Unit 12 Art and Literature 课文重难点解析1. The noise seemed to be coming from behind the picture in the wall.那声音好像正在从墙上照片的后面传过来。seem 常译为“好像……似的；似乎；看来好像”等。表示根据情况或某种迹象看来，在 seem 后可加to sb.表示“在某人看来……”，其常见句式有：（1）seem+名词例如：She seemed（to me）an honest woman.在我看来她是个诚实的女人。【注意】seem 跟名词时，名词前要有形容词，否则要用“seem to be+名词”。（2）seem+形容词例如：The question seems to him difficult to answer.在他看来这个问题难回答。（3）seem+现在分词或过去分词例如：① This story seems very interesting.这个故事好像很有趣。②She seemed very surprised when she saw me.她见到我时好像很惊讶似的。（4）seem+介词短语例如：He seems in high spirits.他似乎情绪高昂。（5）seem+不定式（不定式若为 to be，to be 可省去。）例如：① He seems to know it.他看起来好像知道此事。②He seems（to be）ill.看起来他好像在生病。此句型中的不定式可以有不同的时态形式。例如：① Mum seems to have cleaned the room.看来妈妈已经把房间打扫过了。②She seemed to be watching TV when I came in.我进来时她好像正在看电视。seem+不定式的否定形式有两种：（6）It seems/seemed that…此句型可与“seem+不定式”互换。例如：① It seems that it’s going to rain.看来天要下雨了。②It seems that he was late for the train. （ =He seemed to be late for the train.）看来他是误了火车了。（7）It seems/seemed as if/though…例如：It seemed as if he knew nothing about the accident.好像他对那个事故一无所知。（8）There seems/seemed to be…例如：There seems to be something wrong with her.她看来好像是出了什么事似的。2. It sounded like a woman crying.听起来像是一个女人在哭。（1）sound like 听起来像类似结构还有 look like，smell like，feel like，taste like 等。例如：① It sounded like someone singing.这听起来像是有人在唱歌。②It smells like something burning.闻起来好像什么东西烧糊了。（2）a woman crying ...
