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Lesson 38
Everything except the weather
except [ik'sept] prep.除了
complain [kəm'plein] v.抱怨
continually [kən'tinjuəli] ad.不断地
bitterly ['bitəli] ad.刺骨地
sunshine ['sʌnʃain] n.阳光
complain [kəm'plein] v.抱怨
not satisfied, or unhappy about something
or someone .
complain to sb : 向某人抱怨
complain of/about : 抱怨某事
eg. “You never ask my opinion about
anything,” Rod complained.
She complained that no one had been at
the airport to meet her.
continually [kən‘tinjuəli] adv.不间断地, 不停地
eg. I had continually pushed my doubts to
the darker recesses of my mind.
continual [kən'tɪnjuəl] adj. 不间断的, 不停的
eg. I am tired of this continual rain.
continue [kən'tɪnju:] v. 继续,连续
eg. The cold wave will continue.
He had lunch and then continued his work.
bitterly ['bitəli] adv.刺骨地; 痛苦地
bitterly cold 刺骨地寒冷
eg. He realized how he had been fooled,
and laughed bitterly.
bitter adj. 严寒的, 刺骨的; 有苦味的
eg. The bitter winter was coming.
She learned a lot from bitter experience
bitterness n.苦味,辛酸
eg.Who goes through the happiness and
bitterness with me?
He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country.
dream of : 想, 梦见(梦想)
eg. I never dreamed of happiness like this.
retire [rɪ'taɪə(r)] v. 退休
plan: plan to do sth.计划/打算做某事
当plan, think, expect, hope, intend 用于过去
完成时表示“原来/本来/打算/希望做某事”
eg. We had hoped that they would be able
to visit us.
He had no sooner returned than he bought a fine house and went to live there.
no sooner...than : (关联词)一...就...
同义 as soon as, the moment, on doing
had no sooner done...than +一般过去时, 固定用法 (时
态结构 : 完成时态 + than + 一般过去时)
eg. 我一到家就下起雨来
I___no sooner_______the home than it_____to
rain.
no sooner放在句首就要倒装 :
eg. No sooner had I reached the home than it began to
rain.
had
reached
began
After so many years of sunshine, Harrison got
a shock.
after ['ɑ:ftə(r)] prep在…后面; conj.在…以后;
adv.以后,继后; adj.后来的,以后的;
汉译英:在这么多天雨之后
after it rained for days
= after so many days of rain
eg. After six years of hard work, he was successful.
get a shock : 吓了一跳, 吃了一惊
eg. She got a shock when she see the telephone bill.
她看到电话帐单大吃一惊
He acted as if he had never lived in England before.
as if+句子 : 似乎, 好像
eg. It looks as if it’s going to rain.
看上去要下雨了
My leg hurts as if it was broken.
as if 从句用陈述语气的情况: 表示说话者
认为句子所述的是真实的或极有可能发生或存在的事实。
as if 从句用虚拟语气的情况: 表示说话人认为句子所述的是不真实的或极少有可能发生或存在的情况。
He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house.
英译汉:他还未安顿下来,就卖掉了那所房子
settle down : 定居 ['setl]
hardly...when... 还没来得及...就...;刚...就...;一....就....
用法同no sooner ... than
eg. I had hardly opened the door when he called me.
我刚打开门,他就打电话给我
She had hardly gone out when a student came to
visit her.
她还没走出家门,就有一个学生来看望她
【Key structures】
过去完成时
过去完成时经常与一般过去时连用,表示过去某个动作发生前完成的动作。与过去完成时连用的表示时间的词或词组有when,after,as soon as,(not) until,by that time,(never) before,already,for,since,just,no sooner…than,hardly…when等。
过去完成时不能与副词ago连用(ago只与一般过
去时连用)。
eg. He hadn’t finished it by yesterday evening.
到昨天晚上他还没做完
(1)表示在过去某一时刻或动作以前完成了的动作,也
可以说过去的时间关于过去的动作。即“过去的过去”。可以
用by, before等介词短语或一个时间状语从句。
eg. By nine o’clock last night, we had got 200
pictures from the spaceship.
(2)表示由过去的某一时刻开始,一直延续到过去另一
时间的动作或状态,常和for, since构成的时间状语连用。
eg. I have stayed in that country since 1995.
(3)叙述过去发生的事情,在已叙述了过去发生的事情
后,反过来追述或补述以前发生的动作时,常使用过去完
成时。
eg. Mr. Smith died yesterday. He had been a good
friend of mine.
1.We ____ four thousand new words by the
end of last year.
A.had learned B.have learned
C.learned D.will have learned
答案:A
2.Helen ___ her keys in the office so she had
to wait until her husband _____home.
A.has left;comes B.left;had come
C.had left;came D.had left;would come
答案:C
3.The bus had gone when I ____ at the bus stop.
A.have arrived B.arrived
C.had arrived D.am arriving
答案:B
4.Tom ____ of visiting his grandmother,but
the bad weather made him change his mind.
A.has thought B.thought
C.had thought D.had been thought
答案:C
5.—Why didn’t Tom attend the meeting yesterday?
—He ____ Beijing.
A.has gone to B.had gone to
C.went to D.had been to
答案:B
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