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　　1.A public house which was recently bought by Mr. Ian Thompson is up for sale. 伊恩·汤普森先生最近才买的一个小酒店现在又要卖出去。

　　(1)在英国英语中，public house指酒馆、酒店，口语中往往缩略为pub：

　　I had lunch at a village pub.我在一家乡村小酒店吃了午饭。

　　(2)up for sale表示"供新概念"，up为形容词，含义为"已提出的"、"供……的"。

　　2.He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. 他告诉我有天夜里他怎么也睡不着，因为他听到酒吧里传来一阵奇怪的响声。

　　(1)从that一直到句尾都是told的直接宾语，其中because引导的原因状语从句说明为什么睡不着的原因。

　　(2)coming为现在分词，它引导的短语修饰noise，为宾语补足语。它也可以变为从句结构：a strange noise that came from the bar。在一些表示感觉的动词如see，hear，feel，watch，notice 等之后，往往用宾语+宾语补足语这个结构，其宾语补足语既可以是不定式(通常不加to)，也可以是现在分词，两者在意义上区别不大，现在分词表示动作正在发生，不定式则表示动作发生了：

　　I heard someone knocking at the door. 我听到有人正敲门。

　　I heard you sing this song yesterday. 昨天我听到你唱这支歌。

　　(3)bar为酒吧或酒店中卖酒的柜台。

　　3.…they were on in the morning.……早晨灯都亮着。

　　on为形容词，表示"开着的"、"接通的"，其反义词为off：

　　When he arrived home, he found that all the lights were on/ off. 他到家时发现所有的灯都亮着/关着。

　　Is the TV on? I thought I had turned it off. 电视机是开着的吗?我以为我把它关掉了。

　　4.He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before. 他还说他发现了5只空的威士忌酒瓶子，这肯定是鬼魂头天晚上喝的。