Unit 10 By the time I got outside, the bus had already left.

（2）動詞短語set off在本句中是“引起、激起”的意思。
a letter from home set off an attack of homesickness.
一封家書激起了一片思鄉之情。
特別提示：
set off在作“出發、動身”解時,與set out意思相同。
it was raining when we set off/out. 我們出發時,天還下著雨。
4. one april fool’s day, a reporter in england announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in italy had stopped growing spaghetti. 一個愚人節，有位英國記者宣稱以后不會再有意大利式細面條可以吃了，因為意大利的農民已經停止生產這種細面條了。（section b, 3a）
there would be是there be的過去將來時，意為“過去將有”。
知識拓展：
過去將來時由“would+動詞原形”構成，表示從過去某個時間看將來要發生的動作或存在的狀態，常用于賓語從句中。
the students didn’t know where they would go tomorrow.
同學們不知道明天要去哪兒。
nobody knew where he would go. 沒人知道他要去哪里。
◎過去將來時也常可用“was/were+going to+動詞原形”表示。
she said that she was going to speak at the meeting.她說她要在大會上發言。
li ping said that she was going to visit her aunt in the town the next sunday.
李萍說她下個星期日要去拜訪住在城里的姑姑。
5. she was thrilled, because she really wanted to get married. 她很激動，因為她真的想結婚。（section b, 3a）
(1)thrilled是形容詞，意為“非常激動的、非常興奮的”，常用來說明一個人的心情。
he was thrilled when he heard the news. 他聽到這個消息時很激動。
she was thrilled and shy when she heard “i love you” from her boy friend.
當她聽到她男朋友說“我愛你”的時候，她很激動也很害羞。
(2)get married是固定短語，意為“結婚”，表示動作；而be married表示狀態，意為“結婚了”，這兩個短語都可以和介詞to連用。
she’s married to my brother. 她嫁給了我哥哥。
they’re saving up to get married. 他們儲錢準備結婚。
魔力糾錯：
他和我的一個朋友結了婚。
誤：he was married with a friend of mine.  
正：he was married to a friend of mine.
魔力解析：
當表示“與……結婚”時，marry用作及物動詞，其后接介詞to，而不能用with。
特別提示
marry是短暫性動詞，當表示“結婚多長時間”時，要用be married。
lucy married robert two years ago.
= lucy has been married to robert for two years. 露茜和羅伯特結婚兩年了。
知識拓展：
◎問某人“婚否”時應說are you married?或is he married？等；如果“未婚”，可以說i’m single.。
◎問某人“何時結的婚”應說when were you married?或when did you get married?。
【即學即用】
⑴—when did you         ?
—i’ve         for two months.
a. get married; been married    b. be married; been married  
c. get married; got married     d. get married; married