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时间、原因、让步状语从句
时间状语从句:
通常用下列从属连词引导:
when, while, as, before, after, since(自从…以来), till (until), as soon as(刚一…马上就…), once(一旦), whenever等。
如:
①I’ll give the note to him as soon as I see him.
我一看见他就马上把这条子给他。
②The first bell was already ringing before she got to the school gate.
她走到学校大门之前,头遍铃已经响了。
③I’ll go and see her after I get the new dress.
我买到新衣服之后要去看她。
④I won’t go home until I have finished my homework.
我直到做完作业再回家。
⑤As you study a globe, you may notice that most of the large land areas are connected.
当你研究地球仪时,你会注意到多数大块陆地是相连的。
⑥Once he understood, he did what he was told to do.
一旦他明白了,他就按照吩咐的去做。
⑦When clothes are washed, they don’t get dry very easily.
洗了的衣服不容易干。
⑧He has read a lot since he was a child.
他从小时候起已经读了许多书。
⑨I’ll discuss the problem with you whenever you are free.
无论你什么时间有空,我就同你讨论这个问题。
◆until 和not until:
当主句中的动词是延续性动词时,常用:…until…, 表示主句的动作延续到从句表示的动作发生或完成为止。
如:
①Jim stayed up until his mother came back last night.
昨晚吉姆一直熬夜到他母亲