O-Level写作中让步状语从句是很拿分的句式,不过很多考生都没意识到这一点。今天我们重点分析三个词组:“as soon as”,“scarcely (hardly)... when... ”,以及“no sooner... than... ”,这三者含义相同,都表示“一/刚……就”,不过各自用法也有些许差异。
as soon as
最为常用,在句中的位置比较随意,置于主句前后均可,不用倒装,而且也可用于各种时态。
e.g.As soon as I went in, Katherine cried out with pleasure.
e.g.I'll return the book as soon as I have read it.
e.g.I'll tell him the news as soon as I see him.
scarcely (hardly)… when
hardly虽然含有很强烈的否定含义,但在这个词组里还是理解成“差点来不及(也还是来得及)”比较妥当。使用这个结构时,主句中的动词一般用过去完成时;若把hardly放于句首,主句要倒装。
e.g.He had hardly finished the article when the light went out.
他刚写完文,灯就熄了。
e.g.Hardly had he entered the classroom when it began to rain.
他一进教室,天就开始下雨了。
no sooner… than
在网上找相关资料时看到一些地方说这个词组表示“刚……就……”时主句须用倒装形式,但在语法书上我也找到了没有倒装的例子,所以南瓜君更倾向于认为它的用法同上述“scarcely (hardly)…when”相同。
e.g.No sooner had he arrived than he went away again.(倒装)
他刚到就又走了。
e.g.He had no sooner arrived home than he was asked to start on another journey.(不倒装)
他刚到家就又被叫出去出差了。
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