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Six months ago Xie Lei said goodbye to her family and friends in China and boarded a plane for London
六个月以前 , 谢蕾告别中国的家人和朋友 , 登上了飞往伦敦的飞机
board n
上(船 , 火车 , 公共汽车 , 飞机等) 2) n
木板 , 布告牌 3) v
寄宿 , 付费……膳宿 eg: During his stay in England he boarded with a friend
与 board 相关的短语: above board 光明正大的 across the board 全面的;各阶层的 on board 在 ( 飞机、船、车 ) 上 sweep the board 获得全胜 boarder 寄宿生 boarding school 寄宿学校 a boarding card 登机卡2
It was the first time she had ever left her motherland
the first time 的用法:该句使用了句型 "It is+ the+ 序数词 +time+ that 从句 ", that 从句中的谓语常用现在完成时
句型 : This/ It is the first ( second…) time ( that ) sb
has done sth
This / It was the first (second…) time (that ) sb
had done sth
这是我第二次参观长城
It is the second time that I have visited the Great Wall
It was the second