一年级小朋友故事书上的一句话

henry.houfeng

在一年级小朋友故事书上看到一句话：
Sergeant Murphy was busy putting parking tickets on cars when, suddenly, who should come running out of the market but Bananas Gorlla.

汗！看了三遍才明白基本意思:当Murphy警官正在忙着给汽车贴停车罚单的时候，突然，香蕉猩猩跑出了超市。
但还是不确定如何准确翻译。请专家解释一下，when是指Murphy正在贴条？还是指当猩猩跑出来？who should...but是什么句式？谢谢！
一年级小朋友说话都这么复杂？

缨子

首先声明我不是专家，只是想分享一下自己的理解，共同探讨。我觉得WHEN 是指正在贴条的时候。后面是不是可以理解为：这时，突然，谁跑出来了呢？香蕉猩猩。

henry.houfeng

刚查到who but...的意思是，除了...还能有谁

若水无尤

好特别的句式。反问句式. Google到以下解释
http://www.italki.com/question/306011

henry.houfeng

若水无尤 发表于 2015-6-25 18:42
好特别的句式。反问句式. Google到以下解释
http://www.italki.com/question/306011

哈哈，谢谢！竟然被你找到同样的问题。
这本书是女儿刚从学校图书馆借的，书名:Richard Scarry's Bedtime Stories
难道外国小孩都能听明白这种句子？

henry.houfeng

when放的位置真奇怪。
按照别人的解释，这种句式是为了讲故事时吸引听众，在but之前停顿一下，然后再揭晓答案。
Sergeant Murphy was busy putting parking tickets on cars when, suddenly, who should come running out of the market........................... but Bananas Gorilla.

acb

Imagine you are telling children a story. Would you say that Sergeant .... when Gorilla suddenly came running out ..?

acb

The narrator's trying to get the audience involved by using 'who should'.
Also the usage of 'who' won't have the story spoiled.

缨子

acb 发表于 2015-6-25 19:23
The narrator's trying to get the audience involved by using 'who should'.
Also the usage of 'who' w ...

这个用法解释很贴切。

mikelee19

有难度？