people是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 人们, 人; [the -,这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢,今天小编就带您了解一下。
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- that this was the state of life which all other people envied; that kings have frequently lamented the miserable consequence of being born to great things, and wished they had been placed in the middle of the two extremes, between the mean and the great; that the wise man gave his testimo-ny to this, as the standard of felicity, when he prayed to have neither poverty nor riches.
-- While we were in this condition - the men yet labouring at the oar to bring the boat near the shore - we could see (when, our boat mounting the waves, we were able to see the shore) a great many people running along the strand to assist us when we should come near; but we made but slow way towards the shore; nor were we able to reach the shore till, being past the lighthouse at Winterton, the shore falls off to the westward towards Cromer, and so the land broke off a little the violence of the wind.
-- When I had pursued this resolution about ten days lon-ger, as I have said, I began to see that the land was inhabited; and in two or three places, as we sailed by, we saw people stand upon the shore to look at us; we could also perceive they were quite black and naked.
-- We made signs of thanks to them, for we had nothing to make them amends; but an opportunity offered that very instant to oblige them wonderfully; for while we were lying by the shore came two mighty creatures, one pursuing the other (as we took it) with great fury from the mountains to-wards the sea; whether it was the male pursuing the female, or whether they were in sport or in rage, we could not tell, any more than we could tell whether it was usual or strange, but I believe it was the latter; because, in the first place, those ravenous creatures seldom appear but in the night; and, in the second place, we found the people terribly frighted, es-pecially the women.
-- When this wall was finished, and the outside double fenced, with a turf wall raised up close to it, I perceived myself that if any people were to come on shore there, they would not perceive anything like a habitation; and it was very well I did so, as may be observed hereafter, upon a very remarkable occasion.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Mrs. John Dashwood had never been a favourite with any of her husband's family; but she had had no opportunity, till the present, of shewing them with how little attention to the comfort of other people she could act when occasion required it.
-- "Certainly not; but if you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them; and she is very stout and healthy, and hardly forty.
-- But Sir John's satisfaction in society was much more real; he delighted in collecting about him more young people than his house would hold, and the noisier they were the better was he pleased.
-- In the promotion of this object she was zealously active, as far as her ability reached; and missed no opportunity of projecting weddings among all the young people of her acquaintance.
-- "But perhaps the abuse of such people as yourself and Marianne will make amends for the regard of Lady Middleton and her mother.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- "Let's see," he went on, "I know quite a number of people in your town.
-- "I suppose your people will be here to meet you?"
-- The people in the car were all up and crowding about the door.
-- She could only think of people connected with them as counting money, dressing magnificently, and riding in carriages.
-- It was a clothing company, and more people were in evidence-- well-dressed men of forty and more, surrounded by brass railings.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- We stop stages and car-riages on the road, with masks on, and kill the people and take their watches and money.'
-- Don't you reckon that the people that made the books knows what's the correct thing to do?
-- Well, about this time he was found in the river drownded, about twelve mile above town, so people said.
-- Tom Sawyer called the hogs 'ingots,' and he called the turnips and stuff 'julery,' and we would go to the cave and powwow over what we had done, and how many people we had killed and marked.
-- I'll learn people to bring up a boy to put on airs over his own father and let on to be better'n what HE is.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- But the people in the street, seeing a wooden Marionette running like the wind, stood still to stare and to laugh until they cried.
-- Suddenly, he found himself in a large square, full of people standing in front of a little wooden building painted in brilliant colors.
-- Being people of great refinement, they did not want to offend you so deeply as not to allow you the honor of paying the bill."
-- "If I even knew what kind of people I would find here!But whom shall I ask?
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