由于這一課文章中長句較多，我們采用逐句分析的方法，先把句子精簡，再依次分析句子主要成分的用法、從句的類型、詞組的用法等等。
本文分4部分講解，最后對文章的結(jié)構(gòu)進(jìn)行分析，希望對大家的英語學(xué)習(xí)有幫助。
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Lesson 52? Mud is mud
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My cousin, Harry,
keeps a large curiously-shaped bottle on permanent display in his study.
Despite the fact that the bottle is tinted a delicate shade of green, an
observant visitor would soon notice that it is filled with what looks like a
thick, grayish substance. If you were to ask Harry what was in the bottle, he
would tell you that it contained perfumed mud. If you expressed doubt or
surprise, he would immediately invite you to smell it and then to rub some into
your skin. This brief experiment would dispel any further doubts you might
have. The bottle really does contain perfumed mud. How Harry came into the
possession of this outlandish stuff makes an interesting story which he is fond
of relating. Furthermore, the acquisition of this bottle cured him of a bad
habit he had been developing for years.
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解析：
1. 第一句可以精簡成“My
cousin keeps a bottle on display in his study.”
（1）keep sth on
display: （展示某物）
on display: sth that is on display is in a place where people can look at it （展示物）
on permanent display: on
display forever （長期展示）
動詞除了用keep外，還可以用put或 be。
例：
Owen said the
fossil would be put on display in about a month. （歐文說化石將在一個月后展出。）
Benner’s works
will be on display at the Berman Gallery. （賓納的作品即將在博爾瑪美術(shù)館展出。）
（2）in his study: 在他的書房里
（3）a large curiously-shaped bottle:
large≈big，但有的地方不能通用。
如以下的例子，習(xí)慣用large：
1) What size of shirt do you wear? Medium or Large? （你穿幾號的衣服？中號還是大號？（這就是衣服上寫著S, M, L的原因，S = Small）
2) A large population of homeless people lives in the park. （大量無家可歸者住在公園里。）
3) Aunt Betsy was a very large woman. （fat的委婉說法）
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2. 第二句可以精簡成“a visitor would notice that...”
（1）notice后面連接賓語從句“that it
is filled with what looks like a thick, grayish substance”,這個從句又可以精簡成“it is filled with...”。
（2）“despite the fact that the bottle is tinted a delicate shade of
green”，狀語。
1) despite：without being prevented by sth;
even though sth else exists or is true (盡管；雖有)
例：
Despite international
pressure, progress has slowed in the peace talks. （盡管國際上一直施加壓力，但和平會談的進(jìn)展卻放緩了。）
Lorin said he and
his sister make a good team, despite the fact that they sometimes argue.
（羅林說雖然他和姐姐時不時會吵架，但兩人一起合作無間。
2)“that the bottle is tinted a
delicate shade of green”是fact的同位語從句。
3)
a delicate shade of green：（淡綠色）
同樣，a delicate shade of pink/blue: （淡粉色、淡藍(lán)色）
The room was
decorated in pastel shades. （房間被刷成淡色系的。）（“a pastel color” is pale and light）
3. 第三句可以精簡成“he would tell you...”
（1）“that it
contained perfumed mud”做tell的賓語
（2）“If you were
to ask”，這里用was/were
+動詞不定式 來表示過去預(yù)計發(fā)生并且發(fā)生了的事。
4. 第四句可以精簡成“he would invite you ...”
（1）“to smell it
and then to rub some into your skin”動詞不定式做invite賓語
（2）“If you
expressed doubt or surprise”，狀語從句
5. 第5、6句可以精簡成“This
experiment would dispel any doubts. The bottle does contain mud.”
（1）“you might have”是doubts的定語從句，其中關(guān)系代詞“that”被省略掉。
（2）dispel any further doubts：
dispel：to make sth go away, especially a
belief, idea or feeling （打消；驅(qū)散）
例：
We want to
dispel the myth that you cannot eat well in Britain. （我們要打破你在英國吃不好的迷思。）
Light poured into
the hall, dispelling the shadows. （光芒注入大廳，驅(qū)散了影子。）
6. 第7句可以精簡成“...makes a story.”
（1）“How Harry came into the possession
of this outlandish stuff”充當(dāng)整個句子的主語；“which he is fond of relating”是story的定語從句。
（2）come into the possession of sth=have,
own （擁有）
例：
The country is not
in possession of (=doesn’t have) nuclear weapons. （國家沒有核武器。）
（3）relate the story: to tell someone about
events that have happened to you or someone else （講故事）
例：
Paige related
the story of her legal battles in great detail. （佩琪非常詳盡地講述了她打官司的故事。）
7. 第8句可以精簡成“the acquisition cured him of...”
（1）“he had been
developing for years”是habit的定語從句。
（2）cure sb of...： to make sb stop behaving in a
particular way （使某人不再做某事）
例：
Nothing could cure
her of her impatient with Anna. （她對安娜怎么都耐心不起來。）
（3）develop
a habit （培養(yǎng)習(xí)慣）
<類似用法>：develop your speaking skills
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