Unit 2We all own English.1 ． Until English became important in the 20th century, peoplewho had any education spoke French. 直到 20 世纪英语变重要之前，受过教育的人都讲法语。until 意为“直到……为止”，引导时间状语从句。 until引导时间状语从句时，如果主句用一般将来时，从句要用一般现在时表将来。如：I won't leave until he comes.直到他来我才会离开。(1) 当主句的谓语动词是延续性动词时，主句用肯定形式，表示这一动作一直延续到 until 所表示的时间为止。如：I'll wait until they come back. 我会一直等到他们回来。(2) 当主句的谓语动词是非延续性动词时，主句用否定形式，表示这一动作直到 until 所表示的时间才发生，构成“ not...until...” 句式，有时不用 not ，而用其他表否定意义的词，如 never, nothing 等。如：I didn't go to sleep until my father came back.直到爸爸回来，我才睡觉。You never know until you try.直到尝试过你才能体会到。①He ________ until you show up.A ． didn't leaveC ． will leaveB ． leavesD ． won't leaveD 题意：他会一直到你出现才离开。 leave 为非延续性动词，主句要用否定形式，排除 B 、 C ；又因从句为一般现有时，故主句应为一般将来时。② 这个婴儿一直哭到他妈妈回来。The baby ______ ______ his mother __________.untilreturnedcried2 ． ...English is used for government, education and trade, althoughthere are many other languages for everyday use.…… 尽管还有很多其他的日常使用语言，英语现在被应用于政府、教育和贸易事务。everyday 为形容词，意为“每天的，日常的”。如：The actor is crazy in everyday life.这位演员在日常生活中很疯狂。everyday 与 every day(1)everyday 是形容词，意为“每天的，日常的”，常用作定语。(2)every day 是副词短语，意为“每天地；日常地”，在句中充当状语。There is a program which teaches ________ English at 6o'clock ________.A ． everyday; every dayB ． every day; everydayC ． everyday's; every dayD ． every day; every dayA题意：每天六点钟有一个教授日常英语的节目。第一空作定语，用 everyday ；第二空作状语，用 every day 。3 ． More and more schools in Europe are teaching Chinese as aforeign language, in place of other European languages. 欧洲越来越多的学校把中文当成外语来教，取代了其他欧洲语言。in place of 是介词短语，意为“代替”，相当于 instead of或 take the place of 。如：Mary will go to USA in place of me.＝ Mary will go to USA instead of me.玛丽将代替我去美国。现在塑料经常被用来代替金属或木材。Now plastics are often used ________ ________ ________metal or wood.inplaceof
