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Reading (2)
Unit 1
Sunshine Town is a new town. I know it very well. It __________ to be a small village. At that time, I lived with my family ___________ a small river. The water was very clean. There is _________ pollution now than there was before. There are more and more __________ along the river now. They ___________ their waste into the river.
Read the text and fill in the blanks. Then retell the text.
used
near
more
factories
put
The government _____________ it is serious.
It takes action to ________ the situation. Now the river is ______ cleaner. I played cards with my friends when we were free. We had a good time at that time. Now, I feel a bit _________ from time to time. Most of my old friends have _______ away. It has become ___________ for us to see each other as often as before.
moved
improve
much
lonely
realizes
impossible
Since I left college, I have not seen him.
自从我从大学毕业以后,就没有见过他了。
I have known him since I was a child.
我自孩提时代起就已经认识他了。
1. since conj. 自从
Language points
since then 自那以后
I haven't seen him since then.
从那时候起我就再没见过他。
ever since 从那时起
I went to the U.S. in 1956 and lived there ever since.
我1956年去了美国,从那以后就一直住在那。
Over 400 million people have visited Disneyland parks around the world ______ American Disneyland opened in July, 1955.
A. after B. before C. since
C
be born意思是“出生”,常与一般过去时连用。如:
I was born on a rainy day.
我出生于一个雨天。
另外,be born还可用于将来时,表示“将要出生”。如:
Her baby will be born next month.
她的宝宝将在下个月出生。
2. be born
注意:
be born后面通常接时间状语或地点状语。如:
My grandpa was born in 1940.
我的祖父出生于1940年。
John was born in Shanghai.
约翰出生在上海。
3. married
married表示“已结婚的”, get married是习惯搭配, 常用来表示“结婚”这一行为。be married多用来表示“结婚了”这一状态。如:
They got married when they were young.
他们很年轻时就结婚了。
Are you married?
你结婚了吗?
(2) 表示"和某人结婚、嫁给某人"时, 可用marry sb. / get married to sb. / be married to sb.来表示。如:
She (got) married to a teacher.
= She married