                      时间副词短语
   …a car accident (that had taken place (on) the previous day) made the congestion worse.
                                            定语从句

7. Consequently, we got stuck for more than six hours on the highway.
    因此，我们在高速公路上被困了六个多小时。
   解说:
a. consequently adv因此，所以
  =as a consequence
  =as a result
  =therefore
   例:Chris wasn't paying attention and consequently stepped in a pile of dog crap.
      克里斯心不在焉所以踩到一堆狗屎。
b. get stuck (in…)受困(于……中)，陷人(于……中)
   stick   vt.(常用被动)困住;使动弹不得;使进退两难，三态为:stick ,stuck  , stuck 。
   *本短语中的stuck为过去分词，表被动语态。
   例:Brad's jeep got stuck in the mud.
      布雷德的吉普车陷在泥中。

8. We were worried about Grandma the whole time.
   我们一直担心祖母:
   解说:
a. be worried about…担心/关切……
   例:He was worried about other people all the time.
      他老是在担心别人。
b. the whole time 一直
   例:While Jane was on vacation in Hawaii, it rained the whole time.
      简在夏威夷度假时，那里一直在下雨。

9. Upon arriving at...，...
 一As soon as we arrived at the Taian Rest Area, we anxiously phoned home.
   一到达泰安休息区，我们满怀焦虑地打电话回家。
   解说:
a. anxiously adv焦虑地;渴望地
   anxious a.渴望的
   be anxious to V渴望(获得)……
   例:The little boy anxiously waited for his father to return home.
      小男孩焦虑地等他父亲回家。
      Brian is anxious to try stinky tofu.
      布赖恩渴望一尝臭豆腐的味道。
b. phone vi.&vt.打电话
  =call
   例:Albert promised to phone his parents as soon as he got off the plane.
     阿尔伯特答应一下飞机便打电话给他父母。

10.However, Grandma had died of heart failure just half an hour before we called.
     然而，在我们打电话前半小时，祖母已因心脏衰竭而去世。
   解说:
a. die of...死于(某疾病)
   例:The old man died of brain cancer.
      那个老人死于脑癌。
b. heart failure 心跳失速，心脏衰竭
   heart attack n.心脏病发作
   注意:
   heart failure(心脏衰竭)前面不加冠词，而heart attack之前则须加不定冠词a}
   例:The old woman died of heart failure.
      那位老妇人死于心脏衰竭。
      The old woman died of a heart attack.
      那位老妇人死于心脏病发作。