Module 4 Music Born in America
(4) 有些關聯(lián)從屬連詞，如 no sooner … than / hardly … when / scarcely … when 等，也能引導時間狀語從句。
注意：如果把no sooner, hardly, scarcely, 置于句首，它所連帶的這部分就要倒裝，如：
① she had no sooner heard the news than she cried.
no sooner had she heard the news than she cried.
② they had hardly started to work when the trouble began.
hardly had they started to work when the trouble began.
4. translate the following sentences into english by using the words in bracket.
(1) 我一見到他就告訴他這個消息。（as soon as）
(2) 她一來到教室，就開始讀英語。(as soon as)
(3) 我剛一到家天就下雨了。(no sooner … than …)
(4) 他剛做完試卷，鈴聲就響了。(hardly … when …)
(5) 他一來，你就可立即離開。（immediately）
(6) 我一見到你，就認出你來了。(the moment)
(7) 每次見面，他都向我問候，說“你好！”(each time / every time)
(8) 到18歲的時候，她已大學畢業(yè)了。(by the time)
suggested answers:
(1) i’ll tell him the news as soon as i see him.
(2) as soon as she came into the classroom, she began to read english.
(3) i had no sooner got home than it began to rain. / no sooner had i got home than it began to rain.
(4) he had hardly finished the test when the bell rang. / hardly had he finished the test when the bell rang.
(5) you may leave immediately he comes.
(6) i recognized you the moment i saw you.
(7) he greeted with “hello!” each time he saw me.
(8) by the time she was 18, she had already graduated from the university.
step 3. grammar (2)
1. ask ss to read the following sentences and say which one is better and why.
mike said that he would come to school to see me the next day, but he didn’t come to school to see me the next day.
mike said that he would come to school to see me the next day, but he didn’t.
suggested answers:
the second sentence is better than the first one. because it left out the same part of one sentence. it can make us easy to understand and easy to read.
2. ask ss to add the words which have been left out and rewrite the sentences.
(1) sorry to have kept you waiting.
(2) seen the movie before?
(3) john was the winner in 1994 and bob in 1998.
(4) – what did you do yesterday?
– just slept. nothing else.
suggested answers:
(1) (i’m) sorry to have kept you waiting.
(2) (have you) seen the movie before?
(3) john was the winner in 1994 and bob (was) the winner in 1998.
(4) … i just slept. (i did) nothing else.
3. help ss to draw a conclusion of ellipses.