二、课文重点句型解析及翻译参考
1. Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and named it Angouleme. He described it as 'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river.' 1524年，一位鲜为人知的意大利人维拉萨诺驾船驶进纽约港，并将该港名为安古拉姆。
sailed into... 是句子的主干
about whom（whom指代Italian）
2. He described it as 'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river.'他对该港作了这样的描述：“地理位置十分适宜，位于两座小山的中间，一条大河从中间流过”。
We should describe the experiment as a failure. 我们把这次实验描述成失败。
动词后面可以加as的动词：work as, take as, see, view, look upon, recognize, regard, treat, accept等。People regard Lang lang as genius st piano playing. （genius n.天才, 天赋）
We have accepted his words as truth. 我们已经对他的话信以为真了。
(2) agreeable situation宜人的地方He hoped to have his house built in a agreeable situation.
situation n.地点，地方（= location = position）
(3) Located过去分词做定语修饰situation，相当于lie in。located within two small hills. = which is located within two small hills.
locate坐落于，位于，把……安置于，把……建立在……
Their factory is located at the foot of the mountain.
Guangzhou is located in the South of China.
Japan is located to the east of China.
They located their headquarters in Beijing.
(4) In the midst of = in the middle of特别提示要注意: In the middle of不仅可以表示方位上的中间, 还可以表示时间上的中间。
in the middle of the lake / in the middle of the year / in the middle of the summer
(5) in the midst of which flowed a great river.介词短语在which前, which引导的定语从句要倒装。We arrived at a village in front of which was a river, with a stone bridge across it.
3. Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21st, 1964, the greatest bridge in the world was named after him.
虽然维拉萨诺绝对算不上一个伟大的探险家，但他的名字将流芳百世，因为1964年11月21日建成的一座世界上最长的吊桥是以他的名字命名。
(1) Though / although / even though 引导让步状语从句
特别注意:
用了though, although句子中 就不能再使用but，这一点特别容易受中文定式思维误导。
虽然不可以与but连用，但可以用yet来强调转折关系。
Though they managed to take photos, yet it's because of these photos that they got into trouble soon.
(2) by no means= not by any means = not at allIt is by no means pleasant to travel alone.一个人独自旅行绝对不是一件让人高兴的事。
He isn't satisfied with a job at all. = He isn't satisfied with a job by any means.
by no means、neither、nor等否定意义的副词短语放在句首时，句子常倒装。(3) 知识点拓展
by no means, at no time、 no way, in no case, in no sense, in no circumstances（circumstance n.环境,详情,境况）on no account 都表示’决不’,等放在句首时，句子常倒装。如：
By no means is it pleasant to take a crowded bus.
By no means shall we give up.
(4) be named after…, be named for…, take one's name from… 都表示用…来命名
4. The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island. It has a span of 4260 feet. 拉萨诺大桥由奥斯马.阿曼设计，连结着布鲁克林与斯塔顿岛，桥长4,260英尺。
was designed by被……设计
joins Brooklyn to Staten 把……同……连接起来
a span of 跨度、桥长
5. The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer. 维由于桥身太长，设计者不得不考虑了地表的形状。
(1) take into account = take into consideration = take account of 考虑到We have to take the date into account when we have the meeting.
(2) 语法知识点拓展:take into account相当于take sth.into account.是一个固定搭配，结构中其中sth.作take的宾语。
由于在实际语言应用中，往往是如果宾语sth.太长,这时为了避免头重脚轻，就会置于account之后
I wish my teacher would take into account the fact that I was ill just during the exams when she marks my paper.我希望老师改卷的时候考虑一下我在考考试期间生病的这个事实。这个句子如果变成“宾语fact提前”，就成了下面的这种情况:
I wish my teacher would take [the fact that I was ill just during the exams]into account when she marks my paper.这就是头重脚轻了，虽然这样说语法上是正确的。
A good architect takes into account the building's surroundings.（一个好的设计师会考虑建筑物的周边环境.）
I think you have to take into account that he's a good deal younger than the rest of us.（我想你得考虑这一点——他比我们其他人都要年轻得多.）
特别温馨提醒:如果take的宾语是个代词,那么它肯定放在take之后的，是不可以放在account之后的。
We will take it into account.
