请看下面一个句子:
No sooner had the boy spoken these words than the warden hit him on the head with the soupspoon.
本句意为:男孩刚一说出这些话,管理员就拿起勺子,照准他的头打了一下。no sooner ... than ... 意为“一……就……,刚……就……”,当no sooner 位于句中时,主句一般用过去完成时,than 引导的状语从句用一般过去时;当no sooner 位于句首时,主句应用部分倒装结构, 即had放在主语前面。如:
He had no sooner sat down than he heard someone knocking at the door. 他刚坐下来,就听见有人敲门。
No sooner had they got to the theatre than the concert began. 他们刚跨进剧院,音乐会就开始了。
在英语中,“一……就……”有很多种表达方法,比较常见的有:
1. hardly ... when ...
hardly ... when ... 的用法与no sooner ... than ... 相同。如:
He had hardly gone to bed when the door bell rang. 他刚上床睡觉,门铃就响了。
Hardly had we arrived when she started crying to go home. 我们一到,她就开始哭着要回家。
2. as soon as
as soon as引导的从句可以放在句首,也可以放在句末。主句和从句多数情况下都是用一般过去时,有时主句用一般将来时,从句用现在时表示将来时。如:
As soon as the teacher entered the classroom, the students stopped talking. 老师一进教室,学生们就停止讲话了。
He got married as soon as he left university.
他大学一毕业就结婚了。
I’ll speak to him as soon as he comes back.
他一回来我就会跟他说。
3. the moment (that)
the moment起连词作用,引导时间状语从句。如:
The enemy plane was shot down the moment (that) it intruded into our air space. 这架敌机一侵入我国领空就被击落了。
4. once
once作连词,引起条件状语从句,常译为“一(旦)……就……”。如:
Once you began you couldn’t stop. 一旦开始,你就不能停止。
5. on
“on doing / one’s doing”多用来表示时间的短促和动作的紧凑, 一般放在句首。句中的谓语动词常用一般过去时; on后一般跟表示去向性动作的动词的-ing形式, 如arrive, reach, return, leave等。如:
On arriving at the station, he found that the train had left. 一到车站,他就发现火车已经开走了。
On his stepping out of the taxi he was seized by two men. 他一下出租车就被两个人抓了起来。
在以后的学习中,我们还会遇见新的“一……就……”的表达法,希望同学们能及时归纳总结。
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