• They settled down in Australia in 1988. • 他们1988年在澳大利亚定居了。
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After two years of travelling, I want to settle down now. • 旅行了两年之后,我现在想过安定的日子了。
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词汇学习 Word study
• He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. • 他还没等安顿下来就卖掉了房子,离开了这个国家。 • • Hardly had he had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country.(译文同上)
• He acted as if be had never lived in England before. • 他的举动就好像他从未在英国生活过一样。 • 连词 as if/ though 引导方式状语从句,通常跟在描述 行为举止的动词之后,如act, appear, feel, look, smell, sound等后面:
• • • • • • • 在第14课的语法中,我们学习了过去完成时的构成和基本用法。它经常与一 般过去时连用,表示在过去某个动作发生前完成的动作: When I arrived, Jane had left.我到时,简已经走了。(走发生在我到达 之前) 与过去完成时连用的表示时间的词或词组有when, after, as soon as, (not) until, by that time, (never) before, already, for, since, just 等, 另外它还常与连词no sooner…than和 hardly…when连用。(cf.词汇学 习)过去完成时不能与副词ago 连用(ago只能与一般过去时连用): He hadn't finished it by yesterday evening. 到昨天晚上他还没做完。