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Unit 7 earthquakes 【基础知识精讲】 单词和词组 (1)as意为“当……的时候”时，引导时间状语从句。e.g. As she sang, the tears ran down her cheeks. 她一边唱歌，一边流泪。 (2)as作介词时，意为“如，像；充当，作为(处于某种地位、身份、职务、情况等)”，e.g. ①They got untied as one man. 他们团结得像一个人一样。 ②He was famous as a soldier. 作为军人，他是很有名望的。 ③English is spoken as the first language by most people in Australia. 在澳大利亚，大多数人把英语作为第一语言。 (3)作关系代词时，引导定语从句。e.g. China is a country with a long history, as anybody knows. 中国是一个文明古国，任何人都知道这一点。 (4)as作为“因为，由于”解时，引导原因状语从句，e.g. I must stop writing now. as I have a lot of work to do. 我必须停笔了，因为我还有许多工作要做。 另外，as与because since和for都可以表示原因。 ①because 语气最强，可以回答用why提出的问题，或者表示直接而明确的原因或理由，because所引导的从句可置于句首或句末。e.g. Wang Ping is a diligent and dutiful student. Today he is absent because he is ill. 王平是个勤奋、尽职尽责的学生。他今天缺席，是因为他病了。 ②as 表示原因，语气不像because那么强，常引导以既成事实为基础的理由。e.g. I think your headmaster has told you about professor Chen. As he is ill. I instead it for him today. 我想校长已经告诉你们关于陈教授的情况了。因为他生病了，今天我来代课。 ③since表示一种间接的或附带的原因，常译作“既然”。e.g. Ill do it for you since you are busy. 你既然忙，我来替你做吧。 ④for表示推测的理由，说明客观的原因，或者对一件事加以解释或作旁证，一般说来for所接的句子是等立分句，常置于句末。e.g. It must have rained last night, for the ground is wet. 昨晚一定是下雨了，因为地面是湿的。 as还可以用来代替though，引导让步状语从句，e.g. ①Though he is young, he knows a lot of things. = Young as he is, he knows a lot of things. 尽管他还年轻，他却知道许多事情。 ②Try as he may , he failed again. 虽然他试了，但是他还是失败了。 ③Much as he likes it, he doesnt want to buy it. 尽管他非常喜欢这个东西，但却不想买它。 (2)for a while for a while 意为“一会儿，一段时间”，表示持续时间。e.g. These players practised running for a while and then began their training. 这些运动员先练习跑了一会，之后就开始了训练。 联想迁移 ①in a while/after a while 意为“(过)一会儿”。e.g. Ill come back in a while/after a while. 一会儿之后我就回来。 ②once in a while意为“偶尔，间或”，e.g. He went to see them once in a while. 他偶尔去探望他们。 (3)sound. voice. noise sound指一切自然界发出的“声响”。e.g. the sound of running water 流水声 voice主要指“说话声，嗓音，嗓子”。e.g. I recognized her voice on the telephone. 我一下子在电话中就听出了她的声音。 noise主要指喧闹声、吵闹声或嗓音。e.g. ①Dont make a noise. 别吵! ②Noise pollution does