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Para.6 Then on a dark night in August, 1971, I began my third life. On a dark night一般我们常用的搭配是at night，in the morning，但如果night、morning这些表示某时间的词语前面有修饰，就要用到on。e.g. on a raining morning on a windy afternoon It was raining when I started home that night ; gusty winds and slashing rain beat down on the car as I drove slowly down one of the less-traveled roads. gustyadj. 阵风的，刮风的，突发的gusty winds 阵阵大风slashing （slash的现在分词） adj.猛烈的，凌厉的n.猛砍，砍击，鞭打--slash v.猛砍，严厉批评 n.砍，劈，切口，砍痕 less-traveled adj.少人行驶的， 不经常走的形容词 + 过去分词 = 新的形容词e.g. good-tasted  bad-behaved It was raining when I started home that night ; (when 引导的时间状语从句)gusty winds and slashing rain beat down on the car as I drove slowly down one of the less-traveled roads. (as引导的时间状语从句)-----狂风阵阵，倾盆大雨敲打着车身，我缓缓地驾车沿着一条车辆罕至的公路行驶。 Suddenly the steering wheel jerked in my hands and the car swerved violently to the right. steer v.驾驶(船、汽车等)，行驶， 操纵 n.肉用公牛steering wheel 方向盘，舵轮 jerk (jerked, jerked) v.急拉，猛推  (通常与adv./prep.连用)e.g. She jerked her head up. 她猛然抬起头来。 He jerked the phone away from her.  他猛然一下从她那儿把电话抢走。 n.急拉，猛推，猝然一动 swerve vi.突然转向，急转弯e.g. She swerved sharply to avoid a passer-by. 她猛地急转弯以躲开 一个路人。  n.突然转向，偏离的程度 Suddenly the steering wheel jerked in my hands and the car swerved violently to the right.△Suddenly的用法很灵活，可以用在动词的后面，也可以用在句首。△这里的and连接了两个句子。 In the same instant I heard the dreaded bang of a blowout. In the same instant同时，相同的瞬间instant  adj.立刻的，立即的，速食(溶)的instant coffee 速溶咖啡 n.瞬间，片刻 dreaded (dread的过去分词) adj.令人畏惧的，可怕的--dread (dreaded, dreaded) v.非常害怕，极为担心 (dread + doing sth. / that+从句)e.g. I dread being sick.我特别害怕生病。 I dread that we will lose the game. 我非常害怕我们会输掉比赛。 n.恐惧，令人惧怕的人或物 bang n.突然的巨响，碰撞 v.猛敲，砰的关上...，碰撞blowout n.爆胎