「托福听力」conversation: Return a sociology book

托福听力中经常有些复杂剧中，兼了一个简单的语法点就容易造成意思偏差，比如这句：In fact, every semester we get a few students who've had their borrowing privileges suspended completely because they haven't returned books.

had their borrowing privileges suspended 何解？

have something done是英语学习中必讲的，意为请某人做某事。每个英语老师都会举例的那个著名的，have one's hair cut - Tom has his hair cut. Tom理发的。头发是被别人理掉了，不是Tom剪的，是Tom让别人-理发师剪掉的。

更形象的，在汤姆科鲁兹的电影中， 对手对阿汤哥说： I have you followed 阿汤哥露出他招牌的惊讶表情，是啊没象到，组织老大发现了他，并让人跟踪了自己。如同剪发，是老大安排人，派人，让人，跟踪了阿汤哥。 I have you follow =是在说， you are followed by my person, 或者是 I have arranged someone to follow you.

于是，这句had their borrowing privileges suspended很容易理解了吧。是说那些学生的借书特权被取消了。比对一下理发和被安排的人跟踪，这个borrowing privileges也是被安排注销了。

这个简单的have something done的句子放在一个复杂句中，说的是students who.....还装了个理由：because they haven't returned books.

解析了这个后，对整句了解就清晰了。原来该句的结构和意思是这样的啊：In fact, every semester we get a few students who've had their borrowing privileges suspended completely because they haven't returned books. 事实上，每个学期我们都会遇到一些学生的延期还书期限用尽了的，就是因为他们没有把书给还了。