经典句子理解背诵.docx

1、经典句子理解背诵经典句子理解背诵1. The performer was waving his stick in the street and it narrowly missed the child standing nearly. (narrowly 意为“勉强地，好容易（才）”，含有“差一点，险些”的意味)2. Strangely enough, some famous scientists have the qualities of being both careful and careless. 用副词置于句首可修饰全句，enough 放在形容词和副词后面，名词的前面。Eg: Obv

2、iously, your answer is absolutely wrong. Natuarally, you will want to discuss this problem with your parents.3. It was a nice house, but rather too small for a family of five.(rather 可用于比较级和too之前，而fairly 则不能)4. Sometimes it was a bit boring to work there because there wasnt always that much to do.(t

3、hat+adj/adv 原级，that相当于so)5. We only had $ 100 and that was nowhere near enough to buy a new compter.(nowhere near 意为“差得远，远不及”)6. It looks like the weather is changing for the worse. Shall we stick to our plan.(change/turn for the worse/ for the better 意为“向更坏/好的方向)7. The price alone should have made

4、you realize it was a trick.（alone 用作形容词，通常放在名词或代词后作后置定语，意为“光，仅”。only，merely，just都可以表示“只是，仅仅”，但其位置在名词前面）8. A short, thin man, well past middle age, visited the manager and applied for the position.(well 远远地， 表程度，be well worth doing)9. After the war, there was almost no leadership at all in this area

5、and everything was in disorder.almost 后面可接否定意义的词汇。如：no，none， never等；nearly常被not修饰，构成not nearly 意为“差得远，远不如”not nearly=nowhere； nearly=almost no/none/nevereg: Almost no one came to the party. She is not nearly as pretty as her sister.10. Thinking that her baby was fast asleep, the young mother left th

6、e room, quick and gentle.形容词做状语表示伴随或结果，指当时动作发生时状态（前不加being），故不用副词（副词表动作发生的方式）Eg：He lay in bed, wide awake. He returned home, safe and sound.11. Mr. Smith, I should tell uou this is the fifth time you have mistaken me for my twin sister.(It/This is the 序数词+time that 从句，谓语动词用现在完成时；it was the 序数词+time

7、that 从句，谓语动词过去完成时。)12. By the time Jane gets home, her aunt will have left for London to attend a meeting.(by the time +句子/时间状语，主句中谓语动词用相应的完成时。类似还有，by the end of， by then 等。区别于：Mr Brown and his wife expect that by the year 2015 they will be living in Beijing. 降调将来某时正在做某事。)13. I lived in London for m

8、any years, but Ive never regretted my final decision to move back to China.(对过去事实的描述，强调现在已经不住在那里。)14. Do you smoke?- No, I dont. But I used to. Its two years since I smoked. 我几经不吸烟有2年了。（Its /has been +段时间+since 从句， 从句中一般过去时；itwas/had been +段时间+since从句，从句中用过去完成时。）15. No one is to leave this building

9、without the permission of the police.(be +to do 表示计划、安排或请求允许)16. The cloth is of good quality, and washes well.-But the washing machine wont /wouldnt start.(表示主语的某种属性特征的动词，read，write，sell，wash等没有被动语态或进行。Will/would 可以表示事物的固有属性或必然趋势。)17. We have been working on the project for four hours. Lets have a

10、rest.（have been doing 表示动作从过去开始一直持续到现在，强调现在还在进行。）18. You wont be allowed to leave until you have finished your work.( 在时间、条件、让步状语从句中，主句用一般将来时，从句中用一般现在时或现在完成时；若是强调动作的已经完成，用现在完成时。)19. The two sides had intended to make peace, but something unusual happened.(表示愿望、打算一类的词，如：hope， expect，mean，intend，plan，

11、think，suppose等，其过去完成时表示过去未曾实现的愿望或意图；也可用intended to have done 表示。)20. The sales girl is polite to customers.(当名词作定语时，基本上用单数形式。但是sports, customs, arms, clothes, sales, accounts作定语时，形式不变。man/woman 作定语时，随名词的单复数变化而变化，但girl/boy 始终以单数形式作定语。)21. She is always quarrelling with others.(be always/constantly/co

12、ntinually+doing 表示赞赏，厌恶等情绪)22. Eggs are sold by the dozen.by+the+具体的计量单位名词，表示“按/以/论.”如by the hour，by the yard。但是size/weight/time 这类名词跟by连用时，其前不用加the23. She got her science fictioin published. It turned out to be a success.抽象名词具体化，被具体化的名词前面基本上加a/an, 如a success 一位成功人士或一件成功的事情；a surprise 一件令人惊奇的事情；a co

13、ncern一件令人关心的事24. The angry crowd, including young and old, were moving toward the CNN headquarters.1）crowd，group，family，team等集体名词，被看做整体，谓语动词用单数，被看做个体，谓语动词用复数。2）with，as well as，along with，together with，like，including，rather than， in addition to，not，but，besides，except等加名词或代词结构在主语后面时，谓语动词单复数根据其前面的主语。25

14、. The quantity of books in the library is amazing.the quantity of /the number of.的数量，谓语动词用单数。注：大量的a large quantity of/large quantities of 后面加可数名词的复数形式或不可数名词，a large quantity of +名词作主语时，谓语动词单复数根据of后面的名词，large quantities of+名词作主语时，谓语动词单复数根据quantities，用复数。26. What the remote areas need is education to

15、children and what the children need are good textbooks at the moment.由what 引导的主语从句，谓语动词有后面的表语决定，所指的具体内容若是复数意义，谓语动词用复数；如是单数意义则谓语用单数。27. Each means has been tried to solve the problem, but none is effective.有些名词单复数同形，如means，works（工厂），sheep，deer，crossroads，谓语动词根据其单复数意义决定。前面有a，one，such a，this，that等修饰时，谓

16、语用单数；有all，such，these，those等修饰时，谓语用复数。28. Many a scientist has been trying to research into the SARS bacteria.more than one.或many a.形单意复，谓语动词用单数。其他类似：many a. and many a.;every. and every.;each.and each.;no. and no.谓语动词用单数29. Two thirds of the earths surface is made up of vast oceans.百分数、分数及其他比例词如the

17、rest，the remaining part，one half，the majority 等+of+名词/代词，谓语动词单复数根据of 后面的词。如后面不接of+名词，则根据上下文的名词决定谓语动词的单复数。30. I was the first to arrive, and she was the second.the +序数词表示排序，a/an +序数词表“又一，再一”不表排序。31. You have no idea how she finished the relay race with her foot wounded so much.With+宾语+宾补，做状语，其中宾补可以由a

18、dj /adv/介词短语/done（表被动完成）/doing主动进行）/to do （未发生）32. Its quite beyond me why such things have been allowed to happen.be beyond sb 使人无法想象/理解/做等；beyond words/description/ones wildest dreams 说不出话来/无法形容/大大的超出了某人的梦想；beyond repair/control/recognition 无法修理/无法控制/认不出；beyond praise 怎么表扬也不过分33. Children need fri

19、ends of their own age to play with.Of 表示“属于”be of their own age/the same age/the same class另外：be of +抽象名词（value/importance/use/significance/help/benefit等 =be +adj（valuable/impotant/useful/significant/helpful/beneficial等34. Nowadays some hospitals refer to patients by name, not case number.By 表示按照，根据

20、，by name/weight； 但是by +度量名词一般要加the，（be the year/the month/the day/the pint/the pound/the dozen35. Tired, Jim was fast asleep with his back against a big tree.这里against 表示倚靠，另外，还可以表示：反对 be against my opinion；映衬，衬托His red clothes stood out clearly against the white snow.36. Iknow nothing about the mat

21、ch except what I read in the newspaper.Except 除.以外（不包括）；except for 强调从整体中排除一部分，修正主语的内容Except for this, everything is in order. Except that /when/what.从句 This suit fits me well except that the trousers are too long. Besedes/in addition /as well as 除. 以外还（包括）37. Many Olympic athletes hold that the mos

