It was last January, when I'd just finished a charity and was on the train back home, that I put down my phone and started writing thank-you notes to people who had helped.
去年一月,我刚完成一项慈善活动,在回家的火车上,我放下手机,开始给那些曾经帮助过我的人写感谢信。
✅语法笔记
本句的主干是it was+被强调部分+that的强调句型,本句被强调的部分为时间状语last January。
when在此处引导时间状语从句。who在此处引导定语从句,修饰先行词people。had helped为过去完成时,表示在过去某一时间点已经完成的动作。
✅核心词表
January [ˈdʒænjuəri] n. 一月
finish [ˈfɪnɪʃ] v. 完成;结束 n. 结尾;末尾
charity [ˈtʃærəti] n. 慈善机构;慈善
put [pʊt] vt. (put, put, putting) 放,摆
note [nəʊt] n. 便条;笔记;钞票,纸币
