选修 8 *

　　1. What do you think a Chinese person will notice when eating British food for the first time?

　　你认为第一次品尝英国食物时,中国人会注意到一些什么东西？

　　2. I had eaten Chinese food often, but I could not have imagined how fabulous a real Chinese banquet could be.

　　我以前也经常吃中餐,但从没想到真正的中式宴席会那么丰富。 重点句型 *

　　3. No wonder my fellow guests had had only a few bites of each dish…

　　怪不得跟我一起的客人每道菜也就浅尝几口……

　　4. The first time I saw a three–year–old kid cheerfully chewing a chicken’s head I had bad dreams for weeks.

　　第一次看到一个三岁的小孩欢快地嚼着 一只鸡头后,我连续做了几周噩梦。 重点句型 *

　　5. …and it was only after I had tasted it that I knew it was actually cooked with mushrooms.

　　……只有当我尝了一下后才知道那确实 是用蘑菇做的。 重点句型 *

　　The first time I saw a three year old kid cheerfully chewing a chicken’s head I had bad dreams for weeks.

　　第一次看到一个三岁的小孩欢快地嚼着一只鸡头后,我连续做了几周噩梦。

　　the first time相当于从属连词,引导状语从句,可译为“第一次……”。类似的名词短语充当连词的还有：the moment, the minute, every time, each time, next time 等。 句型探究 *

　　What do you think a Chinese person will notice when eating British food for the first time?

　　你认为第一次品尝英国食物时，中国人会注意到什么？

　　此句中的for the first time在句中作状语。 句型探究 *

　　the first time, for the first time, it’s the first time that…, it is time that…

　　the first time 可引导状语从句。

　　for the first time 只能用作句子的状语,不可用来引导状语从句,它不具有连词的功能。 词语辨析 *

　　It / This / That is / was the first / second…time +that–clause是个很重要的句型,其用法是：当前面的be 动词是is 时,后面的句子用现在完成时;当前面是was 时,后面句子用过去完成时,其表达的意思是“某人第几次做某事”。

　　It is / was (high) time that sb. should do sth. / did sth.也是一个常用句型,其意义是“到了做某事的时候了”,相当于It is / was time for sb. to do sth.,这一句型的should一般不可省略。 词语辨析 *

　　This is the first time that I have been here.

　　这是我第一次来这儿。

　　The first time I saw him, he was cleaning the room.

　　我第一次见到他的时候,他正在清扫房间。

　　It’s time he got himself a proper job.

　　他该给自己找一份合适的工作了。 词语辨析 *

　　选修 8 *

　　1. What do you think a Chinese person will notice when eating British food for the first time?

　　你认为第一次品尝英国食物时,中国人会注意到一些什么东西？

　　2. I had eaten Chinese food often, but I could not have imagined how fabulous a real Chinese banquet could be.

　　我以前也经常吃中餐,但从没想到真正的中式宴席会那么丰富。 重点句型 *

　　3. No wonder my fellow guests had had only a few bites of each dish…

　　怪不得跟我一起的客人每道菜也就浅尝几口……

　　4. The first time I saw a three–year–old kid cheerfully chewing a chicken’s head I had bad dreams for weeks.

　　第一次看到一个三岁的小孩欢快地嚼着 一只鸡头后,我连续做了几周噩梦。 重点句型 *

　　5. …and it was only after I had tasted it that I knew it was actually cooked with mushrooms.

　　……只有当我尝了一下后才知道那确实 是用蘑菇做的。 重点句型 *

　　The first time I saw a three year old kid cheerfully chewing a chicken’s head I had bad dreams for weeks.

　　第一次看到一个三岁的小孩欢快地嚼着一只鸡头后,我连续做了几周噩梦。

　　the first time相当于从属连词,引导状语从句,可译为“第一次……”。类似的名词短语充当连词的还有：the moment, the minute, every time, each time, next time 等。 句型探究 *

　　What do you think a Chinese person will notice when eating British food for the first time?

　　你认为第一次品尝英国食物时，中国人会注意到什么？

　　此句中的for the first time在句中作状语。 句型探究 *

　　the first time, for the first time, it’s the first time that…, it is time that…

　　the first time 可引导状语从句。

　　for the first time 只能用作句子的状语,不可用来引导状语从句,它不具有连词的功能。 词语辨析 *

　　It / This / That is / was the first / second…time +that–clause是个很重要的句型,其用法是：当前面的be 动词是is 时,后面的句子用现在完成时;当前面是was 时,后面句子用过去完成时,其表达的意思是“某人第几次做某事”。

　　It is / was (high) time that sb. should do sth. / did sth.也是一个常用句型,其意义是“到了做某事的时候了”,相当于It is / was time for sb. to do sth.,这一句型的should一般不可省略。 词语辨析 *

　　This is the first time that I have been here.

　　这是我第一次来这儿。

　　The first time I saw him, he was cleaning the room.

　　我第一次见到他的时候,他正在清扫房间。

　　It’s time he got himself a proper job.

　　他该给自己找一份合适的工作了。 词语辨析 *