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人教必修一期末总复习重点句型
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1. ...but your friend can’t go until he/she finishes cleaning his/her bicycle. (P1)
……但是你的朋友不把他/她的自行车弄干净不能走。
not...until 意为“直到……才”,表示主句谓语的动作直到until引导的状语的时间时才发生,主句的谓语动词表示的是动作的开始。until引导从句时,如果主句中的谓语动词是延续性动作,则主句用肯定句式;如果主句中的谓语动词是短暂性动词,则用否定形式。
【联想拓展】
It is/was not until+被强调的部分+that... 相当于
Not until...did (does, do, is...)+主语...,意为“直到……才”,是强调形式。
He didn’t leave until the meeting was over. 直到会议结束后他才离开。
It was not until she took off her dark glasses that I realized she was a film star. =Not until she took off her dark glasses did I realize she was a film star. (主句倒装)=I didn’t realize she was a film star until she took off her dark glasses.
直到她摘下墨镜我才认出她是一位电影明星。
【即学即练】
单项填空
Not until ______ , ______ settle the problem.
A. he returns; can we B. he returns; we can
C. does he returns; we can D. does he return; we can
解析:选A。 当not until位于句首时句子需用倒装。句意为:只有他回来我们才能解决问题。
2. ...it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen