新概念英语238课课件

1、lesson 38词汇学习 word study no soonerthan与 hardlywhen 这两组连词意义都与 as soon as相近，但都比 as soon as正式。 它们通常都与过去完成时连用。当 no sooner和 hardly位于句 首时，后面的主谓结构都要颠倒顺序，即句子变为 no sooner/hardly+助动词+主语+动词形式的语序：词汇学习 word study he had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there. 他刚一回来便买下了一幢房子住了进去。 no soone

2、r had he returned than he bought a house and went to live there. （译文同上） no sooner had he begun speaking than he was interrupted. 他刚一开始讲话就被打断了。词汇学习 word study he had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. 他还没等安顿下来就卖掉了房子，离开了这个国家。 hardly had he had time to settle do

3、wn when he sold the house and left the country.（译文同上） hardly had he got into the bus when it began moving. 他刚刚登上那辆公共汽车它就开了。 no soonerthan与 hardlywhen 都是固定词组， than与when不可混用。词汇学习 word study country与 countryside country的意义比较广，它可以有国家、祖国或乡下等多种含义： he had planned to settle down in the country. 他原计划在乡下定居。 h

4、e sold the house and left the country. 他卖掉房子，离开了这个国家。词汇学习 word studycountry 作乡下讲时，通常与the连用，作国家讲时则不一定：we are going to spend the weekend in the country.我们打算去乡下过这个周末。which country do you come from?你来自哪个国家？countryside主要指农村地区、乡下：i grew up in the countryside.我在农村长大。词汇学习 word study continuously与 continuall

5、y 这两个副词都与动词 continue（继续，持续）有关。它们的区别在于continuously （不断地，连续地）指动作中间没有间断，而continually （频繁地，反复地）则指动作中间有间断但又持续很久： it rained continually. 天总是/频繁地下雨。（有间断） this plane can fly continuously for twenty hours. 这架飞机可以连续飞行20小时。（中间没有间断）词汇学习 word study why does he come here continually? 他为什么老是到这里来？ you mustnt watch

6、tv for such a long time continuously. 你不能这么长时间连续地看电视。课文详注 further notes on the text he had often dreamed of retiring in england and had planned to settle down in the country 过去他常幻想退休后到英国，并计划在乡间安顿下来。 （1）dream of 在这里不表示具体的做梦， 而是幻想、向往的意思： frank used to dream of having a car of his own .弗兰克过去常幻想拥有一辆自己的车

7、。课文详注 further notes on the text （2）settle down 是个固定短语， 可以表示定居、安身、安顿等含义： they settled down in australia in 1988. 他们1988年在澳大利亚定居了。 after two years of travelling, i want to settle down now. 旅行了两年之后，我现在想过安定的日子了。课文详注 further notes on the text he acted as if be had never lived in england before 他的举动就好像他从未

8、在英国生活过一样。 连词 as if/ though 引导方式状语从句，通常跟在描述行为举止的动词之后，如act, appear, feel, look, smell, sound等后面： she acted as if she was mad. 她的举动像疯了一样。 it feels as if/ though its going to rain. 这天气给人的感觉好像是要下雨。课文详注 further notes on the text in the end, it was more than he could bear. 最后，他再也忍受不住。 more than在这里表示超过的范围：

9、this piece of news is more than i can believe. 我无法相信这条消息。 这种用法与它通常表示比更多的用法稍有不同： there were more than ten people in the room. 房间里不止10个人。语法 grammar in use在第14课的语法中，我们学习了过去完成时的构成和基本用法。它经常与一般过去时连用，表示在过去某个动作发生前完成的动作：when i arrived, jane had left.我到时，简已经走了。（走发生在我到达之前）与过去完成时连用的表示时间的词或词组有when, after, assoon as, (not) until, by that time, (never) before, already, for, since, just等，另外它还常与连词no soonerthan和 hardlywhen连用。（cf词汇学习）