Ⅱ.重點句型詳解

1．At last feeling very upset and sensitive, Freddy and his band realized that they must leave the country before it became too painful for them.最后，由于深感苦惱，神經(jīng)高度緊張，弗雷迪和他的樂隊意識到他們必須在自己感到太痛苦之前離開這個國家。

before做連詞表示時間時，根據(jù)其在句中的實際情況，譯法有多種，具體可譯為：

(1)在……之前

(2)……(之后)才……

(3)(不多久)就……

(4)以免……

(5)還沒來得及……就……

(6)(寧愿……)也不愿……

①We lived in Paris before moving to London.

我們搬到倫敦之前住在巴黎。

②It was a long time before I got to sleep again.

很長一段時間之后我才重新入睡。

③It wasn’t long before she came back.

不久她就回來了。

④Lock your bike before it gets stolen.

鎖好你的自行車，以免被偷。

⑤Before John stopped her, she ran out.

約翰還沒來得及阻止她，她就跑了出去。

⑥I’d shoot myself before I apologized to her.

我寧死也不向她道歉。

[即境活用1](2009?上海卷)　You can’t borrow books from the school library ______ you get your student card.

A．before　 ?B．if ? ??C．while ? ? ?D．a(chǎn)s

解析：句意：在你沒有學(xué)生卡之前，你不能在學(xué)校圖書館借書。before在……之前；if如果；while當(dāng)……時候；as隨著，因為。

答案：A

2．Music is more_than just sound.

音樂決不僅僅是聲音。

more than＋數(shù)詞，“……以上；多于……”，等于 over

＋名詞，“不僅僅；不只；超過；遠(yuǎn)不止”

＋動詞，“十分；大大地；遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)地；不僅僅”

＋...can/could＋v.“不能”

＋adj./adv.，“非常；十分；更加”

①By then he was more than fifty.

那時他已經(jīng)50多歲了。

②Peace is much more than the absence of war.

和平不僅僅意味著沒有戰(zhàn)爭。

③He more than smiled; he laughed out.

他豈止是微笑，他簡直是大笑了。

④That's more than I can tell you.

這一點我是不能告訴你的。

⑤He is more than selfish. 他非常自私。

拓展：(1)more＋adj./n.＋than＋adj./n..與其說……倒不如說……

(2)no more than＋num.＝only 僅僅

(3)not more than＋num.＝at most 至多

(4)no more＋adj./adv.＋than...和……一樣不……

(5)not more＋adj./adv.＋than... 不如……

(6)more than one “不止一個”，做主語或修飾主語時，謂語動詞用單數(shù)。

[即境活用2]　(1)Lizzie was ______ to see her friend off at the airport.

A．a(chǎn) little more than sad

B．more than a little sad

C．sad more than a little

D．a(chǎn) little more than sad

解析：more than＋adj./adv. 意為“非常，很”。本句意為“Lizzie很傷心地在機場為她的朋友送行”。

答案：B

(2)—Tom is very stupid. He failed to pass the exam once again.

—He is ______ than stupid.

A．lazier ? ? ?B．no lazier ? ? ??C．more lazy ? ? ? ?D．lazier rather

解析：more＋adj.＋than 意為“與其說……倒不如說……”。答句句意為：“與其說他笨倒不如說他懶?！?/p>

答案：C