22、t important thing is not to win but to participate, just as the most important thing in life is not the success, but the struggle.这里just as 就像后加句子，just like sth./doing38. As we have much time left, lets discuss the matter over tea and cake.Over 意为我们边喝茶，吃蛋糕边讨论。eg Well discuss it over lunch.39. Try on

23、 this red skirt; you will look great in it.In 表示穿着其后可加衣物，颜色：be in black； be dressed in their best clothes; the man in the hat 区别：It will look great on you. 穿在你身上很好看。40. On the morning of that Saturday, my mother.这里考查on 指时间，表示特定的早晨，下午或晚上：on the night of the 5th; 或表示一个特定的时间如某日，某节日或星期几等：on Christmas da

24、y， on Sunday41. It is said that Mary will get paid by the month.by +the +具体的计量单位名词表：“按/以.计算”。Eg：by the day/week/month/year/dozen/yard /ton。但size/weight/time这类名词是表示大的属类，不是具体的单位根by 连用时，其前不加冠词。42. We ecected him head of the company.在某一范围内独一无二的头衔或职务的名词作表语、同位语、补语用零冠词。但注意：1）作主语时，一般用the；2）虽作主语，但与姓氏连用时，仍不用冠

25、词。43. Ten years ago the population of our village was more than twice as large as that of theirs.more than=over 修饰倍数twice，倍数表达法具体结构有：A+谓语+倍数+the +n （size/ height/length/width,.）+of B=A +谓语+倍数+Bs+n.;A+谓语+倍数+as + adj./adv. 原级+ as B；A+谓语+倍数+adj./adv. 比较级+thanB；当句子的主语与自己的过去比时，用A+谓语+倍数+what it was/used t

26、o be。This square is three times the size of that one.This square is three times as large as that one.This square is twice /double larger than that one.This square is more than /less than /over /about three times that it was/used to be.44. An apple fell from the tree and hit him on the head.在表达动作发生于某

27、人身上时，须用：动词+sb. on/ in/ by the +部位，the 用在抓打人体某部位名词前。Eg：pat/ strike/ hit sb. on the head/shoulder/black, take/ seize /catch sb. by the arm/hand/collar.45. Nothing in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum.=Nothing in my life impressed me more deeply than my first visit t

28、o the Palace Museum.否定词与比较级或as/so.as 节后表示最高级的含义。46. I think hes just going to deal with this problem another day.another day=some other day 改天；another time 改时, 常与一般将来时连用。47. Such is the power of TB that it can make a person suddenly famous.So/ such . that . 句型中 so/such 置于句首时，主句要倒装。48. I hate it when

29、 young people speak to the elderly in a rude way.某些英语动词后不直接跟宾语从句，常加形式宾语it。Eg：like, love, dislike, depend/ rely on(相信)， see to （负责，注意）， answer for （保证）。49. I like it when you smile.I appreciate it very much if you would help me with it. 如果你能., 我会十分感激。You may depend /rely on it that he will turn up in

30、 time. 你可以相信他会及时赶到的。I cant answer for it that the boy is honest. 我不能保证这个男孩是诚实的。Ill see to it that everything is ready in time. 我会负责一切及时准备好。50. Many people in the west make it a rule to buy Christmas presents for their relatives and friends. make it a rule to do sth. 意为“有做. 的习惯”。51. Liza may well not

31、 want to go on the trip- she hates travelling.may well do 极有可能做；may (just) as well do 不妨（用来提出建议）52. Its from the boss. She shall go first, whether she likes it.shall 此处与第三人称连用表示：按协议或规定做.；与第二，第三人称连用还表示：允诺，警告，命令，威胁）53. I cant remember when we went to Shanghai but could it have been sometimes last week

32、?对已发生动作的推测要用：情态动词+have done54. Its nearly eight oclock. I must hang up and get down to work. My boss should be here at any moment.情态动词should 表推测时，是根据经验或以往情况来估计一种情况，表：按理应该，估计.55. Henry would rather his mother didnt work in the school where he is studying. would rather+宾语从句时，从句是现在或将来的情况用过去时，即 would rather sb.+did/were；从句是过去的情况用过去完成时，即 would rat