Unit 1 Nothing ventured, nothing gained
课文长句难句剖析
1. The smell is, as usual, almost unbearable, being a mixture of sweat, seal oil fat, and dirty underwear.
剖析：being a mixture of sweat, seal oil fat, and dirty underwear是现在分词短语，作表语unbearable的补语，进一步解释unbearable的原因。
译文：气味像平时一样几乎让人无法忍受,有汗味、海豹油味，还有肮脏内衣的气味。
2. I try to think of happier things: warm and dry clothes, a cosy bedroom, sunny days, my mother’s face and the celebration we will get when we return, for I am part of a failed expedition that tried to cross the continent of Antarctica, something that had never been done before.
剖析：try to的意思是：努力去做。。。。。。／试图想要。。。。。。（但往往没有做成功） 比如：Jack tried to stand up on the head but (he) failed.杰克想用头着地倒立，可是没有立起来。
think of是“想起、想到、认为”等意思。比如：She felt afraid when she thought of the story his boy friend told her the other day.她一想起男朋友那天给她讲的故事就感到害怕。
