...ey came earlier than it was expected for them
to come.They
returned home sooner than was expected.（A
remedial English Grammar for foreign students by Wood，P74）从上例句可以看出，似乎在比较要素作状语时，一般都理解为形式主语的改写法，此时用单数was。如果...
...为情”“难堪”等）。如：There
was an awkward silence, when no one knew what to say. 当谁都不知道说什么时，陷入了尴尬的沉默。He came to visit
us at an awkward time. 他在我们很不方便的时候来了。It is awkward to
discuss such matters in public. 公开讨论...
...e U.S. a penniless 21-year-old. His wife, Maria Shiver, is
an anchor woman on U.S. TV news and niece of assassinated President John F.
Kennedy. Andy Warhol and Grace Jones were among the 500 guests at their
wedding. Others invited who were unable to attend included the Pope and the
Reagans. His hobb...
...vi:niənt/ adj. 方便的，便利的quality/ˈkwɒləti/ n.质量，品质from time to time有时；偶尔；间或living room起居室addict/ˈædɪkt/ n.对……着迷的人according to按……所说，根据in person 亲自media/ˈmiːdiə/ n.新闻媒体，大众传播媒介(总称)social med...
...白葡萄酒。(2016全国卷Ⅱ阅A)deer：Elk,
deer, and coyote populations are down, while beavers and red foxes have made a
comeback. 麋鹿、鹿和郊狼的数量下降了，河狸和红狐狸也已经回来了。(2017全国卷Ⅲ阅C)career：Did Nielsen then feel content in his career? 尼...
...文体中，如果将never, seldom, rarely, little, hardly,
scarcely, no sooner, no longer, nowhere 等含有否定意义的副词若位于句首，则其后的句子要用部分倒装。如：后来我再也没见到过他了。I never saw him
again. →Never did I see him
again. 他很少出去吃...
...s B. which C. what D. that2. Not far from the school
there was a garden, _____ owner seated in it playing chess with his little
grandson every afternoon. A. its B. whose C. which D. that此题很容易误选B，许多同学想...
...）是可数名词，则通常用复数形式。如：An exchange of opinions is
helpful. 相互交换意见是有益的。The exchange of prisoners
during a war is unusual. 战时很少交换俘虏。There was a brief
exchange of glances. 匆匆地互递了个眼色。当然，如果是不可数名...
...he place to discuss the subject at length. Suffice it to say that,
judging from the numerous examples that have come to hand,a) in the combination consisting of definite numeral + name of measure
of time the plural is rather more frequent than the singular, and is often
furnished with the apostrophe...
...important. 他说的话并不重要。How this happened is
not clear to anyone. 这件事怎样发生的，谁也不清楚。Which side wins makes
no difference to him. 哪边赢他都无所谓。Whether it will do us
harm remains to be seen. 是否对我们有害还要看一看。2.
形式主语有...
...Duck Stamp was designed by J.N. “Ding” Darling, a political
cartoonist from Des Moines,
Iowa, who at that time was
appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt as Director of the Bureau of
Biological Survey. Hunters willingly pay the stamp price to ensure the survival
of our natural resources.Abou...
...the
bite was virtually painless: more the kind of small bite you might get from a
naughty child. The pony responsible
was queuing up for some ice cream in the car park near Haytor, and perhaps
thought I’d jumped in ahead of him. 事情发生的时候，这种咬伤完全不痛：它更像是被淘...