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新概念第二册自学导读 Lessons23
There were many people at the party last night.
昨天晚上的晚会上有许多人。(一般过去时)
There will be a letter for you tomorrow.
你明天将会有一封信。(一般将来时)
但是,当it作为“虚主语”表示时间、距离、天气等概念时,不可用there be结构(cf. 第2课课文详注):
It's Monday.
是星期一。
It's raining.
天在下雨。
It's fifteen miles to the station.
离车站有15英里。
词汇学习 Word study
1.complete
(1)vt. 完成,结束:
The house was completed five months ago.
这栋房子是5个月以前竣工的。
Work on the new school will be completed next year.
新学校明年能竣工。
(2)adj. 完整的,全部的:
Do you know the complete story?
你知道整个故事吗?
This is a complete family.
这是个父母双全的家庭。
(3)adj. 十足的,彻底的,绝对的:
There is complete silence in the room.
房间里一点儿声音也没有。
That was a complete surprise.
那完全是件意外的事。
2.strange adj.
(1)外地的,异乡的:
Living in a strange land is not always a pleasant thing.
客居他乡并不总是一件令人愉快的事。
(2)陌生的,生疏的:
That morning, he saw a strange face in the classroom.
那天早上,他在教室里看到了一张陌生的面孔。
This city is quite strange to me.
我对这座城市很不熟悉。
(3)不平常的,奇特的,奇怪的,古怪的:
The house looks strange to some people.
这房子在有些人看来很古怪。
A strange thing happened this afternoon.
这天下午发生了一件奇怪的事。
练习答案 Key to written exercises
1.关键句型练习答案
C 1 wrote 2 had finished 3 breaks 4 shall/will go
D 1 told…would 2 told…had lost 3 said…did not like
2.难点练习答案
1 It 2 There 3 There 4 there 5 It
6 It 7 There 8 it 9 there 10 it
3.多项选择题答案
1a 2a 3a 4c 5c 6a
7d 8d 9b 10b 11a 12d