越详细越好,整个句子意思我也不明白、还有其中的where也不知道起什么作用turningbackdownthemainstreet,wequickenedourpaceandmadeourwayrapidlytowardsthestreamwherewehopedtheboatmanwaswaiting

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越详细越好,整个句子意思我也不明白、还有其中的where也不知道起什么作用
turning back down the main street,we quickened our pace and made our way rapidly towards the stream where we hoped the boatman was waiting

Answer 1

翻译：我们转身沿着主街,加快了步伐,快速地朝溪流走去,我们希望船夫在那里等待.
这个句子由简单句扩展而成,核心是：we quickened our pace and made our way rapidly towards the stream ,由两个并列的简单句组成的.
turning back down the main street：现在分词短语,表伴随状态,做状语.
where we hoped the boatman was waiting ,是由where引导定语从句,修饰the stream
where引导定语从句时, where是关系副词, 在从句中作地点状语, 其前面有表示地点的先行词, where引导的从句修饰先行词.例如:
The bookshop where I bought this book is not far from here. 我买这本书的那个书店离这里不远.
This is the house where I lived two years ago. 这就是我两年前住的那个房子.
We will start at the point where we left off. 我们将从上次停下来的地方开始.