易 错 点 拨 自我完善•误区备考

1. earn/gain/win

(1)如果为了钱(或任何其他报酬)而工作，这就是earn,而且含有这些报酬是应得的意思。

(2)win指在竞赛、战争、比赛中获胜，并可能由此得到奖赏。

(3)gain指获得有用或需要的东西，而且与win和earn不同，它用在与钱没有关系的场合。

[应用1]　(1)She _______________ experience while working for the newspaper.

(2)She _______________ ￡1 000 a month.

(3)Who is going to _____________ the election?

gained     ,      earns   ,        win

2. above all/first of all/first(ly)/at first

(1)above all是从重要性上讲的，指重要性在若干事物中位列第一。

(2)first of all虽也强调重要性，但更多的还是侧重于顺序或次序，译做“首先，第一”。

(3)first(ly)用于列举若干事物时引出第一项，指次序，但语气不及first of all强。

(4)at first指时间，译作“开始，起初”，相当于in the beginning.

[应用2]　(1)_________， I didn’t like him, but afterwards I came to appreciate him.

(2)__________， make sure you keep in touch.

(3)__________， let’s welcome our honoured guest, Mr Smith.

(4)I can’t go. ________ I have no time; _________I have no money.

At first   ,      Above all ,       First of all ,        Firstly  ,       secondly

3. before引导时间状语从句

[应用3]　(1)—How long do you think it will be______China sends a manned spaceship to the moon?

—Perhaps two or three years.

A. when     B. until    C. that       D. before

(2)—It's a long time ______I last saw you.

—Yes, and it will be another month ______we can meet again.

A．before; since         B．when; before        C．since; when        D．since; before

(3)(2009•北京四中)She was so angry that she rushed out into the rain ______I could stop her.

A. until        B. before       C. when       D. unless

(1)It will be long/some time before sb. do/does sth.是典型句式。意为“要过很久/一些时间某人才……”。

答案：D

(2)第一空表示“自上次见到你已有很久不见了”，用 since;第二空表示“再过一个月又会见面的”，用 before.

答案：D

(3)考查 before引导时间状语从句，意为“在……之前；还没来得及”。

答案：B