besides:除去……还有……(包括……)
apart from:besides,except for;可放在句前或句后
eg:They all went to sleep except Tom.
除了汤姆他们都去睡觉了.
Your picture is good except for some of the colours.
你的画除了一些色彩之外整体是好的.
Except for one old lady,the bus was empty.
除了一位老太太,那公共汽车是空的.
Nobody else but Robert could say such a thing.
除了Robert没人会说这样的事.
Who but a fool would do such a thing?
除了傻瓜谁会做那样的事?
He had other people to take care of besides me.
他除了我之外还有别的人要照顾(我也要他照顾).
Apart from them,I had no one to talk to.
除了他们之外,我没有可谈话的人.
The children hardly see anyone,apart from their parents.
这些孩子除了他们的父母之外,几乎看不到任何别人.
⑤prepare for:为……作准备
prepare...for...:为……准备……
prepare sb.for...:为某人准备……
be prepared for...:对……做好了准备
eg:I’m preparing for the College Entrance Examination.
我正为大学入学考试作准备.
I’m preparing some clothes for the trip.
我正为旅行准备一些衣服.
These mothers are busy preparing their children for schooling.
这些母亲们正忙着为她们的孩子们准备上学.
Philip wasn’t prepared for the question.
菲利普对那问题没有做好准备.
典型例题
1 MET 1992
— We could have walked to the station;it was so near.
— Yes.A taxi __ at all necessary.
A.wasn’t B.hadn’t been C.wouldn’t be D.won’t be
—我们本来可以走着到车站的.它这么近.
一是的.坐出租车一点都没有必要.
答案:A.说这句话时,他们已经到了车站.所以坐出租车已是过去的动作.
2 MET 1992
Tom __________into the house when no one_________.
A.slipped;was looking B.had slipped;looked
C.slipped;had looked D.was slipping;looked
汤姆溜进那栋房子,当时没有一个人看见.
答案:A.when在这句子中解释为just at that time,强调汤姆在溜进房间的一瞬间,没人看见.
3 MET 1995
I don’t think Jim saw me;he _________ into space.
A.just stared B.was just staring
C.has just stared D.had just stared.
我想吉姆没看见我.他只是凝视着太空.
答案:B.本题两句间有因果关系.第二句是第一分句的原因.同时,这两个分句间还有时间关系,第一分句的谓语动词saw是短动词,因此其代表某点的时间,这就是第二分句的谓语动词为什么用过去进行时的原因.
4 NMET 1997
I first met Lisa three years ago.She ____________ at a radio shop at that time.
A.has worked B.was working
C.had been working D.had worked
三年前,我第一次碰到丽莎.她那时正在一家收音机商店工作.
答案:B.从第一句话的过去时,我们可以看出第二句话我们也得用过去时.用过去进行时,是因为在第二句话句尾有at that time这个短语.
关于“Unit8 A person of great determination”的常见问题】
常见问题1: 高三英语 Unit8 A person of great determination
问题:
As she__________ the newspaper,Granny _____________ asleep.
A.read;was falling B.was reading;fell
C.was reading;was falling D.read;fall
解答:
译文:她正在读报的时候,她的奶奶入睡了.
答案:B.read是一个延续性动词,而fall是一个瞬间动词.
常见问题2: 高三英语 Unit8 A person of great determination
问题:
Helen __ her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband ____________ home.
A.has left;comes B.left;had come
C.had left;came D.had left;would come
解答:
译文:海伦把她的钥匙遗忘在了办公室,所以她只得等她丈夫回家.
答案:C.在so引导的复合从句中,主句用了had to过去时,在until引导的时间状语从句中用一般过去时代替一般将来时.第一分句的谓语动作发生在第二分句之前,所以应用过去完成时.
A person of great determination