學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)幽默句子,掌握高中英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法(5)
2011-08-30 14:19:45中國(guó)英語(yǔ)網(wǎng)
四、before和since
1.若表達(dá)“還未…就….;不到…就….;才….;趁…;還沒(méi)來(lái)得及”時(shí),需用連詞before。(都可以理解成是“在…..之前”)
I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I\'m doing.
每天一大早兒趁我的大腦還不知道我在做什么之前我必須鍛煉。
注:早上起床后暈暈忽忽就開(kāi)始鍛煉,等大腦清醒后,就不想鍛煉了。
If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn’t be so over-populated.
如果人們都要等相互了解對(duì)方后才結(jié)婚,世界人口就不會(huì)這么過(guò)剩了。
2.Before從句中謂語(yǔ)不用否定式。(同樣也可理解成“在…..之前”)
Texan: Back home on my ranch(大農(nóng)場(chǎng)) I can get in my car at dawn, drive all day,
and it’ll be dark before I reach the end of my property.(財(cái)產(chǎn))
Vermonter: I had a car like that once.
Texan:在我老家里的大農(nóng)場(chǎng)里我一大早上車(chē),開(kāi)一整天,還沒(méi)到達(dá)另一邊前天就會(huì)黑下來(lái)。
Vermonter:我也曾經(jīng)有一輛那樣的汽車(chē)。
注:本來(lái)想吹自己農(nóng)場(chǎng)大,對(duì)方卻說(shuō)自己的車(chē)破。
3.It will be + 段時(shí)間 + before…..多久之后才…..(在…..之前)
"It will be years -- not in my time -- before a woman will become Prime Minister." -- Margaret Thatcher, 1974.
還要過(guò)很多年女人才能當(dāng)上首相,但我是看不到了——撒其爾_1974
注:這是英國(guó)首相撒其爾年輕時(shí)的言論,后來(lái)她不僅看到了,而且是自己成了英國(guó)女首相。
4.Since從句的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞一般是非延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞,主句的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞是延續(xù)性的或者是反復(fù)發(fā)生過(guò)的。Since從句的時(shí)態(tài)若是一般過(guò)去式,相應(yīng)地,主句中的時(shí)態(tài)是現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)或現(xiàn)在完成進(jìn)行式。如:
Angry librarian: Please be quite. The people near you can’t read.
Little boy: Why, they ought to be ashamed of themselves. I’ve been able to read since I was six.
生氣的圖書(shū)管理員:請(qǐng)安靜。挨著你的人看不了書(shū)了。
小男孩:他們真應(yīng)該感到害羞,我六歲時(shí)就能讀了。
A young man hadnt handed in one homework assignment since they started the class.
“Won’t you please do tonight’s assignment?”
“What? And ruin a perfect record?”
從開(kāi)課以來(lái),有個(gè)年輕人從沒(méi)交過(guò)作業(yè)。
“你不做今晚的作業(yè)嗎”?
“什么?要?dú)У粢粋(gè)完美的記錄嗎”?