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2012大学英语四级考试语法基础精讲:比较状语从句

比较状语从句:

than, as…as…,not so as…,(not) the same as, the+比较级;

eg:light travels fast than sound.

the+比较级:

eg:the sooner,the better.

eg:girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and art kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school - the prophecy(预言) becomes self- fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (恶性循环) of neglect.

(1)当……的时候:while, when, as ;

when:强调一件事情正在发生的时候,另外一件事情突然发生;

eg:when i was watching tv, my mother came back.

while:强调两个动作同时进行,一边……一边……;

eg:my father is cooking while my mother is reading newspaper.

as:"随时间推移"

eg:as time went by, the days became longer and longer.

(2)一……就……:as soon as ,主将从现;用directly,immediately, instantly连接两个句子;一些名词如the minute,the moment, the instant也可表示;no sooner… than, hardly… when后面的句子需要倒装;

eg:i will write to you the moment/minute i arrived in paris.

(3)特殊单词:by the time that, every/each time(使用时后面不要再加when)

(4)till&until:

① 肯定形式表示的意思是"做某事直至某时",动词必须是延续性的;

否定形式表达的意思是"直至某时才做某事",一般用until,动词为延续性或非延续性都可以;

eg: i slept until midnight.

wait till i call you.

she didn’t arrive until 6 o’clock.

② until可用于句首,而till通常不用于句首,通常用于句中;

eg: until you told me, i had heard nothing of what happened.

eg:as you sleep you pass through a sequence of sleep states—light sleep, deep sleep and rem (rapid eye movement) sleep—that repeats approximately every 90 minutes.