准确表达故事背景一、表达时间1.at dawn/noon/dusk/night 在黎明/在中午/在傍晚/在夜间2.in the late afternoon 在傍晚3.three days later 三天之后4.shortly after 不久以后5.in the meantime 与此同时6.on that winter afternoon 在那个冬天的下午7.in my future life 在我以后的生活中8.at the end of the summer 在夏末9.in the following days 在接下来的日子里10.after ending a day’s work 结束了一天的工作后11.Days went by 几天过去了12.It was getting dark 天黑下来了13.They arrived soon after 他们没多久就到了14.I waited till they returned 我一直等到他们回来15.It was five o’clock in the morning 那是在早上五点钟16.It was daybreak when Jane woke up 简醒来已是黎明17.Years seemed to run more swiftly then 那些年似乎过得更快18.It occurred on the morning of the fifteenth 事情发生在 15 号的上午19.At early morning I went up through the hillside woods 清晨我穿越山坡的小树林20.On entering the garden I noted that spring had come round 一走进花园我就发现春天已经到了二、表示地点与地理位置1.in nature 在大自然中2.on the spot 在现场3.in the woods 在小树林里4.in the open wild 在露天里5.on the top of the hill 在山顶上6.in the gas station 在加油站7.along the stream 沿着小溪8.go a mile or so 走了大约一英里9.to the east of the village 在村子的东面10.on the other side of the forest 在森林的另一边11.The town is ten miles away 镇子在十英里之外12.At a distance, she spotted a misty figure在远处，她发现了一个模糊的身影13.Our hotel is within a stone’s throw of the beach我们的酒店离海滨仅咫尺之遥14.The ship struck a hidden rock beneath the surface of the water船撞上了水下的礁石15.We visited a small village off the map last summer去年夏天我们去了一个偏僻的小村庄16.He glanced at the map and told us that there would be a village less than twenty miles away他瞥了一眼地图，然后告诉我们，前面再走不到 20 英里就是一...
