十五， The reason (why )+ 句子/ for (doing ) sth… was / is that Cl.

1．  他从未想到他被拒绝的原因是不会电脑。(turn down)

It never occurred to himthat the reason why he was turned down/rejected was that he couldn’t use/operate the computer.

 

2．  他们成功的原因在于他们能从错误中学到东西。( lie )

The reason for their success/why they succeeded lay in the fact that they could learn from their mistakes.

 

3．  他身体差的原因是他不太注意饮食和休息。( pay )

The reason for his poor health was that he didn’t pay enough attention to his diet and rest.

 

4．  他没有参加昨晚的聚会是因为没有人告诉他。( attend )

The reason why he didn’t attend the party last night was that nobody had told him about it.

 

十六， It’s (high / about) time that…did…；It is the first time that…have done…

It was the first time that…had done； It is time for sb. to do sth.

 

1．  该你上床睡觉的时候了。   ( go )

It is time for you to go to bed. / It is time that you went to bed.

 

2．  该你下决心的时候了。( make )

It is high time that you made up your mind.

 

3． 你该好好反省一下自己的所作所为。(reflect)

It is high time that you reflected on what you have done.

 

 

十七， By the time…

1．  到他回来为止，我将做完我的回家作业了。( finish )

By the time he comes back, I will have finished my homework.

 

2．  到我回到家时，雨已经停了。( stop )

By the time I came back, the rain had stopped.

 

十八， What moved / touched / struck sb. was + N. / that

What delighted sb. (most) was …;  What surprised / amazed sb. was …

What interested / worried / troubled / disappointed sb. was …

1.      让我们感动的是很多人为事故中的受害者伸出了援助之手。( give )

What moved / touched / struck us was thatmany people lent/ gave a (helping) hand to the victims in the accident.

 

2.      令我们大家感动的是这位科学家虽身在异乡仍心系祖国。( miss )

What has moved all of us is that the scientist always thinks of/misses his motherland while he is abroad/ while he lives overseas.

 

3.      使我最高兴的是她的礼物正好就是我正想着要买的东西。( delight )

What delighted me most was that her present was just what I had been thinking of buying myself.

 

4.      令父母担心的是，她已决定不吃早饭。( worry )

What worries her parents is that she has decided to skip breakfast/not to have breakfast.

 

5.      当时最鼓励我的是老师和朋友的评价。( comment )

What encouraged me most at that time/then was the comments of the teachers and friends.

对…的评价the comment on,

来自于…的评价the comment of

 

6.      目前让我头痛的是我背不出所有这些英文单词。( trouble )

What troubles me at the moment/ at present/now is that I can hardly learn all these English words by heart.

 

 

十九， 被动语态句子

1．  应该特别强调环保的重要性。(emphasis)

Special emphasis should be laid/ put/ place on the importance of protecting the environment/environmental protection.

 

(The importance of protecting the environment should be laid special emphasis on.)

强调: pay attention to

Place/put/lay emphasis on

attach importance to

give priority to

 

2．  孩子长大后，要鼓励他们做力能所及的家务和学会如何照顾自己。(whatever)

When children grow up, they should be encouraged to do whatever housework they can do and learn how to look after themselves.

 

3．  必须采取积极的/ 有效的措施来防止更多的人受到爱滋病的威胁。(threaten)

Positive/ Effective measures must be taken to prevent more people from being threatened with AIDS.

 

4．  必须立刻采取行动防止森林大火蔓延。( spread )

Immediate action must be taken to prevent the forest fire from spreading/ the spread of the forest fire.

 

5．  应该非常注意培养学生的学习习惯。(cultivate)

Much attention should be paid to cultivating students’ study/learning habits.

 

6．  这些老年人在医院受到了很好的照顾。( take )

The old people are taken good care of/are well looked after/are well cared for in the hospital.

 

7．  应该鼓励中学生积极参加社区服务。( take )

Middle school students should be encouraged to take an active part in community service.

 

8．  应该利用每一分钟来练习我们的英语。(use)

Every minute should be made use of to practise our English.

èWe should make use of every minute to…

Make use of sth-----

sth be made use of-----

use be made of sth

 

二十， It is / was (in)convenient (for sb.) to do sth.； If it is convenient to/for sb,…

1.      你从这儿到火车站很方便。( go )

It is convenient for youto go to the railway station from here.

