以下这些例子有助于防止把这两种形式混淆: . V- g5 `# r5 y( U) D9 j7 { it is+形容词;there is+名词:. q |3 X7 i6 |) {" z
It is foggy./There is a fog. ; ^+ N' A& v) \+ u 有雾。( v6 D" z4 n- {) {
It was very wet./There was a lot of rain. 9 W4 A( v, v% |8 z 很湿。/下了不少雨。 % q: |) K' U" W3 _ It won’t be very sunny./There won’t be much sun. + |* m) y3 C# Q4 E+ H 天气不会很晴朗。: Y) d% m! v+ E
it is与there is都可以表示时间和距离: % C/ a3 S) T+ ^% ~ It is a long way to York.+ ]; i0 t; N+ \' ]0 E$ w8 l9 ~
到约克路很远。4 H: O3 I/ R! S
There is a long way still to go. 2 \4 u- p# e9 G: U 还有很长的路要走。(我们还有好多英里的路程。)It is time to go home.# L7 L8 V/ `5 X; B( W* ~
该回家了。(我们一般是6点回家而现在6点了。) 0 R: V. v/ I+ O6 ^/ @9 p There is time for us to go home and come back here again before the filmstarts.% p/ o# _4 A% g& e4 h9 U& F
在电影开演之前我们有时间先回家一趟再回到这里。(还有足够的时间)& ~1 n! q- `( v; V' e/ n
there is+名词/代词和用于识别人或物的 it is+名词/代词的比较:4 J x% L) o l6 K9 n
There is someone at the door.I think it’s the man to read the meters. ' \+ f$ y( I0 q2 f# [5 _ b6 l/ ~ 门口有个人。我想他是来抄(水、电等)表的。/ ~! ~* D5 w* ]
There is a key here.Is it the key of the safe? % X7 u1 V1 n6 `( X5 U0 Q: u+ Y 这里有一把钥匙。是开保险箱的吗?( b- v) _# m! C5 A% _- s+ z
用于分裂句的it is 以及there is的比较:0 \. k* k' @' H6 a+ d
It is the grandmother who makes the decisions. 1 s/ a( S- V3 ^# ^ 做出决定的是老奶奶。(是老奶奶而不是家里的其他成员) " M2 D/ e$ i/ \ …and there’s the grandmother,who lives in the granny-flat. 8 B) V& `* Z1 S b ……还有老奶奶,住在专用套房里的那位。(有老奶奶其人)