精品文档---下载后可任意编辑必修 I---unit 4I---IV Earthquakes一、知识点 imagine there has been a big earthquake. 现在，假设有一次大地震。“There +be +主语+其它成分”结构中 there 为引导词，本身无意义，谓语动词根据就近一致原则。其它相似句型还有：There happen to be 碰巧有There seems/appears to be 好像有There is likely to be 可能有There may/might be 也许有There must be 一定有There can’t be 不可能有There is said/reported to be 据说/据报道有There used to be 曾经有There is sure/certain to be 一定有2. happen to.It (so) happened that…Did you hear what happened to David last night 你听说大卫昨天晚上发生什么事了吗What will happen to the children if Peter and Alice break up 假如彼得和爱丽丝离婚孩子们将怎么办I happened to see Peter on the way to the bookstore yesterday. 昨天我去书店的路上碰巧遇见了彼得。It so happened that I saw Peter on the way to the bookstore yesterday. 昨天我去书店的路上碰巧遇见了彼得。I happened to be out when he called. 他来访时，恰巧我出去了。(= It happened that I was out when he called.)I happened on just the thing I had been looking for. 我偶然发现了我所要找的东西。3. right away 毫不迟疑，立即He is ill; you should call in the doctor right away. 他病了, 你应该立即请大夫来。1111精品文档---下载后可任意编辑4. A smelly gas came out of the cracks. 裂缝里冒出臭气。5. In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat. 农家大院里，鸡甚至猪都紧张得不想吃食。6. But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.但是，这个城市的一百万居民都没有把这些情况当一回事，当天晚上照常睡着了。7. It seemed as if the world was at an end. 世界似乎到了末日。从句表示“(在某人)看来好像；似乎”① It seems/looks/appears as if/though…看起来好像…② Sb./Sth. looks as if/though…(不用 seem/appear...
