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Unit 4
Exploring literature
P4
Language points 2
1. You never went.
你从来没有误过事。
go v.
to get worse; to become damaged or stop working correctly
变坏;损坏;不起作用
①Her sight is beginning to go.
她的视力开始下降。
②I was driving home when my brakes (刹车) went.
我正开车回家,突然刹车失灵了。
2. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother.
我从没见过比你更巨大、更美丽,更冷静或者更高贵的东西,老兄。
谓语
主语
部分倒装句
以否定副词“not, never, seldom, hardly, little, nowhere, scarcely, rarely, neither, nor” 开头的句子要用部分倒装语序。
①Never in my life have I seen such wonderful pictures.
我一生中从未见过如此棒的照片。
②Not until yesterday did little John change his mind.
直到昨天小约翰才改变了主意。
③Hardly had he sat down when the bell rang.
他刚坐下铃就响了。
3. He had been on the point of feeling himself go each time.
每次他都感觉自己快要垮了。
on the point of (doing sth)
即将……之时,正要……的时候
①As we were on the point of giving up hope, he turned up.
就在我们快要放弃希望的时候,他出现了。
②He was on the point of saying something when the phone rang.
他正要说话时电话铃响了。
practice
Translating.
1. 他已经七十多了,听力开始下降了。
He is over seventy and his hearing is starting to go.
2. 我们正要出发这时天下雨了。
We were on the point of setting out when it began to rain.
1. Little ___ about his own safety, though he was in great danger himself.
A. does he care B. did he care
C. he cares D. he cared
2. Not for a moment ____ the truth of your story.
A. has he doubted B. he doubted
C. did he doubt D. he doubts
practice
选择正确的选项填空。
Self-evaluation
Do you know the meanings of the following words and expressions? Can you use them correctly?
go
否定副词开头的部分倒装句
be on the point of doing sth
各个击破
Homework
Try to memorize these useful expressions.
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