Period Two Learning about LanguageGrammar：Ellipsis省略句为了避免重复，省略句中的一个或几个句子成分，这种现象称为省略。常见的省略现象有：1．简单句中的省略：(1)省略主语。Haven’t seen you for ages.(＝I haven’t seen you for ages.)我很久没见你了。Sounds like a good idea.(＝That sounds like a good idea.)听上去是个不错的主意。(2)省略主谓语或一部分。Why not make an apology to him？(＝Why don’t you make an apology to him？)为什么不给他道歉？This way，please.(＝Come this way，please.)这边请。Found the missing bag？(＝Have you found the missing bag？)你找到那个丢失的包了吗？I badly need to buy a cellphone，but I can’t afford to(buy a cellphone)．我急需买个手机，但我负担不起。注意：若不定式后为 be 动词时，则 be 不能省略；不定式后需用完成时时，则助动词 have不能省略；如果不定式后要用完成时的被动语态时，则 have 后的 been 也不能省略。—You should have handed in your composition in time.——你应该按时交作业。—Yes，I should have(handed in my composition in time)，but I was too ill to finish it in time.——是的，我本应该交，但我病得厉害，无法按时完成。—Your son ought to have been scolded yesterday ， he made faces in the history teacher’s class.——昨天你儿子应该受到批评，他在历史老师的课上做鬼脸。—So he ought to have been(scolded yesterday)，but I couldn’t find him yet.——他确实应该被批评，但我找不到他。2．并列句中可省略与前句中相同的成分。You learn Spanish and I (learn) German.你学西班牙语，而我学德语。When the summer comes，the day is getting longer and longer，and the night(is getting) shorter and shorter.夏天来的时候，白天越来越长，而夜晚越来越短。3．主从复合句中的省略：(1)主句中有些成分可以省略，特别是句首。Pity you couldn’t come to see their wonderful performance.(＝It was a pity that you couldn’t come to see their wonderful performance.)很遗憾你没有来看他们精彩的表演。(2)省略从句中与主句相同的部分。I hav...
