VOA慢速英语:An Air Show for Showing Off; West Bank's Speed Sisters

come true实现, 成真

例句：His words came true.
      他的话应验了。

      Scientists’ dream has come true.
      科学家的梦想实现了。

2.But not everyone was happy to see her in the driver's seat of the BMW race car she drives.

部分否定

英语中的部分否定（即不完全否定）有如下一些表示方法：

一、 all 的否定式：not all…（或：all…not）表示"并非都……"、"不是所有的都……"例如：

Not all men can be masters. (= All men cannot be masters.) 并非人人都能当头头。

Not all bamboo grows tall. 并非所有的竹子都会长得很高。

二、 both 的否定式：not…both (或：both… not) "并非两个……都……" 例如：

I don’t want both the books. 我不是两本书都要。

Both (the) windows are not open. 两扇窗子并不都开着。

三、 every…的否定式："不是每……都……" 例如：

Not every book is educative. (或：Every book is not educative.) 不是每本书都有教育意义的。

Not everyone likes this book. 并非人人都喜欢这本书。

This flower is not seen everywhere. 这花并不是随处可见的。

四、 always的否定式："并非总是（并非一直）……" 例如：

He is not always so sad. 他并不是一直都这样悲伤。

五、 entirely， altogether， completely 和quite 的否定式："不完全……"，"并非完全……" 例如：

The businessman is never to be entirely trusted. 不可以完全信任商人。

He felt not altogether satisfied. 他并不完全满意。

I don’t agree completely. 我并不完全同意。

What he did was not quite proper. 他做的不十分妥当。

六、 all the time 的否定式："并非一直……"、"未必老是……" 例如：

A foolish man doesn’t make a mistake all the time. 笨人未必老是犯错误。

3.And it really didn't matter whether we had the same language or the same culture, but we actually had the same passion and the same desires to achieve things.

it形式主语

it作形式主语时可以把句子真正的主语移到句子后面去，使句子变得平稳，以免主语太长，头重脚轻。it 作形式主语主要有以下几种类型：

1)It + is /was + 形容词/ 名词+不定式

It is easy to criticize others. 批评别人时很容易的。

It's better to be early. 早点去好一些。

2)It + is / was + 形容词/ 名词 + 动名词

It is no good eating too much chocolate. 吃太多巧克力不好。

3)It + is /was + 形容词/ 名词 + that 从句

It is a pity that I didn't know that. 很可惜我不知道。

4)It + 及物动词 +宾语 +不定式

It costs me 50 Yuan to repair my watch. 我花了50 元钱修表。

It makes me sick to think about it. 想到那个东西我就恶心。