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1.Soon Jim,16 and Emily,13, the youngest of our four children, will help me make some long-overdue improvements on the outdoor toilet that supplements our indoor plumbing when we are working outside. 译文：过些时候，4个孩子中两个小的，16岁的吉米和13岁的艾米丽，会帮我把拖了很久没修的室外厕所修葺一下，那是专门为室外干活修建的。 解析：本句的主干部分为：Jim…and Emily…will help me make…improvements…。 the outdoor toilet后面为关系代词that引导的定语从句，该定语从句包含when引导的时间状语从句。 2.While one storm after another blasted huge drifts up against the house and barn,we kept warm inside burning our own wood,eating our own apples and loving every minute of it. 译文：一场又一场的暴风雪卷着大块积雪拍打在房屋和粮仓上，我们在屋里烧自家的木柴取暖，吃自家产的苹果，我们爱极了这种生活的每一滴。 解析：本句的主干部分为:we kept warm inside.While…是时间状语从句；burning…eating…and loving…是三个伴随状语，表示“we kept warm”的伴随动作。 3.Then the growing season began,swamping us under wave after wave of produce. 译文：接着是生长的季节,一波又一波的农产品先后成熟，等着收割，把我们忙得喘不过气来。 解析：本句的主干部分为：thw growing season began。注意：词句中wave after wave of produce为比喻用法，指“潮水般一波又一波的农产品”；produce为农产品的总称。 4.The answer,decidedly,was no,and so---with my employ’s blessings and half a year’s pay in accumulated benefits in my pocket---off I went。 译文：无疑，答案是否定的。于是，带着老板的祝福，怀揣半年的薪水（累积下来的津贴），我走了。 解析：本句的主干部分为：The answer…was no,and so…off I went。此句为and连接的并列句；后半句的主干部分off I went将状语off提前，显得句子很生动，其中两破折号之间的with短语为伴随状语。 5.We’ve been able to make up the difference in income by cutting back without appreciablly lowering our standard of living. 译文：我们能够通过削减开支来弥补收入的不足，但我们的生活水准 并没有显著地降低。 解析：本句的主干部分为：We’ve been able to make up the difference in income by…是句子的方式状语。注意：make up表示“弥补”；cut back表示“减少，削减”，常见用法为cut back sth.和cut back on sth。 6.There is,as the old saying goes,no rest for the wicked on a place like this---and not much for the virtuous either. 正如老话说的那样，在这种情况下，坏人不得闲---好人也歇不了。 7.How much longer we’ll have enough energy to stay on here is anything’s guess—perhaps for quite a while,perhaps not. 谁也说不准我们还有精力在这里待多长时间—也许很久，也许不。 8.Once economic conditions improve,however,demand for farms like ours should be strong again. 一旦经济形式好转，我们这类农