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　　12，But after pumping for one whole night, they were losing the battle against the rising water and were on the point of giving up.

　　但经过一夜抽水这后，他们没能战胜不断上升的水，他们快要放弃努力了。

　　be on the point of 表示"正要(去做某事)"意思，相当于 be about to do sth. 注意 be on the point of 后面要跟名词或动名词。如：

　　I was just on the point of going when you came in.我正要出去，这时你进来了。

　　We were on the point of telephoning you when your telegram arrived.

　　我们正准备给你打电话，这时你的电话来了。

　　【词语辨析】

　　1，in the end 与 finally, at last

　　都表示"最后"的意思，但用法有所不同。

　　finally 有两个用法：一是在列举事物或论点时，可用来引出最后一项内容，二是用在句中动词前面，表示"等了好久才……"。如：

　　We waited and waited, and the train finally arrived. 我们等了又等，火车终于来了。

　　at last 也可以用来表示"等候或耽误了很多时间之后才……"，语气比较强烈，例如：

　　At last the work was done and he could rest. 最后，工作完成了，他可以休息了。

　　in the end 表示经过许多变化，困难和捉摸不定的情况以后，某事才发生。in the end 相当于 at last 的用法和 finally 的第二用法。如：

　　When a piece of ice is taken into a warm room, it becomes smaller and smaller, until in the 　end it disappears completely. 一块冰拿进暖和的房间后，它会变得越来越小，直到最后完全消融。

　　2，nearly 和 almost 的区别

　　1)almost 和 nearly 在用法上既有相同之处，也有不同点。在单纯表示"时间、程度、进度"时，almost 　=nearly。例如：

　　The building is almost completed.

　　The building is nearly completed.

　　第一句比第二句更接近于完成。

　　2)在具体数字前面常用nearly。例如：

　　The river is nearly 100 metres wide.

　　这条河有近百米宽。

　　The old man is nearly 80 years old.

　　那位老人年近八十岁。

　　3)almost 可与no, nothing, none, never等连用，此时不能用 nearly 代替。例如：

　　Almost no one believed him.

　　几乎无人相信他的话。

　　There's almost none left. 几乎一个没剩。

　　What he said was almost nothing worth listening to. 他所说的话几乎没有价值。

　　3，turn to用法小结

　　1)turn to在本课意为"(使)变?quot;，相当于change to，to为介词。如：

　　Blue turns to green when you mix it with yellow.

　　蓝色调上黄色就变成了绿色。

　　The snow turned to rain as we got further down the mountain.

　　我们走下山来到更低的地方时，雪变成雨了。

　　Where can I turn these pounds to dollars?

　　在哪儿我可以把英镑兑换成美元。

　　The funny dry little stick turned to a beautiful bush after only a season's growth. 一根丑陋的小树枝经过一季度时间就长成了挺好看的一株灌木。

　　2)turn to还有"求助于"之意。如：

　　One can always turn to music for comfort.

　　人们总是可以从音乐中寻求安慰的。

　　Don't hesitate to turn to me if you are in difficulty.

　　你如有困难，尽管来找我好了。

　　She had no one to turn to for advice.

　　她没有一个可以商量的人。

　　She didn't know whom to turn to for advice.

　　她不知道该找谁出主意。

　　3)turn to亦可作"转到"、"转向"、"朝向"解释。如：

　　After he left the university, he became a teacher, but later he turned to journalism.

　　他离开大学后当了教师，后来又转到新闻界。

　　Now let's turn to another aspect of the problem.

　　现在我们再谈这个问题的另一个方面。

　　The conversation turned to the changes that had taken place in the village.

　　话题转到谈村子里发生的变化。

　　Rudely, he turned his back to me and refused to say the further.

　　他很不礼貌地把背对着我，不愿继续说下去。

　　4)turn to还有"翻到(页、图等)"之意

　　We'll turn back to P102 and start again from there.

　　我们翻回到102页，从那儿重新开始。

　　Please turn to the picture on page 50.

　　请翻到第50页的图。

　　5)由turn构成的常见的短语还有：

　　turn on打开

　　turn up把(收音机等)开大些，出现，来(开会，赴约等)

　　turn down把(收音机等)关小一点

　　turn off关闭

　　turn in上交、交出

　　turn into变成

　　turn over翻转，翻滚

　　【语法-while 用法小结】

　　1，while作连词用，意为"只要"，相当于 as long as，引导条件状语从句。如：

　　While there is life there is hope.

　　只要有生命就有希望。

　　While you keep it clean, I can lend the book to you.

　　只要你不把书弄脏，我可以借给你。

　　It doesn't matter what you do while you are happy.

　　只要你高兴，干什么都行。

　　2，while 可表示对比关系。如：

　　Jane was dressed in brown while Mary was in blue.

　　珍妮穿着褐色衣服而玛丽却穿蓝色衣服。

　　You like sports while I would rather read.

　　你爱体育运动，我爱看书。

　　While their country has plenty of oil ours has none.

　　他们国家石油丰富，而我国却没有。

　　3，while表示让步，相当于 though 或 although。如：

　　While I understand what you say, I can't agree with you.

　　虽然你说的我都懂，但我不能同意。

　　While I admit that the problems are difficult, I don't agree that they can't be solved. 虽然　我承认这些问题很难，我并不同意我们无法解决。

　　While they are my neighbours, I do not know them well.

　　尽管他们是我的邻居，我并不多了解他们。

　　4，while引导时间状语从句。需要指出的是主句的谓语动词须用持续性动词。如：

　　Never get on or off the bus while it is moving.

　　汽车在运行时不要上下车。

　　He fell asleep while (he was) studying his grammar book.

　　他在阅读语法书的时候睡着了。

　　She listened closely while he read.

　　他读书时她仔细听着。

　　【考题精讲】

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