Ⅱ.重点句型详解

1．At last feeling very upset and sensitive, Freddy and his band realized that they must leave the country before it became too painful for them.最后，由于深感苦恼，神经高度紧张，弗雷迪和他的乐队意识到他们必须在自己感到太痛苦之前离开这个国家。

before做连词表示时间时，根据其在句中的实际情况，译法有多种，具体可译为：

(1)在……之前

(2)……(之后)才……

(3)(不多久)就……

(4)以免……

(5)还没来得及……就……

(6)(宁愿……)也不愿……

①We lived in Paris before moving to London.

我们搬到伦敦之前住在巴黎。

②It was a long time before I got to sleep again.

很长一段时间之后我才重新入睡。

③It wasn’t long before she came back.

不久她就回来了。

④Lock your bike before it gets stolen.

锁好你的自行车，以免被偷。

⑤Before John stopped her, she ran out.

约翰还没来得及阻止她，她就跑了出去。

⑥I’d shoot myself before I apologized to her.

我宁死也不向她道歉。

[即境活用1](2009•上海卷)　You can’t borrow books from the school library ______ you get your student card.

A．before　  B．if     C．while      D．as

解析：句意：在你没有学生卡之前，你不能在学校图书馆借书。before在……之前；if如果；while当……时候；as随着，因为。

答案：A

2．Music is more_than just sound.

音乐决不仅仅是声音。

more than＋数词，“……以上；多于……”，等于 over

＋名词，“不仅仅；不只；超过；远不止”

＋动词，“十分；大大地；远远地；不仅仅”

＋...can/could＋v.“不能”

＋adj./adv.，“非常；十分；更加”

①By then he was more than fifty.

那时他已经50多岁了。

②Peace is much more than the absence of war.

和平不仅仅意味着没有战争。

③He more than smiled; he laughed out.

他岂止是微笑，他简直是大笑了。

④That's more than I can tell you.

这一点我是不能告诉你的。

⑤He is more than selfish. 他非常自私。

拓展：(1)more＋adj./n.＋than＋adj./n..与其说……倒不如说……

(2)no more than＋num.＝only 仅仅

(3)not more than＋num.＝at most 至多

(4)no more＋adj./adv.＋than...和……一样不……

(5)not more＋adj./adv.＋than... 不如……

(6)more than one “不止一个”，做主语或修饰主语时，谓语动词用单数。

[即境活用2]　(1)Lizzie was ______ to see her friend off at the airport.

A．a little more than sad

B．more than a little sad

C．sad more than a little

D．a little more than sad

解析：more than＋adj./adv. 意为“非常，很”。本句意为“Lizzie很伤心地在机场为她的朋友送行”。

答案：B

(2)—Tom is very stupid. He failed to pass the exam once again.

—He is ______ than stupid.

A．lazier      B．no lazier       C．more lazy        D．lazier rather

解析：more＋adj.＋than 意为“与其说……倒不如说……”。答句句意为：“与其说他笨倒不如说他懒。”

答案：C