新概念英语第二册重难点解析（Lesson 38）
小鹏微课2020-11-12 00:21
Notes on the text
1. dream of: 梦想，幻想，向往
2. settle down in the country: 在乡下定居
3. He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there. 他刚回到英国就买了一栋房子住了进去。
no sooner……than……: 一……就……（引导时间状语从句）
4. Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather,for even though it was still summer,it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. 但紧接着他就开始抱怨那里的天气了，因为即使那时仍为夏季，但雨总是下个不停，而且常常冷得厉害。
complain about: 抱怨
for：引导原因状语从句
even though：即使，引导让步状语从句
5. more than he could bear: 超过他所能忍受的程度
6. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. 他还没等安顿下来就卖掉了房子，离开了这个国家。
Key structures
一般过去时表示过去某一时间发生的事情。
过去完成时表示过去某一时刻之前发生的事情。
如： He lived in Scotland fifteen years ago. 15年前他住在英格兰。
He had lived in Scotland for fifteen years before he came to England. 在他来到英格兰之前，他曾在苏格兰住了15年。
Special difficulties
1. no sooner ……… than…… ：一……就……He had no sooner returned than he bought a house.
hardly……when……: 几乎未来得及……就…… He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house.
2. country: 国家，乡间 He had planned to settle down in the country.
countryside: 农村 The countryside around Vienna is very beautiful.
3. continuously: 连续不断地 The river flows under this bridge continuously.
continually: 频繁地 It rained continually.
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