The Time Traveler’s Wife This story is a magical tale about the endless power of love. 這是一段關於永恆愛情力量的迷人故事。
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is an unforgettable book about love, loss, and time travel. The book’s main characters are Henry DeTamble and Clare Abshire. The book begins with a confusing situation. They see each other at the library when Clare is 20 years old and Henry is 28. Although Henry doesn’t know Clare, she had met him before when she was six. That’s because Henry has a strange genetic▼ disorder▼ that forces him to travel backwards and forwards through time. He has no control overwhen he leaves or the places he travels to. Throughout the story, Henry meets his wife at different ages and stages of their lives. This is not the first book to deal with romance and time travel. However, it does offer a new view on the subject. Niffenegger created the book as a way to express her feelings about the failed relationships in her life. She uses time travel to show howemotionaland physical distance can make communication difficult. The idea of time travel also representshow partners can feel as if they are in different places in their relationship.
1. unforgettable a. 難忘的 I had an unforgettable first date with Bradley. 我和布萊德利的初次約會真是令人難忘。 2. confusing a. 令人困惑的 The information in the manual is too confusing for me to understand. 這使用手冊上的資訊太讓我困惑了，我無法理解。 * manual [ `mAnyUJl ] n. 使用手冊；說明書 3. backwards and forwards 來來回回 The kid drew the lines backwards and forwards on the paper. 那個孩子在紙上來來回回畫了許多線條。 4. have no control over / of... 對……無法掌握 have control over... （能）掌控／控制…… You have no control over what will happen. 會發生什麼事是你無法控制的。 Although the class was noisy, the teacher still had control over the situation. 雖然這個班級很吵鬧，老師還是控制住整個狀況。 5. romance n. 愛情，戀愛 The couple wanted to keep their romance secret from their parents. 這對情侶想要把戀情瞞著父母。 6. express vt. 表達，表現 Sarah expressed herself quite well at the speech competition. 莎拉在演講比賽中把自己的意思表達得相當好。 7. emotional a. 情感／情緒（上）的 Chuck suffers from emotional problems and cannot control his anger. 查克身受情緒問題的困擾，無法控制自己的脾氣。 8. represent vt. 象徵；代表 = stand for... A red flag represents a warning or danger. 紅旗代表警告或有危險。
▼genetic a. 基因的，遺傳性的 ▼disorder n. 疾病，失調 ▼ physical a. 身體的，肉體的
疑問詞引導的名詞子句用法（一） 疑問詞（when、where、how、why、what、which 等）引導的疑問句可轉換成名詞子句，在主要子句中作主詞、受詞或置於 be 動詞後作主詞補語。 疑問句如何轉變為名詞子句： 1. 問句有 be 動詞時： 主詞與 be 動詞還原，前面保留疑問詞。 例 Where is Barbara?（芭芭拉在哪裡？） → where Barbara is（芭芭拉在哪裡） 2. 問句有一般助動詞（如 will、can、may 等）時： 主詞與助動詞還原，前面保留疑問詞。 例 When will you leave?（你何時離開？） → when you will leave（你何時離開） 3. 問句有 do、does、did 等助動詞時： 此類疑問句變成名詞子句時，先保留句首的疑問詞，再將 do、does 或 did 去掉，其後的原形動詞則按主詞人稱及時態作變化。 例 Where does Nick live?（尼克住在哪裡？） → where Nick lives（尼克住在哪裡） 例 What did you buy?（你買了什麼？） → what you bought（你買了什麼） 4. 在疑問句中，若疑問代名詞 who、what、which 作主詞，則疑問句變成名詞子句時，句子結構不變。 例 Who will go?（誰會去？） → who will go（誰會去） 例 What happened?（發生了什麼事？） → what happened（發生了什麼事）
