内容正文:
Section Ⅲ Grammar
it 用法及used to、would用法
一、it 用法
1.作人称代词
(1)it代替前面(或后面)的单数名词或分句等所表示的事物。
Although we cannot see it,there is air all around us. (it代替后面的air)
空气总是在我们周围,尽管我们看不见它。
They say he has left the town, but I don't believe it. (it代替前面They...town分句中的情况)
他们说他已经离开了乡镇,但是我不相信。
(2)代替有生命但不能或不必分阴阳性的东西(包括婴儿)。
Yesterday we saw a big tree.It was fully twenty metres high. (it代替前面的tree)
昨天我看见一颗大树。它足足有二十米高。
The baby cried because it was hungry. (it代替前面的baby)
婴儿哭了,因为他/她饿了。
(3)在某些习惯说法中,可以代替人。
—Who are singing?
—It is the children.
—The light is still on in the lab.
—It must be the thirdyear students doing the experiment.
(4)it与one的区别:这两个词都可以代表前面说过的名词,但it用于同名同物的场合;one则用于同名异物的场合。
—Do you still have the bicycle?
—No,I have sold it.
—Is this knife yours?
—No.It is Xiao Zhang's.Mine is the one on the desk.
(5)it与that的区别:两词都可代替某一特定名词,但that指同一类,并非同一个。
The climate of South China is mild(温和的); I like it very much.(it指the climate of South China)
The population of shanghai is larger than that of Beijing.(that指the population)
2.作无人称代词
it作无人称代词时,除了句中找不到它所代表的词语外,另一个特点是它后面的内容都是表示天气、时间、距离、度量衡及情况等。
It is fine (rainy, windy, etc.).
It is noon.
It is a half hour's walk to the factory.
It is eighteen square metres in area.
What does it matter?
3.作强调词,构成强调结构
用以帮助改变句子结构,使句子的某一成分受到强调。在这个句型中,it本身没有词义。
句型结构:It is (was) + 所强调的成分 + that (who) + 其他成分。
It is by listening to and understanding each other that problems between parents and children can be settled.
只有通过相互倾听和相互理解,孩子和父母之间的问题才能被解决。(强调方式状语)
It was Paul who/that broke the window just now.
刚刚是保罗打破了窗户。(强调主语)
4.引导词it作形式主语(宾语)
为了使句子平衡,常采用形式主语(或宾语)it ,而把真正的主语(或宾语)置于句子后面。通常引导词it与它所代替的句子成分中间要夹有某些词。
常见形式主语或形式宾语,代替不定式、动词ing形式或从句。
(1)it作形式主语的常用句型:
①It+be+adj./n.+(for/of sb)+to do sth
②It is no good/use/useless doing sth
③It's (well) worth doing...
④It+be+名词词组(a pity/a fact/no wonder/...)+that从句
⑤It+不及物动词(词组)(seem/appear/turn out/occur to sb/...)+that从句
⑥It+be+过去分词+that从句
⑦It takes sb time/money to do sth
It is obvious to the students that they should get