And then on the way to the hospital they stopped by a pub to have some cider.

之后在去医院的路上,他们居然还去了一个酒吧喝了点苹果酒

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The thing is" is the pattern that we use in a sentence to stop people on their tracks.

当你想阻止某人在他们设想的路上走下去的时候，可以使用“The thing is”句型。

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And this embarrassing episode is just the beginning of a sequence of embarrassing events that will occur as the Israelites move from Egypt towards the land that's been promised to them.

这令人尴尬的一幕只是,一系列尴尬事件的开始,这些都将发生在他们从埃及到应许之地的路上。

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You see it again on 209, a little later in this scene. His suspicion is aroused when a car pulls up next to them as they're heading out of town.

在209页，这个场景的后半部分，你将再次看见他产生怀疑,当时他们正走在去镇里的路上，一辆车停在他们旁边。

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On the way to the hospital, they stopped by a tavern and he had a little pint of cider to drink, sat down and talked to people.

在去医院的路上，他们在酒馆停了下来,他喝了一品拖苹果酒，坐下来同大家交谈。

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The thing is" is very useful to stop people in their tracks.

当你想阻止某人在他们设想的路上走下去的时候，“The thing is”句型是个非常有用的句型。

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So, this is a more complex and, sort of, dense example of how that consumer, that push to consume, that consumer sense drives and motivates the novel and plays out in what they see when they are on the road.

这是个更复杂更难懂的例子，它有关那些消费者，怎样推动消费和消费者的意识怎样驱动小说情节发展,及演变出他们在路上看到的各种事物。

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One aspect of their language which maybe you've noticed in On the Road--it's not quite so pronounced in On the Road as it is elsewhere, certainly--in the letters that these figures write to each other.

他们语言的一个方面也许你们已经在《在路上》里注意到了,当然在《在路上》里表现的并不如在其他地方明显,比如在他们这些人相互写的信里,表现得就很明显。

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