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Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came
一、My alarm didn’t go off so I got up late.
【词法】go off (铃声)响起
【拓展】go off还有“离开,(食物)变质”的意思。
例句:Jack went off quickly alone. 杰克一个人离开了。
Meat goes off quickly in hot weather. 热天肉坏得快。
二、I ran to the bus stop but I still missed the bus . 我跑向车站,但我还是错过了公交车。
【词法】miss作及物动词,意为“没赶上,错过”
例句:I got up late so I missed the early bus. 我起床迟了,所以我错过了早班车。
【拓展】
1、miss作及物动词,意为“想念,思念”。
例句:I miss my parents very much. 我非常想念我的父母。
2、Miss(用于姓名或姓之前,尤指对未婚女子的称呼)“小姐”通常大写
例句:Our English teacher is Miss Li. 我们的英语老师是李老师。
三、I called at seven and you didn’t pick up. 我在7点打了电话给你,但你没有接。
【词法】pick up(=pick up the phone)接电话
【拓展】pick up 还有“搭载,让人乘车;好转,改善;取回;拾起,捡起”的意思。
四、I called again at eight and you didn’t answer then either. 我8点又给你打电话了,但你也没有回答。
【词法】either意为“也”用于否定句,一般放句末
【辨析】either, too, also
(1)either 表示“也”时一般只用于否定句,且只置于句末。
例句:I don't know him.Tom doesn't know him,either.我不认识他,汤姆也不认识他。
(2)too 是个常用词,多用于口语,语气较随便。一般用在肯定句中,放在句末,或作为插入语放在句中。
例句:I'm in Row 1,too. 我也在第一排。
She,too,is a singer. 她也是一位歌唱家。
(3)also 是比较正式的用语,语气较庄重。它经常放在句中,位于行为动词之前;位于系动词,助动词或情态动词之后。
例句:Mrs Green can also sing the song in Chinese. 格林夫人也能用汉语唱这首歌。
五、When you called, I was taking a shower. 当你打电话的时候,我正在淋浴。
So while you were sleeping, I called Jenny and she helped me. 在你睡觉期间,我打电话给珍妮,她帮助了我。
【辨析】when与while
1、when是at or during the time that, 既指时间点,也可指一段时间,while是during the time that,只指一段时间,因此when引导的时间状语从句中的动词可以是终止性动词,也可以是延续性动词,而while从句中的动词必须是延续性动词。
2、when 说明从句的动作和主句的动作可以是同时,也可以是先后发生;while 则强调主句的动作在从句动作的发生的过程中或主从句两个动作同时发生。
3、由when引导的时间状语从句,主句用过去进行时,从句应用一般过去时;例句果从句和主句的动作同时发生,两句都用过去进行时的时候,多用while引导,
例句:(1) When the teacher came in, we were talking.
当此句改变主从句的位置时,则为:
While we were talking, the teacher came in.
(2)They were singing while we were dancing.
4、when和while 还可作并列连词。when表示“在那时”;while表示“而,却”,表对照关系。
例句:(1)The children were running to move the bag of rice when they heard the sound of a motor bike.
孩子们正要跑过去搬开那袋米,这时他们听到了摩托车的声音。
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