I have never heard from you for a long time since the college graduation.
自从大学毕业典礼结束后,我就没有了你的消息。
Lily improves her spoken English rapidly since she came to the Australia.
自从莉莉来了澳大利亚,她的英语口语迅速提升。
It was ten years since I had come to the small village and become a teacher.
我来到这个小乡村当老师已经有十年的时
间了。
I have seldom visited my grandparents since I came to live in the town.
自从我搬去城里住后,我难得去看望爷爷奶奶了。
Tips
“since”常用的两个用法,第一种:自从……以来。
第二种:既然。例如:Since you have a problem... 既然你有问题……Lesson 187
...as long as... 长达……之久
本句型中“as long as”有两个意义,一个是表示条件,一个是表示限制时间。“as long as”引导的时间从句有时可以移至主语前,这时一般用逗号与主句隔开,翻译为“有多久……就多久”“长达……之久”。
征服句型
You can stay here as long as you like.
在这里你可以想住多久就住多久。
You can learn as long as you wish.
只要你愿意,你想学多久就学多久。
Your grandmother will be all right as long as she follows her doctor’s advice.
只要你的奶奶听医生的建议,她就一定会
好的。
You couldn’t fall down and hurt yourself badly as long as you didn’t climb the tall tree.
只要你没有爬那棵大树,你就不会摔下来把自己伤的那么严重。
Tom is in prison from today on as long as ten years.
从今天起,汤姆会在监狱里关长达10年之久。
Tips
与本句型相似的句型是“主句+so long as+时间从句”。同样表示“长达……”、“……多久,……就多久”。例如:Han meimei had been a mother so long as five years. 韩梅梅当妈妈已经5年了。
Lesson 188
It takes+时间+不定式 需要……时间
句型“It takes+时间+不定式”中的“it”是形式主语,真正的主语是不定式,翻译为“……需要……时间”。
征服句型
It takes about half an hour to get there.
到那里大概需要半个小时。
Normally it takes only ten days to finish the task of military training.
正常情况下仅仅需要十天就能完成军训任务。
It takes us a week to spend a honeymoon in Paris.
我们需要花一个星期的时间在巴黎度蜜月。
It took volunteers two months to search the panda which were lost in the earthquake in Sichuan.
志愿者们花了两个月的时间去搜寻在四川大地震中丢失的大熊猫。
They plan to take two years to finish the study.
他们打算用两年的时间来完成学业。
Tips
“spend time doing sth.”也表示花费时间来做某事。
Lesson 189
When+时间从句,(then)主句+when+时间从句句型“When+时间从句,主句+when+时间从句”是一种最常见的条件句型,主句中的“then”可用可不用,“when”是时间状语从句的常用连词,引导的从句可以放在主句前,此时要用逗号与主句隔开;或者放在主句后面或插在主句中间,此时不必要用逗号。
征服句型
When he came back, the baby had stop crying.
当他回来时,宝宝不哭了。
When you woke up, these two birds had been singing for a while.
当你醒来时,这两只鸟已经唱了一段时间了了。
When Tom left home, I was working outside.
汤姆离开时,我正在外面工作。
It was raining when we started.
我们出发时下雨了。
Tips
“when”除了可以引导时间外,还可以引导条件和让步从句,“when”引导的从句可以表示在主句的动作进行之外突然发生的事情。
该句型中前面的主句为“when”引导的从句提供了背景。例如:He was on the point of going to bed when the telephone rang. 他正要睡觉时电话铃响了。
Lesson 190
No sooner... than... 一……就……
句型“No sooner... than...”的标准形式是“主语+had no sooner+过去分词...+than+主语+(从句过去时)”,句中“no sooner”引导主句,“than”引导从句,表示一件事情接着另一件事,本句型只适用于过去时,“no sooner”后的动名词用过去完成时,“than”引导的从句用一般过去时。用完成时的动词表示的动作总是发生在一般过去时的前面。
征服句型
He is an action person, no sooner said than done.
他是一个行动派的人,说到做到。
He had no sooner learned than played.
他一说学习就玩。
No sooner said than done, time is money.
说干就干,时间就是金钱。
She had no sooner exited the plane than reserved rooms and went to live there.
她一下飞机就预定了宾馆住了进去。
Your son had no sooner finished his college entrance examination than ran to the internet bar.
你的儿子一考完考高就跑到网吧了。
Tips
该句型的变体为“No sooner had+主语+过去分词+than+主语+(从句过去时)”。当“no sooner”置于句首时要用倒装。例如:No sooner had I gone to bed than the telephone rang. 我一上床睡觉,电话就响了。
Lesson 191
第一分句+at the same time+第二分句
句型“第一分句+at the same time+第二分句”中充当时间状语的是介词词组,但起连词的作用,表示前后两个动作是同时发生的,可用逗号隔开也可作为两个独立的句子。
征服句型
Carol is a mild woman, but at the same time she is strict in her work.
卡洛儿是一个温柔的女人,但同时她对工作严格要求。
My grandmother plants vegetables, at the same time flowers.
我奶奶种菜,同时还种花。
Tom is studying in a college, at the same time doing some part-time-jobs.
汤姆在学校上学的同时还做一些兼职。
I am singing a song, at the same time Mary is dancing.
我唱歌的同时玛丽跳舞。
I work hard in my firm, at the same time look for a good paid job.
我在公司勤奋工作的同时在找一份薪水好的工作。
Tips
可以替换“at the same time”的有:in the meantime、in the meanwhile等。且“while”还可以出现在句中。例如:I went to bed while the telephone rang. 我一上床睡觉,电话就响了。
Lesson 192
...prior to... 先于……
该句型的标准形式是“主语+谓语+prior to+名词”,句中的“prior to”表示先于的意思,“prior”是副词,介词“to”后面要接名词。
征服句型
This miserable thing happened prior to my coming.
这个悲惨的事情发生在我来之前。