1. To the south lies the great dividing line of hills.
精解:这是一个倒装句。做状语的介词短语谓语句首引起倒装,句中to the south是介词短语。这一类的倒装句谓语动词通常come, lie, stand, walk这个四个不及物动词。例如:
Under the big tree was sitting an old farmer. 大树下坐着一个老农夫。
Along the dusty road came a group of tourists. 一群游客沿着尘土飞扬的路走来。
In the distance could be seen the purple mountains. 在远处, 可见到紫红色的群山。
采用这样的倒装形式有时也是出于全句平衡的考虑: 当主语较长时, 为了使句子平衡, 常以作状语的介词短语开头。例如:
On the ground lay some air conditioners, which are to be shipped to some other cities. 地上放着一些空调, 它们会被船运到其他城市去。
2. It is a quiet,sheltered part of the countryside,where the fields are always green and the rivers never dry up.
精解:这是一个含有非限定性定语从句的复合句。这个非限定性定语从句是where the fields are always green and the rivers never dry up,它修饰先行词countryside。它起到补充说明的作用,在这里补充说明countryside的景致。