PETS－2语法讲解(245)

A sports car pulled out to overtake a bus.
　　对 话
　　Colin: There was a terrible accident on the main road not far from our house yesterday.
　　Martha: What exactly happened?
　　Colin: A young man in a sports car pulled out to overtake a bus and collided head-on with a truck travelling in the opposite direction.
　　Martha: Was anyone injured?
　　Colin: The driver of the sports car was killed outright and the truck driver suffered serious leg injuries.
　　Martha: What a terrible price to pay for a little impatience!
　　科林：昨天，大路上发生严重意外事故，离我家不远。
　　玛尔莎：发生了什么事？
　　科林：一个年轻人开跑车，转到另一条车道上，要超越一辆巴士，和迎面而来的卡车撞个正着。
　　玛尔莎：有没有人受伤？
　　科林：跑车司机当场死亡，卡车司机腿部也伤得很严重。
　　玛尔莎：一时性急，要付的代价可真沉重。
　　Pull这个字，读者应该都知道是‘拉’的意思，例如The horse pulled the cart along the road（马儿拖着马车在路上走）。说汽车或司机朝某个方向开动，也可用pull字，例如：(1) The truck/The truck driver pulled over to let my car past（卡车/卡车司机开到一旁，让我的汽车通过）。(2) The car/She pulled up at the red traffic light（汽车/她在红色交通灯前停下来）。火车到站，叫The train is pulling in （或into the station）；火车开出，则叫The train is pulling out（或out of the station）。
　　汽车从停车处开到公路上，也可叫pull out，例如：The car/He pulled out of the driveway into the main road（汽车/他把汽车从私人车道开到大路上）。Pull out还有一个意思：由一条车道开到另一条，这一般是要超越另一辆车的做法，例如：(1) The sports car/The young man pulled out from behind the bus（那辆跑车/那年轻人从巴士后转出来，开到另一条车道上）。(2) A sedan pulled out in front of me without signaling. I pulled up just in time to avoid a collision（一辆轿车也没有打方向灯，就越线开到我前面。我及时停车，才避免相撞）。
　　超车不小心，可能和另一方向的车辆迎面相撞，这‘迎面’叫做head-on，作形容词(adjective)或副词(adverb)都可以，例如：(1) One driver was killed in the head-on collision（汽车迎头相撞，一名司机丧生）。(2) The two cars hit each other head-on（二车迎头相撞）。