 

2.      你明天开始工作方便吗？( start )

Will it be convenient for youto start work tomorrow?

 

3.      既然你的腿目前上着石膏，你四处走动肯定很不方便。(in plaster)

Since/ Now that your leg is in plaster at present, it must be inconvenient for you to move around/about.

 

4.      这位科学家现在不方便对这项发明发表评论。( make )

It is not convenient for the scientist to make comments on/comment on this invention now.

 

5.      据我所知，在那个社区里购物很方便。( do )

As far as I know, it is very convenient to do shopping in that community.

 

6.      如果你方便的话，请帮我把包裹从邮局取回来。(fetch)

If it is convenient to you, please fetch the parcel for me from the post office.

也可以使用If convenient/possible/necessary，…

 

二十一， Whenever / When it comes to (doing) sth, …/Talking of/In terms of/In the light of/In the case of/In the point of

1.      说到教育，大部分人认为是一个终生学习。（lifetime）

When it comes toeducation, the majority of people/most people/ most of the people believe that education is a lifetime study.

 

2.      Tom说他看过这部电影，但要说到细节，他却一无所知。( know )

Tom said he had seen the film, but when it came to the details, he knew nothing.

 

3.      无论什么时候涉及到学数学，她就变得很紧张。( become )

She becomes nervous whenever it comes to learning maths.

 

4.      当涉及到决定生活目的的时候，甚至最明智的哲学家也只是在猜测。( guess )

When it comes to determining the purpose of life, even the wisest philosophers are just guessing.

 

二十二， It is/ was likely that…；Sb/ sth be likely to do…；It is possible for sb. to do…

1. 会议可能下星期举行。( hold )

The meeting is likely to be held next week. 

It is likely that the meeting will be held next week.

 

2.据说吸烟可能引起心脏病和其他的疾病。( cause )

It is said that smoking is likely to cause heart disease and other diseases.

 

3.更有可能喜欢流行歌曲的是年轻人而不是老年人。(rather than)

Young people rather than old people are more likely to prefer pop songs.

 

4.她打开电视机，但没有发现任何可能使她感兴趣的。( turn )

She turned on the TV, but found nothing that was likely to interest her/ but found that nothing was likely to interest her.

前半句是定从，后半句是宾从。

 

5.      有可能这个新建的语音室不久将向全体师生开放。(be open to)

It is likely that the newly-built language lab will soon be open to all the teachers and students.

 

 

二十三，It is /was (im)possible that…/ it is (im)possible for sb to do sth

1.      从早到晚在空调房间里工作或生活可能会使人生病。( get )

It is possible that working or living in  an air-conditioned room from morning till night will cause people to get ill/make people fall ill.

 

2.      要想让他们彻底了解当地文化是不可能的。( have )

It is impossible for them to have a thorough/good knowledge of the local culture.

 

 

二十四， It is hard to imagine / believe / foresee/forecast…

1.      当别的孩子在玩耍的时候，很难想象一个学生能集中思想在课本上。( focus on )

It’s hard to imagine that a student can focus on/concentrate on/fix his attention on/be absorbed in/put his heart into/be preoccupied with/bury himself in his textbook while other children are playing.

 

2.      很难想象这位电影明星在电影界一直活跃了长达半个世纪之久。（remain）

It’s hard to imagine that the film star could remain active in the film circle for as long as half a century.

 

3.      很难预计她是否下周能康复。( recover )

It’s hard to foresee whether she will recover next week.

forecast 预报

 

4.      我们很难预见将来，所以眼下我们要做的就是珍惜现在所有的。(cherish)

It’s hard for us to foresee the future, so what we should do at present is to cherish what we have now.

 

5.      难以相信他一辈子除了工作没有任何业余爱好。( except )

It’s hard to believe that he hasn’t/doesn’t have any hobby except his job all his life.

 

二十五， èfind it hard to do…；It is no /not any good /use doing

1.      牛奶打泼，哭也没用。( cry )

It is no use crying over the spilt milk.   

