高一英語重點詞語用法(三)
1.reach 的用法reach [ri:tm] vt. 到達,抵達。表示到達之意的還有 arrive at (in) , get to
等。例如:
① the president reached beijing by special plane yesterday.
總統昨天乘專機到達北京。
② we reached here thursday morning. 我們是星期四早晨到達這里的。
③ dr bethune arrived in yanan in the spring of 1938.
白求恩大夫于1938年春到達延安。
④ when did you arrive in europe? 你何時到達歐洲?
⑤ she was always the first to arrive at the workshop.
她總是第一個來到車間。
⑥ they arrived at the station at two o\'clock. 他們兩點鐘來到車站。
⑦ we must get to the airport before 8.我們必須在八點鐘前到機場。
⑧ when did you get home yesterday? 你昨天什么時候到家的?
⑨ “when did the train arrived?” “half an hour ago.”
火車何時到達的?半小時之前。
【注意】在指到達一個洲、國家、城市等大地方時,arrive后多用in;而在指到達一個小地方時,多用at。但如將一個城市當作一個點看待,也可用at。例如:
① mary arrived in shanghai last month. 瑪麗上月到達上海。
② we arrived at the small village in the evening. 我們傍晚到達那個小村莊。
③ the train arrived at jinan at ten o\' clock. 火車十點鐘抵達濟南站。
2.discover 的用法
discover [dis\'k)v+] vt.
發現(已存在但并不為人所知的事,通常指地方或科學事實);知道。discover的基本用法如下:
1)跟名詞或代詞:
①it was madame curie who discovered the element radium.
是居里夫人發現了鐳元素。
② columbus discovered america in 1492.哥倫布于1492年發現了美洲。
2)跟從句:
① it was discovered that our food was running short.
我們發現糧食快完了。
② we discovered that he was an enemy spy. 我們發現他是一名敵特。
3)跟帶連接詞的不定式:
① we never discovered how to open the box. 我們找不出打開盒子的方法。
4)跟復合賓語:
① we discovered him to be an enemy spy. 我們發現他是一名敵特。
② we discovered them sitting around a fire talking.
我們發現他們圍坐在篝火旁談話。
3.both [b+ui] 的基本用法
1)both
用作連詞。通常與and連用,構成“both…and…”形式,意為“……和……兩者都”,使用時,both和and后面一般都跟著相同詞類的詞。例如:
① she both plays the piano and sings. (both+ 動詞+ and+ 動詞)
她既彈鋼琴,也唱歌。
② she plays both the piano and the guitar.
(both+名詞;and+名詞)
她既彈鋼琴,也彈吉他。
2)both用作代詞。常位于連系動詞之后,或實義動詞之前;但若當動詞是由幾個部分組成時,both則放在第一個助動詞之后。此外,它可用作主語。如:
①they are both absent. (同位語)他們倆都缺席。
②they both agree to stay. (同上)他們倆都同意留下來。
③we have both studied french.
我們兩個人都學習過法語。
3)both還可作形容詞。其用法和either相似,但both后面接復數名詞,either后面只接單數名詞。如:
①new cities came into being on both sides of the great wall.