She gazed in awe at the great stones.
她敬畏地凝视着那些巨石。
[NCE3]
Who has not stood in awe at the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly, or a column of ants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead beetle?
awe 英 [ɔː] 美 [ɔː]
n. 敬畏，惊叹；（古）使人敬畏的力量
v. 使敬畏，使赞叹
[ 英语读报 ]

He became famous as an inventor of astonishing visual and aural effects.
句型: 他因...出名 He became famous as an ...

I would say that the difference between going from talking to adults all day to talking to a 15-month-old was the most dramatic change.
句型: The difference between A to B was the most dramatic change.

A nine-hour workday is nothing compared to taking care of a little child.
听力: nine-hour workday

He helped himself to a piece of toast and then looked up at the reporter on the television, who was halfway through a report on an escaped convict:
convict 做名词，罪犯

you'll keep a civil tongue in your head when you're talking to Marge.
短语:
keep a civil tongue 说话彬彬有礼 ; 措词谨慎 ; 说文明话

Alaska’s northern half is almost as empty, its climate barely less brutal.
它的气候也同样残酷。
双重否定，
less 少
barely 几乎不
合起来就是 barely less 几乎不少 = 同样。

Some are worried about the environmental impact of the proposed casino.
（万能理由）担心..对环境的影响 be worried about the environmental impact of ...
[英语读报]

The Syrian pound trades at about 1% of its pre-war value in dollars on the black market.
# 叙利亚镑在黑市上的交易价格约为战前美元价值的1%。
主句: Pound [trades].
(The Syrian pound) [trades] (at about 1% of its pre-war value) (in dollars) (on the black market.)
造句:
* Pound trades on the market.
* The Syrian Pound trades on the market.
* Pound trades on the black market.
* Pound trades at about 1% of its value.
* Pound trades at about 1% of its value on the black market.
* Pound trades at about 1% of its pre-war value.
* Pound trades at about 1% of its pre-war value in dollars.
* The Syrian pound trades at about 1% of its pre-war value in dollars on the black market.

A plant refining vegetable oil opened last month, providing hundreds of new jobs.
# 上个月，一家提炼植物油的工厂开业，提供了数百个新工作岗位。
主句: A plant opened.
造句:
* A plant opened (last month).
* A plant (refining vegetable oil) opened.<== 后置定语缩写的
A plant which refines vegetable oil opened.
* A plant opened, which provides hundreds of new jobs. ==> 非限定性定语从句，逻辑主语就是主句主语，变非谓语动词 使用ing:
A plant opened, providing hundreds of new jobs.
* A plant opened last month, providing hundreds of new jobs.
* A plant refining vegetable oil opened last month, providing hundreds of new jobs.

# There is always hope that in its labyrinth of musty, dark, disordered rooms a real rarity will be found amongst the piles of assorted junk that little the floors
# 人们还常常有希望在发霉、阴暗、杂乱无章、迷宫般的店堂里，从杂乱地摆放在地板上的、一堆堆各式各样的破烂货中找到一件稀世珍品
labyrinth [ˈlæbərɪnθ] n. 迷宫；[解剖] 迷路；难解的事物
musty [ˈmʌsti] adj. 发霉的；落伍的；冷淡的
rarity [ˈreərəti] n. 罕见的人（或物），珍品；稀有，罕见；稀薄
assorted [əˈsɔːtɪd] adj. 各种各样的，混杂的
主句是: There is always hope that ...
从句的主句: a real rarity will be found (in its rooms).
开始扩句:
* There is hope that a rarity will be found.
* There is always hope that (in its passage of dark rooms) a real rarity will be found.
* There is always hope that (in its passage of dark rooms) a real rarity will be found (amongst piles of junk) (that litter the floors).
* There is always hope that (in its passage of dark rooms) a real rarity will be found (amongst piles of junk) (that litter the floors).
== 再看原文:
There is always hope that in its labyrinth of musty, dark, disordered rooms a real rarity will be found amongst the piles of assorted junk that little the floors