情景会话口袋书人际篇 第461期:车祸(1)

 　　1. I was involved in a traffic accident.

　　我遭遇交通事故了。

　　还能这样说：

　　A traffic accident happened on me.

　　I came across a traffic accident.

　　应用解析：

　　be involved in 包含在……；与……有关；被卷入；专心地（做）；

　　involve one's future 关系到某人的未来

　　2. We think the accident is the inevitable¹ consequence of his habitual² drunken driving.

　　我们认为这次事故是他经常酒后驾车的必然后果。

　　还能这样说：

　　We believe that his habitual drunken driving leads to the accident.

　　We think that because he often drives after drinking, the traffic accident happens on him.

　　应用解析：

　　answer for the consequences 对后果负责；

　　as a consequence 因而，结果；

　　face the consequences of one's action 自食其果

　　3. The police decided³ to inquire into the events leading up to the accident.

　　警方决定对这起事故的肇事原因进行调查。

　　还能这样说：

　　The police made a decision about the research on the reason of the accident.

　　The police decided to investigate the cause of the accident.

　　应用解析：

　　inquire into 盘查，调查；追究；

　　inquire out 问出，查出

　　4. The little boy's parents were killed in a traffic accident.

　　那小男孩的双亲在一次交通事故中丧生。

　　还能这样说：

　　The little boy's parents died in a traffic accident.

　　The little boy's parents lost their lives in a traffic accident.

　　应用解析：

　　have an accident 遭受意外；

　　meet with an accident 遭不测，失事；

　　without accident 平安无恙地；

　　by accident 偶然

1 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

2 habitual   

adj.习惯性的；通常的，惯常的

参考例句：

• He is a habitual criminal.他是一个惯犯。
• They are habitual visitors to our house.他们是我家的常客。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。