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状语从句重难点讲解
本模块中我们复习了时间状语从句、条件状语从句和让步状语从句。下面我们来看看这三种从句中需要注意的几点。
时间状语从句
1. before / since
“It be + 一段时间 + before ...”结构,在肯定句中常译为“多久之后才……”;在否定句中常译为“不久之后就……”。如:
It will be three years before he graduates from university.
It was not long before he found another job.
“It is / has been + 一段时间 + since ...”结构中, since从句的谓语动词多用一般过去时,表示动作或状态的完成,计时的起点是动作或状态完成的那一时刻。在语义上,从句动词为延续性动词时,含有否定的意味;从句动词为非延续性动词时,含有肯定的意味。如:
It is 3 years since he were here. (表示“他不在这儿已经3年了”)
It is 3 years since he stopped smoking. (表示“他不抽烟已经3年了”)
2. when / as / while
表示“当……时”,when引导的从句的动作和主句的动作可以同时发生,也可先后发生,从句中的动词既可以是延续性的,也可以是非延续性的;as,while引导的从句强调主句和从句的动作同时发生,并且从句中的动词通常是延续性的。如:
When I lived there, I used to go to the seashore on Sundays.
While you were reading the paper, I was working.
As the kids walked home, they sang happily.
注意:当从句表示“随着”时,连词只能用as。如:
As the day went on, the weather got worse.
3. till / until
两者都表示“一直到……;直到……才”,基本上可以互换,但till一般不位于句首。当表示主句动作延续到某时才停止时,主句用肯定句;当表示主句动作到某时才开始发生时,主句用否定句。如:
I’ll wait here until / ti