21 It happens that… 碰巧……
相當于happen to do。例如:
It happened that I heard their secret.
可改寫為:I happened to hear their secret.
我碰巧聽到了他們的秘密。
22 It’s/has been +一段時間+since從句 自從某時起做某件事情已經一段時間了
該句型中since引導的時間狀語從句常用一般過去時。例如:
It’s twenty years since he came here.
他來這里已經20年了。
It has been six years since he married Mary.
他和瑪麗結婚已經六年了。
23 It is +adj./n. + for sb. to do sth. 做某事對某人來說……
It是形式主語,真正的主語是不定式to do sth。例如:
It’s not easy for us to study English well.
對我們來說學好英語并不容易。
It’s a good idea for us to travel to the south.
去南方旅行對我們來說是個好主意。
24 It’s + adj. + of sb. to do sth.
It是形式主語,to do sth.是真正的主語, 當表語(即形容詞)能對邏輯主語描述時,常用介詞of,而不用for。例如:
It’s very polite of you to give your seat to old people.
你給老人讓座,非常有禮貌。
25 It seems/appears (to sb) that… (在某人看來)好像……
此句中的it是主語,that引導的是表語從句。例如:
It seems that he is lying. 看樣子他好像是在撒謊。
It appears to me that he never smiles. 在我看來,他從來沒有笑過。
26 It is +數(shù)詞+metres/kilometers long/wide… ……是多少米(公里)長(寬)
用來表示物體的長(寬,高),如數(shù)詞大于一,名詞要用復數(shù)。例如:
It is 20 metres long from this end to that end. 從這端到那端有二十米長。
27 It’s time for sb. to do sth. 是某人干某事的時候了
it是形式主語,真正的主語是動詞不定式to do sth. 例如:
It’s time for the child to go to bed.
孩子該睡覺了。
比較下面兩種結構:
、 It’s time for + n. 例如:
It’s time for school.
、贗t’s time to do sth. 例如:
It’s time to go to school.
28 It takes sb. some time to do sth. 花費某人多少時間做某事
it是形式主語,真正的主語是動詞不定式to do sth。例如:
It takes her fifteen minutes to walk to the bus stop from here.
從這兒走著到公交車站將花費她15分鐘。
It took the old man three days to finish the work.
那個老人花了三天時間完成這項工作。
29 keep (on) doing sth. 一直堅持做某事
keep doing sth.一般用于靜態(tài)動詞。keep on doing sth.意為“繼續(xù)不停地做某事”,一般用于動態(tài)動詞,但二者的區(qū)別并不是很嚴格,有時可以互換。例如:
Don’t keep on doing such foolish things.
不要再做這樣的傻事了。
He kept sitting there all day.
他整天坐在那里。
30 keep…from doing sth. 阻止......做某事
相當于stop…from doing sth., prevent…from doing sth. 在主動句中,stop和prevent后面的from可以省略,但在被動結構中,from不可以省略。例如:
Please keep the children from swimming in the sea.
請別讓孩子到海里游泳。
The big noise outside my room stopped me from doing my homework.
屋外巨大的噪音使我不能做作業(yè)