sentence:
I will have to try that./I caught the last bus./It doesnot make sense.
I could hardly speak./I am very proud of u./Make yourself at home.
My gratitude is more than I can express in words.
key words and expressions:
pollution 污染,沾污 bitterly 苦苦地,悲痛的
settle down 定居,平静下来 gratitude 感激之情,感谢的心情
situation 情形,境遇 mediterranean 被陆地包围的
continually 不断地,频繁地 continuously 不断地,连续地
bitterly cold 刺骨的冷 quarrel 吵架,反目,怨言
hardly when.. 未...就.. no sooner 一旦...立即...
as if 就像(后加虚拟语气) as though 好像,仿佛
though 虽然,可是 Arabic 阿拉伯的
even though 即使 dream of 梦想,梦幻(后跟动名词)
no sooner than === as soon as ... 一...就...
Pattern:
The situation has settled down. //平静下来
She settled herself down in a chair with a cup of tea.
They quarreled continually. //频繁
They have quarreled continously for more an hour. //不断地
Syntax:
She looed at me as if I were a stranger. //虚拟语气
It looked as though it were going to rain.
No sooner had I entered the room than the telephone rang.
I had no sooner entered the room than then telephone rang.
Hardly had I known him well enough when he began to greet me like an old friend.
I had hardly known him well enough when he began to greet me like an old friend.
