高二英语第四单元 第一课 Language points in Reading.pptVIP

* Unit 4 1. What it was to become was uncertain until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago when the dust settled into a solid globe. 随后它会变成什么没人能知道，直 到38-45亿年前，这团尘埃才慢慢地 形成一个固体的球状物。 【分析】 a. 此复合句的主句为What it was to become was uncertain；从句为_____引导 的定语从句。 b. 主句中包含一个由what引导的主语从 句What it was to become。 c. until是介词，与其前带否定前缀的形容 词uncertain构成not ... until句式，表示 “到……才，在……之前”，引导between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago作时间状语。 when? 这句话还可以这样表述： Nobody knew what the cloud of dust would become before it turned into a solid globe between 4.5 and 3.8 billio