An Overturned Car

 A car overturned in Pingtung County yesterday after skidding¹ off the road while² traveling northbound on the Provincial Highway No. 1.. All five passengers in the car were rescued and^* sent to a nearby hospital where³ they were treated for minor injuries, police said.

警方表示，昨日屏東一輛從台一線往北的車輛打滑後翻覆在路邊。車上5位乘客被救出後送至鄰近的醫院，5位皆受輕傷。                              (取自Taipei Times)

文法解析:

1.      A car overturned in Pingtung County yesterday after skidding¹ off the road¼

原句為: A car overturned in Pingtung County yesterday after it skidded off the road.

英文常常用分詞構句來省略掉重複的主詞，而且以V-ing表主動/V-en表被動，此句的it即是 a car故省略, skidded off 改成V-ing 形式為skidding.

2.     A car overturned in Pingtung County yesterday after skidding1 off the road while traveling² northbound on the Provincial Highway No.1.

原句為: A car overturned in Pingtung County yesterday after it skidded off the road while it travelled on the Provincial Highway No.1.

同樣的分詞構句概念，省略相同主詞，把動詞過去式改成分詞(v-ing)。

3.     ¼a nearby hospital where³ they were treated for minor injuries.

此句中的where 為關係副詞用法(where ,when, why, how)，其功能既為副詞又為連接詞。先行詞為[地點]時用where，先行詞為[時間]時用 when , 先行詞為[理由]時用 why, 先行詞為[方式]時用 how。

4.     All five passengers in the car were rescued ^*and^*(were) sent to a nearby hospital¼

英文寫作時，若出現對等連接詞(and)時，可省略相同的be動詞(was/were/am/are/is)可使句子較為簡潔有力。

單字倒著看:

overturn KK[͵ovɚˋtɝn] vi. 傾覆；倒下；翻身     The boat overturned. 船翻了。

※  turnover KK[ˋtɝn͵ovɚ] n. 翻倒，翻轉[C] 營業額，交易額；證券成交額；人員更換率[U][S]

  They have a very high turnover of staff. 他們的員工流動率很高。