1 句型 1. As is known ( to us all ), … = It is known (to us all) that … 2. It seems that sb./sth.… =sb./sth. seems to… It appears (to sb) that …=sb./sth. appears to… 3. It (so)happened that sb./sth.…=sb./sth. happened to… 4. There is/are…. There seems to be… There happened to be… There must have been… There is going to/will be… 5. Sth occurred to sb It (suddenly) occurred to sb that … It never occurred to sb that… = It didn’t occur to sb that… 6. It is said / reported that sb./sth.… = sb / sth is said / reported to do… It is believed that sb./sth.… = sb / sth is believed to do…… 7. It is no good / use doing … They think / consider / feel it no use / good doing It is likely that sb./sth.… = sb / sth is likely to do… It is possible / probable that sb./sth.… 2 8. It is hard to imagine /say / believe… It is no wonder that… 9. It takes sb. some time to do sth. Sb. takes some time to do sth. Sb. spends time/money doing sth / on sth 10. When/Whenever it comes to sb./sth/doing sth, … 11. It (still) remains a question whether …= Whether … remains a question. Whether … remains to be seen. Whether … ( or not ) mainly depends on … 12. It matters a lot / little whether/who/how… It doesn’t matter whether/who/how… What (really) matters (to sb) is … 13. You make it a rule to do / that… They make it possible / clear (for sb) to do / that … We find / feel / think / consider it +adj. / n. (for sb) to do / that… We think / consider / feel it a great honor to do sth 14. keep / bear sth in mind → keep / bear in mind that… 15. take sth. for granted 3 take it for granted that … = It is taken for granted that...