Traffic Jam课件4.pptVIP

1．occur vi. 发生；出现 The accident occurred at five oclock. 事故发生在5点钟。 知识拓展 occur to 被想到；被想起 [译]他突然想起他没有锁门。 [误]He suddenly occurred that he hadnt locked the door. [正]It suddenly occurred to him that he hadnt locked the door. 注意：因为occur意为“come to ones mind”，所以occur的主语通常为某事，只是为了保持句子的平衡，而将该主语用it来表示，后置的that-clause是真正的主语。 辨析：happen, occur, take place 1)happen常用来表示“偶然；碰巧”，而且多指整个情况，这时不能用occur与take place代替。 How did the accident happen? 事故是如何发生的？ 2)occur多用来指具体事情的发生，虽然也可指偶然性，但与happen相比程度较弱。 The accident occurred yesterday. 事故发生在昨天。 3)take place作“发生”解时，较为正式，不带有偶然之意，并经常用来指事先安排的事情。 When will the wedding take pl