Day 20
英文重现
I don't think that I told her what she wanted to hear,but I enjoyed myself.I don't think that she believed all my stories.I think she still believes that archaeologists wear white pith helmets and find treasure each day before breakfast.She asked me why,if conditions were as horrible as I described,why I would ever go on another dig.I remember that she smiled when she asked me,expecting me to talk about the excitement of discovery,the thrill of uncovering lost civilizations.Why do I do it?
“I'm crazy,”I said.I don't think she believed me.
——SAT 2009年5月题，Section 5
解析
1.第一个句子中“that”引导的从句作“think”的宾语，该从句又嵌套了一个“what”引导的宾语从句“what she wanted to hear”，作“told”的直接宾语，而在宾语从句中，“what”作“hear”的宾语。
2.第四个句子中，“if conditions were as horrible as I described”是一个“if”引导的条件状语从句，“as…as”是表示程度相当的比较，第一个“as”为副词（后面通常为形容词或副词），第二个“as”可用作介词（后接名词或代词）或连词（后接从句）。
3.第五个句子中，“expecting me to talk about the excitement of discovery,the thrill of uncovering lost civilizations”是现在分词作伴随状语，“the excitement of discovery”和“the thrill of uncovering lost civilizations”并列作介词“about”的宾语。
词意辨析
参考翻译
我想我告诉她的并不是她想听的内容，但是我自得其乐。我觉得她不会相信我所有的故事。我觉得她仍然认为考古学家就是头戴白色遮阳帽，每天早餐以前就已经找到珍宝。她问我这是为什么，如果条件真如我所描述的那样艰苦，为何我还要一如既往地进行考古挖掘工作。我记得她问我这个问题的时候微笑着，期待着我能谈及发现宝藏时的兴奋之情，抑或发现遗失文明时的激动之情。为什么我要那么做？
“因为我疯了，”我这么跟她说。我想她是不会相信我的。
实战演练
I don't think that I told her what she wanted to hear,but I enjoyed myself.I don't think that she believed all my stories.I think she still believes that archaeologists wear white pith helmets and find treasure each day before breakfast.She asked me why,if conditions were as horrible as I described,why I would ever go on another dig.I remember that she smiled when she asked me,expecting me to talk about the excitement of discovery,the thrill of uncovering lost civilizations.Why do I do it?
“I'm crazy,”I said.I don't think she believed me.
In context,the reporter would probably characterize the narrator's remark of“I'm crazy”as____.
(A)pompous
(B)deferential
(C)despondent
(D)flippant
(E)frank
答案：D
答案解析
“I'm crazy”是对原文中记者问“如果条件真如我（讲述者）所描述的那样艰苦，为何还要一如既往地进行考古挖掘工作”的回答。做题时需要感受讲述者说这句话时的语气，“因为我疯了”，这其实是在自我调侃，对于讲述者的这种态度，记者会有怎样的感觉呢？选项A是说“傲慢的，自大的”。记者会因此认为讲述者傲慢么？应该不会。选项B“恭敬的”感情色彩明显不对；选项E“坦白的”也不对，讲述者不可能真的是因为疯了才去考古的；选项C“失望的，丧气的”也不对，根据上下文，讲述者提到自己在艰苦的环境下也依然坚持进行挖掘，所以他是不会认为讲述者对自己的工作感到失望。选项D“轻率的”正确，记者可能会认为讲述者没有认真回答自己的问题，态度是轻率的。