(11)get ready for sth./ to do sth.
Get ready for sth。意为“为某事做准备”,get ready to do sth。“准备做某事”
例:We are getting ready for the meeting. 我们正在为会议做准备。
They were getting ready to have a sports meet at the moment. 他们那时正准备开运动会。
(12)get/receive/have a letter from(收到……的来信)相当于hear from
例:Did you receive a letter from John? 你收到约翰的来信了吗?
(13)had better (not) do sth. (*好/别做某事)
had better为情态动词,其后需用动词原形。had better常用缩写,变成’d better,其否定形式是在其后直接加not。
例:We had better go now. = We’d better go now. 我们*好现在走吧。
(14)help **. (to) do sth./with sth. (帮助某人(做)某事)
其中的to可以省略。
例:I often help my mother with housework。我常常帮助妈妈做家务。
(15)It happens that… (碰巧……)
相当于happen to do。
例:It happened that I heard their secret。
(16)It seems/appears that… (在某人看来)好像……
此句中的it是主语,that引导的是表语从句。
例:It seems that he is lying. 看样子他好像是在撒谎。
(17)It’s time for **. to do sth. (是某人做某事的时候了)
it是形式主语,真正的主语是动词不定式to do sth.。for **./sth。是逻辑主语。
例:It’s time for the child to go to bed. 孩子该睡觉了。
(18)It takes **. some time to do sth. (花费某人多少时间做某事)
it是形式主语,真正的主语是动词不定式to do sth.。
例:It takes her fifteen minutes to walk to the bus stop from here. 从这儿走着到公交车站将花费她15分钟。
(19)keep (on) doing sth. (一直坚持做某事)
keep doing sth。一般用于静态动词。keep on doing sth。意为“继续不停地做某事”,一般用于动态动词,但二者的区别并不是很严格,有时可以互换。
例:Don’t keep on doing such foolish things. 不要再做这样的傻事了。
(20)keep…from doing sth. (阻止,使免于做某事)
相当于stop…from doing sth. prevent…from doing sth.。在主动句中,stop和prevent后面的from可以省略,但在被动结构中,from不可以省略。
例:Please keep the children from swimming in the sea. 请别让孩子到海里游泳。