2012年12月大学英语四级语法:比较状语从句+ c$ d; @' W; D6 R2 y
比较状语从句:
* c; P# X# N0 H# O6 X than, as…as…,not so as…,(not) the same as, the+比较级; 3 V; f4 v* l% T3 m
eg:Light travels fast than sound. 5 Z2 {2 ^2 |: X6 y
the+比较级:
% u1 `. S1 T9 S" u1 n) S2 n eg:The sooner,the better.
7 n( l6 p% c% z+ X `* M) _ p* ] eg:Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and art kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school - the prophecy(预言) becomes self- fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (恶性循环) of neglect. & U' {9 v' r9 R
(1)当……的时候:while, when, as ;
$ Y8 O/ `, Z7 z; k; ?8 Y when:强调一件事情正在发生的时候,另外一件事情突然发生;
; G) P, v0 W, ]8 o8 g; { eg:When I was watching TV, my mother came back.
; z; p0 |( H2 k/ p8 a' D while:强调两个动作同时进行,一边……一边……;
3 C4 U$ ~) _! ]5 U( S/ S5 w9 y! F eg:My father is cooking while my mother is reading newspaper. 中华考试网
5 [% B) z2 V' k: e: M as:"随时间推移" ) L8 L9 f$ g N5 i
eg:As time went by, the days became longer and longer. ! F4 S+ g e, H! B
(2)一……就……:as soon as ,主将从现;用directly,immediately, instantly连接两个句子;一些名词如the minute,the moment, the instant也可表示;no sooner… than, hardly… when后面的句子需要倒装;
/ y9 H0 y& V* r3 m8 {5 H eg:I will write to you the moment/minute I arrived in Paris.
3 o0 [+ w5 D6 [( d: I3 H (3)特殊单词:by the time that, every/each time(使用时后面不要再加when) # t$ V4 {6 P- ~4 j
(4)till&until: # M9 \' o* c7 V; R: p
① 肯定形式表示的意思是"做某事直至某时",动词必须是延续性的;
* Y F4 Y1 v; k/ I 否定形式表达的意思是"直至某时才做某事",一般用until,动词为延续性或非延续性都可以; t! T# |% B, [% _( C
eg: I slept until midnight. * k B7 u& }) s' e! t7 T
Wait till I call you. 7 C7 C" J g) S% _ v
She didn’t arrive until 6 o’clock. : [2 E4 O: @! X
② Until可用于句首,而till通常不用于句首,通常用于句中;
: q1 N, N5 L: n; a+ V9 o2 E eg: Until you told me, I had heard nothing of what happened. + p* @4 |8 S- p9 G
eg:As you sleep you pass through a sequence of sleep states—light sleep, deep sleep and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep—that repeats approximately every 90 minutes. |