必修2英语译林牛津版讲述.ppt

第4讲 │ 句型透视 2．However, not long after the tomb had been opened, people in Carter’s team began to fall ill and die strangely. 然而，坟墓被挖掘后不久，卡特探险队的人就开始生病，莫名其妙地死亡。 【句型解读】 not long after/shortly/soon after 意为“……之后不久”，后常接从句(从句中常用过去时态)或单独使用。如： He arrived there shortly after. 不久后他们就到了那里。 The accident happened shortly after they got to the highway. 他们上高速公路没多久事故就发生了。 第4讲 │ 句型透视 【相关拓展】 比较下列四个句型： (1)It was/is＋表时间的介词短语或副词短语＋that…： 强调句型，意为“就是在某时某事发生了”。 (2)It was/is＋表时间的名词或名词短语＋when引导的状语从句：当某事发生时是什么时候。 (3)It is＋一段时间＋since从句：自从……以来已有多久。 (4)It was/would be/will be (not)＋long或其他表一段时间的名词短语＋ before从句： 不久或多久后某事发生。如： It was two years ago that I began to learn English. 就在两年前我开始学英语了。 It is evening when he studies English every day. 他每天晚上学英语。 It is two years since I began to learn English. 自从我学英语以来已有两年了。 It was two years before he came back from abroad. 两年后他回国了。 第4讲 │ 句型透视 【活学活用】 (1)①It was in the evening ________ we reached the little town of Winchester. A．when B．That C．since D．until ②It was evening ________ we reached the little town of Winchester. A．when B．That C．since D．until (2)①He was told that it would be at least three more months ________ he could recover and return to work. A．when B．Before C．since D．that ②That was really a splendid evening. It’s years ________ I enjoyed myself so much. A．when B．That C．before D．Since (3)It will be some time ________ we know the full results. A．since B．Before C．after D．when 【答案】 (1)①B　②A　(2)①B　②D　(3)B 第4讲 │ 跟踪训练 1．[2010·天津卷] People have always been ________ about exactly how life on earth began. A．curious B．excited C．anxious D．careful 跟踪训练 【解析】 A　考查形容词的意义和用法。句意为：人们一直对于地球生命的起源感到好奇。根据介词about后面宾语从句的意义，可以确定前面表示的是“好奇”，be curious about 是“对……感到好奇”的意思。 第4讲 │ 跟踪训练 2．At minus 130℃，a living cell can be ________ for a thousand years. A．spared B．protected C．preserved D．developed 【解析】 C　句意为：在零下130摄氏度的温度下，一个活细胞可以存活1,000年。preserve保存、保持，符合题意。spare留出，让给，抽出(时间)；protect保护；develop