 

2.      世界上没有后悔药，你应该知道重要的是你要全力避免再犯同样的错误。( avoid )

It is no use crying over the spilt milk and you should know what’s important/what matters is to try your best to avoid making the same mistakes once again.

 

3.      光学不练是没用的，“熟能生巧”这句话很有道理。( make )

It is no use learning without practice. The saying “Practice makes perfect” is very true.

 

4.      和他们争论没有什么好处。(argue )

It is no good arguing with them.

 

5.      像那样谈论是没什么好处的，我们必须制定一个计划，然后加以实施。( carry out )

It is no good talking like that. We must make a plan and carry it out.

carry it out 的语序

discuss vt.

 

二十六， There is no need (for sb) to do sth

1.      阅读时，你不必碰到每个新单词就查字典。( come across )

There is no need for you to look up every new word (in the dictionary) you come across/ meet with / run into while (you are) reading / in reading.

 

2.      你没有不要对自己太苛刻。(be hard on)

There is no need for you to be so hard on yourself.

对自己太苛刻be hard on/be strict with/be critical of yourself

 

3.      既然你们已经达成协议，就没有必要求助于律师。( reach )

Now that you have reached / arrived at an agreement, there is no need to turn to the lawyer.

 

4.      没有必要把我看作是你的老师，我们可以相互学习。( look on )

There is no need to look on me as your teacher and we can learn from each other.

 

 

二十七，There is no doubt that…

1．  毫无疑问，每个人都有选择自己生活方式的权利。( right )

There is no doubt that everybody has a right to choose his own lifestyle.

 

2．  毫无疑问，政府将采取措施防止这种疾病的蔓延。( spread )

There is no doubt that the government will take measures to prevent this disease from spreading/ prevent the spread of this disease.

 

3．  毫无疑问，(当提到)教育（时）应将重点放在学生的个性发展上，而不是分数上。(personality)

There is no doubt that when it comes to education/speaking of education, emphasis should be put/placed/laid on the development of students’ personality instead of marks/ scores/results/grades.

 

4．  毫无疑问，她能达到目标，因为她坚信：有志者，事竟成。( convince )

There is no doubt that she can accomplish her ambition/dream/goal/ideal, because she firmly believes that / holds a   firm belief that /is convinced that where there is a will, there is a way.

 

 

二十八, There is no/ little possibility that…/ of doing…;

      èIt is not possible for sb. to do…

1.      一个小时之内完成这份试卷是不可能的。( within )

There is no possibility that the examination paper can be finished within an hour.

It is impossible to finish the examination paper within one hour.

 

an hour and a half/one and a half hours 一个半小时

half a century 半个世纪

 

2.      不久的将来人们有可能找到石油的替代品吗？(substitute)

Is there any possibility ofpeople’s finding a substitute for oil in the near future?

Is there any possibility that people will find anything to substitute for oil in the near future?

substitute A for B=replace B with A

Is it possible for people to find a substitute for oil in the near future?

 

3.      那些过多地注意荣誉和金钱的科学家不可能获得诺贝尔奖。( award )

There is little possibility that the scientists who pay too much attention to/care much about honor and money will be awarded the Nobel Prize.

It is not possible for the the scientists who pay too much attention to/care much about honor and money to be awarded the Nobel Prize .

 

fame 名声 honor 荣誉

 

二十九, There is no / not much / not any point (in) doing …;   It is no use doing…

1.      进一步讨论这个事没什么意义。( issue )

There is no point indiscussing the issue further.

 

2.      向他们埋怨没有什么意义，他们根本不会理睬。(take any notice)

There is not much point incomplaining to them, for they never take any notice/take no notice/will turn a blind eye to it.

 

complain to sb of/about sth

 

3.      你认为和她为鸡毛蒜皮的小事争论不休有意义吗？( argue )

Do you think there is any point arguing with her over/about such small matters/trifles?

 

 

三十,  There is no denying that …

1.      不可否认，他们的生活质量每况愈下。( from… to )

There is no denying that the quality of their life has gone form bad to worse.

Life quality 生活质量

Living standard 生活水平

Life style 生活方式

 

2.      不可否认，电脑使我们的生活更方便，但也存在有一些问题。(there exist)

There is no denying that computers make our life more convenient, but there exist some problems.