第39课
1、 Even though the road waslittered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed.
    尽管路面布满石头，坑坑洼洼，但布鲁斯却一点儿不慌乱。

2、 It was notthat Bruce always underestimated difficulties.
这并不是说布鲁斯总是低估困难,
典型的强调句式。。

3、 What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, givingway to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps ofbushes.
突然大石块不见了，前面是一片平地，唯一的障碍只有一簇簇灌木丛。这使我们长长地松了口气。
第一个划线处。。感叹句式
第二个划线处。。注意平原修饰词。。表示延伸的意义。

4、 But there was worse tocome.
   但是更糟糕的事情在等着我们
   又是比较极的应用。

5、 In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped.
   我们再次央求布鲁斯小心，他这才把车停了下来。
   这里renew pleadings表达一个反复多次请求的意思。。值得学习。。。

6、 Bruceengaged low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the frontwheels astride the crack as he followed itszig-zag course.
布鲁斯挂上慢档，把两只前轮分别搁在裂缝的两边，顺着弯弯曲曲的裂缝，以发疯的速度向前开去。
engage这个词使用很普遍
as 这里是引导时间状语从句。。