初中英语重点短语用法及其区别.doc

not … until，until的用法和区别－初中英语重点短语用法及其区别 until表示动作、状态的持续，强调“一直到……为止”，或强调某个动作或状态一直持续到另一个动作或状态出现之前。常与表示延续性动作的动词连用。 如：He banged on the door until she let him in. 他砰砰打门，一直到她开门让他进去为止。 She pored over the problem until she solved it. 她深入地思考了这个问题，直到把它解决为至。 The letter passed from one to another until everyone had read it. 这封信从一个人转手到另一个人直到每个人都看过。 not … until表示“到……为止；直到……才”，常与表示瞬间性动作的动词连用。 Not until we pointed out their fault to them did they realize it . 直到我们向他们指出了他们的错误，他们才意识到。 Well never find Truth in her entirety, at least not until the Second Coming, and who knows when that will be? 我们永远找不到完整的真理，至少在第二次到来之前不能，谁知道那将是什么时候呢？ Therefore let us realize that it is not until we have cultivated the better qualities in ourselves that we can expect to find them in others. 因此，我们要意识到在我们自己身上培养出更好的品质之前，我们不能希望在其他人的身上找到这样的品质。 arrive ,? reach ,? get to?? 三者都有“到达”之意。 reach为及物动词。 They reached Tianjin yesterday.昨天他们到达天津。 arrive为不及物动词，后面接介词in或at。 We must clear the room before our guests arrive. 我们必须在客人到达之前把房间收拾好。 Workers in a factory must clock in when they arrive. 工厂工人到达工厂时必须记录上班时间。 You must hook up with Mr. Ordway once you arrive there. 你一到那儿必须马上与奥德韦先生联系。 get to常用于口语，可代替前二者。 They employed the best lawyer they could get to plead their case. 他们聘请了能请到的最好的律师为他们陈述案情。 You have to reflect on how to answer his questions before you get to his house. 在你到达他家之前你必须考虑好如何回答他提出的问题。 How do you plan to keep all of your reasons in mind so that you can get to where you want to be? 你打算怎样记住自己的那些理由到达自己想要到达的地方？ 我很乐意在评论里听听你的想法。 because ,? because of?都是 “因为”because是连词，引导状语从句。 We stayed at home because it rained. 因为下雨，我们呆在家。 I did it because they asked me to do it! 我做这事是因为他们请我做啊！ They bumped her off because she knew too much. 因为她知道太多，所以他们把她干掉了。 We could not reason out which way the robbers escaped, because we were unable to find any trace of them. 我们推断不出这些强盗是从哪个方向逃走的，因为我们找不到他们的任何踪迹。 because of是短语介词，后面接名词性词语。 We stayed at home because of the rain. 因为下雨，我们呆在家。 Many motorists were forced to stop over in th