Lesson 57 Can I help you,madam?您要买什么，夫人？ 介词

A woman in jeans stood at the window of an expensive shop. §

• do window shopping ^{(表示在逛街购物)}
• a woman in jeans ^{一个穿牛仔裤的妇女}

Though she hesitated for a moment, she finally went in and asked to see a dress that was in the window.

She asked to see a dress  in the window. ^{不强调的表达(不强调“正是橱窗里的那一件”)}

The assistant who served her did not like the way she was dressed.

the way § ^{可以直接加定语从句, 不需要引导词}

• I don’t like the way she eats. ^{我不喜欢她吃饭的样子}
• The way she eats annoyed me. ^{她吃饭的样子让我烦}
• I cooked in the way you taught me.

Glancing at her scornfully, he told her that the dress was sold.

Glancing at ^{非谓语动词，主动修饰整个句子做状语。}

• Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away.^{他瞥了一眼地图，告诉我们前面再走不到20英里就是一个村庄。}
• Glancing at the travel clock on the floor, Ryan realised he'd been asleep for over five hours. ^{瞥了一眼地板上的旅行钟，瑞恩意识到他一直在睡了五个多小时。}

She returned to the shop the following morning dressed in a fur coat, with a handbag in one hand and a long umbrella in the other.

with sth. in hand ^手上拿着

• He went to the theatre with a book in one hand. ^{他手上拿着一本书去了电影院}
• She went to her monther’s carring her baby with a chicken in one hand and a duck in the other. ^{(go to one’s monther’s 回娘家)}

After seeking out the rude assistant, she asked for the same dress.

seek out ^{找出, 找到}

• He sought out the thief in the crowd.
• Seek him out quickly.I want to speak to him.

Not realizing  who she was, the assistant was eager to serve her this time.

• Not/Without/Never hesitating for a moment, he ran after the thief. ^{现在分词短语代替一个分句位于句首时，其否定形式是在它前面加上 not，without 或 never 等否定词}
• Not being able to open the door, I asked my neighbour for help. ^{not，without 或 never 等否定词有时可互换，有时则不可}

tell sb. not to do sth. ^{告诉某人不要做某事}

With great difficulty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dress.

with great difficulty / trouble ^{with 在这里表示行为方式}

• He lifted the box with ease/difficulty.
• Its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it.
• He had a lot of trouble climbing into the shop window to get the dress.

* She enjoyed herself making the assistant bring almost everything in the window before finally buying the dress she had first asked for.

make 和let 后面都跟不带 to 的不定式，但意义上和用法上有区别

在表示地点和位置时，说话人的个人角度会影响对介词的选择。