Theuseof“It”课件课件.pptVIP

it可用作人称代词、指示代词、先行词及引导词等。 1．人称代词it，是第三人称单数中性，代表前文已提到过的一件事物。如： 1）That vase is valuable. It’s more than 200 years old. 当说话者不清楚或无必要知道说话对象的性别时，也可用it来表示。 如： 2）It’s a lovely baby. Is it a boy or a girl? it可用来指代团体。如： 3）The committee has met and it has rejected the proposal. it用以代替指示代词this, that.如： 4）--- What’s this? --- It’s a pen. 2． 指示代词it，常用以指人。如： 5）Go and see who it is. 6）--- Who is making such a noise? --- It must be the children. 3．it常用作没有具体意义的主语，表示天气、气候、温度、时间、地点、距离等意义的句子中。 It’s half past eight now. It’s only half an hour’s walk from here to our school. I hope that it will be fine tomorrow. It has rained much this year. It’s spring now. It’s quiet here. it也常用来表示一般的笼统的情况。 9）It’s awful—I’ve got so much work I don’t know where to start. 10 ）Take it easy. it也常用于下列结构： 11）It looks as if the college is very small. 12）It seems as though our plan will be perfect. 13）It’s my turn. 14) It is said that the boat sank after hitting an iceberg. 15) It is reported that... 16) It is believed that... 4.it充当形式主语或形式宾语，本身无意义. （1）用作形式主语 15）It is difficult to translate this article. 16）It is no use going there so early. 17）It is strange that he did not come at all. 在上述诸例中，后置的真正主语可以取代先行it的位置，而出现于句首。 To translate this article is difficult. Going there so early is no use. That he did not come at all is strange. 此外，也并非所有先行it结构都可作上述转换。如： 19）It seems that John is not coming after all. 20）It happened that John was the only witness. 上述两例只能转换为： John doesn’t seem to be coming after all. John happened to be the only witness. （2）形式宾语 21）I found it difficult to explain to him what happened. 22）He thought it no use going over the subject again. 23）They kept it quiet that he was dead. 24）We must make it clear to the public that something should be done to stop pollution. （1）冬天，天色晚得早。 （2）问她没有用。 （3）从这儿到车站有两英里（路程）。 It is getting dark earlier in winter. It is no use asking her. It’s two miles from he