例: That light travels in straight lines is known to all. 众所周知,光沿直线运行。
Whether we will hold a party in the open air tomorrow depends on the weather.
明天我们是否在户外举行聚会要看天气而定。
为了防止句子头重脚轻,通常把形式主语it 放在主语位置,把真正的主语从句放在句末。
例: It's not a surprise that our team have won the game. 我们队赢了比赛,这一点并不奇怪。
It is suggested/ordered/demanded+that 从句,从句中谓语动词要用虚拟语气,即“( should+)动词原形”。
例: It is suggested that the contract( should )be cancelled. 有人建议应该取消合同。
背单词的好方法
随时随地背单词
不知不觉背单词
drill表示"操练、训练"的意思。一般指严格的训练或反反复复练习或军事上的练兵。
Let’s do some pattern drills.咱们做些句型练习吧。
The soldiers were at drill in the barrack yard.士兵们在营场上操练。
sign; signal; mark; symbol
sign表示 "符号、记号、招牌"等意思。是最普通的用语,指一个具有公认意义的、简单的、随意制定的代表物。
当主语从句作主语时,谓语动词一般用第三人称单数。下面这个句型例外。
例: What we need is more time and money.
What we need are many more books.
表语从句
在复合句中起表语作用的句子叫表语从句,从句通常位于连系动词的后面。
that 引导表语从句,表示一件事情,that 只起连接作用,不作任何成分,但是不能省略。
例: The trouble is that I have lost my ID card. 麻烦的是我弄丢了我的身份证。
what 常引导表语从句。
例: The girl is not what she was ten years ago. 这个女孩已经不是10 年前的她了。
Letters are signs used to represent sounds.字母是用来代表声音的符号。
You’ll see the sign for the rest rooms.你将看到休息室的指示牌。
signal表示 "暗号、信号"的意思。有时是有意的;有时是无意的。有意的,如强风讯号、求救信号等。
There the electrical signal is changed back into sound. 在那儿电信号又变成声音。
—Excuse me, which movie are you waiting for?
—The new Star Wars. We ________ here for more than two hours.
A. waited B. wait C. would be waiting D. have been waiting
I ________ half of the English novel, and I’ll try to finish it at the weekend.
A. read B. have read C. am reading D. will read
be going to与will / shall, be to do, be about to do用法及区别:A shall / will do表示未事先考虑过,即说话时临时作出的决定。
B be going to 表示现在打算在最近或将来要做某事,这种打算往往经过事先考虑,甚至已做了某种准备;
be going to 表将来,不能用在条件状语从句的主句中;而will则能,表意愿。