（河南专用）2015-2016学年高二英语课件：unit+1+section+1+（新人教版选修8）.pptVIP

8．By the time California elected to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850，it was already a multicultural society． 到1850年加利福尼亚成为美国第31个州的时候，它已经是一个有着多种文化的社会了。 by the time“到……时候为止”，引导的状语从句常用一般时态，主句多用完成时态。 By the time we arrived，they had already left． 我们到达时，他们已经离开了。 By the time you arrive home，your father will have left for Shanghai on business． 当你到家的时候，你爸爸将已经出差去上海了。 知识拓展 (1)It/This/That is the first/second/...time (that) sb．has/have done sth． It is the first time I have heard such a strange story． 这是我第一次听到这种奇怪的故事。 (2)the first time“第一次”，名词短语起连词的作用，引导时间状语从句。 The first time I