新人教版高一修3 Unit5 The true north from Toronto to Montreal.ppt

1) They were not leaving for...属于过去进行时表示将来的动作。 表示位置转移的瞬间动词。如: come, go, arrive, leave, start, return, stay, meet, get等可用进行时表示将来的动作;用现在进行时表示一般将来时;用过去进行时表示过去将来时。 The train is arriving soon. 火车就要进站了。 2) until/till 直到…为止 until常与否定句连用, not…until 直到…才 He didn’t finish the work until yesterday. 肯定形式表示的意思是“做某事直至某时”, 动词必须是延续性的。 否定形式表达的意思是“直至某时才做某事”。动词为延续性或非延续性都可以。 否定句： She didn’t arrive until 6 o’clock.她直到6点才到。 Don’t get off the bus until it has stopped. 公共汽车停稳后再下车。 否定句可用另外两种句式表示。 a. not until …在句首, 主句用倒装。 Not until the early years of the 19th century did man know what heat is. 直到19 世纪初, 人类才知道热能是什么。 b. 用于强调句It is not until… that… It was not until I told him that he knew about it. It was ____ yesterday ___ I was wrong. A. until; did I realize B. not until; did I realize C. until; that I realized D. not until; that I realized 2. We can get good Cantonese food here, because most of the Chinese people here come from South China, especially Hong Kong. especially表示“尤其, 格外,特别”,意思相当于“in particular ”或“particularly”。多用在介词短语或连词前面。 specially表示“为了一个特别的目的,专门地, 特别地”, 意思相当于“for a special reason or purpose”。 I came specially to see you. 我特地来看你。 The weather has been especially cold. 最近天气特别冷。 It’s always difficult being in a foreign country, _____if you don’t speak the language. A. extremely??????B. especially?????? C. specially???? ??D. naturally extremely表示程度“极其、非常”, specially表示“特地、专门”, 而naturally表示“自然地”, 均与句意不符。especially表示“尤其、特别、格外”, 强调突出性, 用在此处, 句意通顺。 3. It’s too bad you can’t go as far as Ottawa. as far as (程度副词) “远达，远至” He walked as far as the railway station yesterday evening. 昨天傍晚, 他一直散步到火车站。 一些带有as...as 结构的常见短语： as busy as a bee 像蜜蜂一样忙碌 as easy as ABC 像ABC一样容易 as deep as a well 像井一样深 as light as a feather 像羽毛一样轻 as soft as butter