➢ should have known 本应知道 ➢ should have done 原本应该做而没做 ➢ needn't have done 过去不必做但是做了
4.A policeman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone along a side street as Jumbo was holding up the traffic.
1. Last Christmas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided to take some presents to a children's hospital.
take…to 把……送到
2. Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a guard of honour of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo.
①afterwards =later 后来 ②It was fortunate that… 幸运的是…… ③let sb. off 饶恕某人,放过……,对……从轻处理 炸.燃放”。例如: let off a firework 放烟火 ④record n. 纪录;(警察局的ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ记录,历史,成绩
Let off还表示“使爆
7. Jumbo must weigh a few tons,' said a policeman afterwards, so it was fortunate that we didn't have to carry him. Of course, we should arrest him, but as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time.'