选修 8 *
1. What do you think a Chinese person will notice when eating British food for the first time?
你认为第一次品尝英国食物时,中国人会注意到一些什么东西?
2. I had eaten Chinese food often, but I could not have imagined how fabulous a real Chinese banquet could be.
我以前也经常吃中餐,但从没想到真正的中式宴席会那么丰富。 重点句型 *
3. No wonder my fellow guests had had only a few bites of each dish…
怪不得跟我一起的客人每道菜也就浅尝几口……
4. The first time I saw a three–year–old kid cheerfully chewing a chicken’s head I had bad dreams for weeks.
第一次看到一个三岁的小孩欢快地嚼着 一只鸡头后,我连续做了几周噩梦。 重点句型 *
5. …and it was only after I had tasted it that I knew it was actually cooked with mushrooms.
……只有当我尝了一下后才知道那确实 是用蘑菇做的。 重点句型 *
The first time I saw a three year old kid cheerfully chewing a chicken’s head I had bad dreams for weeks.
第一次看到一个三岁的小孩欢快地嚼着一只鸡头后,我连续做了几周噩梦。
the first time相当于从属连词,引导状语从句,可译为“第一次……”。类似的名词短语充当连词的还有:the moment, the minute, every time, each time, next time 等。 句型探究 *
What do you think a Chinese person will notice when eating British food for the first time?
你认为第一次品尝英国食物时,中国人会注意到什么?
此句中的for the first time在句中作状语。 句型探究 *
the first time, for the first time, it’s the first time that…, it is time that…
the first time 可引导状语从句。
for the first time 只能用作句子的状语,不可用来引导状语从句,它不具有连词的功能。 词语辨析 *
It / This / That is / was the first / second…time +that–clause是个很重要的句型,其用法是:当前面的be 动词是is 时,后面的句子用现在完成时;当前面是was 时,后面句子用过去完成时,其表达的意思是“某人第几次做某事”。
It is / was (high) time that sb. should do sth. / did sth.也是一个常用句型,其意义是“到了做某事的时候了”,相当于It is / was time for sb. to do sth.,这一句型的should一般不可省略。 词语辨析 *
This is the first time that I have been here.
这是我第一次来这儿。
The first time I saw him, he was cleaning the room.
我第一次见到他的时候,他正在清扫房间。
It’s time he got himself a proper job.
他该给自己找一份合适的工作了。 词语辨析 *
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