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
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