2009年3月2日
训练科目:英语四级考试常考句型
众所周知,文章都是由句子组成的,而对于四级考试有困难的同学想在阅读方面有所提高,读句子是一个再好不过的方法。对于单词量在中等水平的同学,读懂一般的句子没什么大问题,加之上一篇文章,如果大家认真掌握常考词汇,在四级考试中阅读部分比较容易达到及格。对于词汇量小,语法基础差的同学,需要在扩大词汇量的同时跟随我们把英语句型方面的基础打好。今天给大家带来的是四级考试中常考句型,希望大家在学习之前做到心中有数,在学习中做到有的放矢,并且在以后的学习中能够经常熟悉这些句型。在四级考试中见到此类句型能够做到一扫而过,迅速反映出句子意思!
1、It作先行主语和先行宾语的一些句型
She had said what it was necessary to say.
2、强调句型
It is not who rules us that is important , but how he rules us.
3、"All+抽象名词"或"抽象名词+itself"(very+形容词)
He was all gentleness to her.
4、利用词汇重复表示强调
A crime is a crime a crime.
5、"something(much)of"和"nothing(little)of" "something of"相当于"to some extent",表示程度。在疑问句或条件从句中,则为"anything of ",可译为"有点","略微等。""译为毫无","全无"。"much of"译为"大有","not much of"可译为"算不上","称不上","little of"可译为"几乎无"。something like译为"有点像,略似。"
They say that he had no universty education , but he seems to be something of a scholar.
6、同格名词修饰是指of前后的两个名词都指同一个人或物,"of"以及它前面的名词构一个形容词短语,以修饰"of"后面的那个名词。如"her old sharper of a father",可译为:"她那骗子般的父亲"。
Those pigs of girls eat so much.
7、as…as…can(may)be
It is as plain as plain can be.
8、"It is in(with)…as in(with)"
It is in life as in a journey.
9、"as good as…"相等于,就像,几乎如;实际上,其实,实在。
The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.
10、"many as well…as"和"might as well …as" "many as well…as"可译为"与其……,不如……,更好","以这样做……为宜","如同……,也可以……"等等。"might as well…as"表示不可能的事,可译为"犹如……","可与……一样荒唐","与其那样不如这样的好"等等。
One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.
11、"to make…of"的译法(使……成为……,把……当作)
I will make a scientist of my son.
12、oo…+不定式",not(never)too…+不定式","too…not+不定式
She is too angry to speak.
13、only(not, all, but, never) too …to do so "和"too ready (apt) + to do"结构中,不定式,凡是"not","all""but等字后+"too…to,"不定式都失去了否定意义,在"too ready(apt) +to do"结构中,不定式。
You know but too yell to hold your tongue.
14、"no more …than…"句型
A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.
15、"not so much…as"和"not so much as …"结构,"not so much…as"="not so much as …",其中as有进可换用but rather,可译为:"与其说是……毋须说是……"。而"not so much as"="without(not)even,"可译为"甚至……还没有"。
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it .
16、"Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"结构,"Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"都具有最高级比较的意思,"Nothing I"可换用"no","nobody","nowhere","little","few","hardly","scarcely"等等,可译为"没有……比……更为","像……再没有了","最……"等。
Nothing is more precious than time.
17、"cannot…too…"结构,"cannot…too…"意为"It is impossible to overdo…"或者,即"无论怎样……也不算过分"。"not"可换用"hardly","scarcely"等,"too"可换用"enough","sufficient"等
You cannot be too careful.
18、"否定+but "结构,在否定词后面的"but",具有"which not","who not","that not",等等否定意义,构成前后的双重否定。可译成"没有……不是"或"……都……"等
Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse.
19、"否定+until(till)"结构,在否定词"no","not","never","little","few","seldom"等的后边所接用的"until/till",多数情况下译为"直到……才……","要……才……",把否定译为肯定。
Nobody knows what he can do till he has tried.
20、"not so…but"和"not such a…but"结构,这两个结构和"否定+but"的结构差不多,不同之点是这两个结构中的"but"是含有"that…not"意味的连续词,表示程度。可译为"还没有……到不能做……的程度","并不是……不……","无论怎样……也不是不能……"等。
He is not so sick but he can come to school.
21、"疑问词+should…but"结构,这个结构表示过去的意外的事,意为"none…but",可译为"除了……还有谁会……","岂料","想不到……竟是……"等。
Who should write it but himself?
22、"who knows but (that)…"和"who could should…but"结构,这个结构是反问形式,一般意译为"多半","亦未可知"等等,有时也可直译。
Who knows but (that) he may go?
23、"祈使句+and"和"祈使句+or"结构,"祈使句+and"表示"If…you…","祈使名+or"表示"if…not…,you。
Add love to a house and you have a home. Aad righteousness to a city and you have a community. Aad truth to a pile of red brick and you have a school.
24、"名词+and"结构,在这个结构中,名词等于状语从句,或表示条件,或表示时间。
A word, and he would lose his temper.
大家在学习今天内容的同时也要复习一下上一节内容。链接如下: