live一般是不及物动词,但是可以接它的同源宾语(与动词同根的名词)作宾语,名词前常有形容词。如:
live a happy/ a simple/ an active life 过着幸福/ 简朴/ 积极的生活 【拓展】类似用法的动词及同源宾语:
dream a sweet dream 做一个甜蜜的梦 die a heroic death 死得英勇
breathe a deep breath 做了个深呼吸 laugh a merry laugh 开心一笑
smile a weak / forced smile 勉强一笑 sleep a sound sleep 熟睡一觉
【点拨2】as...as 与名词连用
as + adj. + a/ an + n. + as 和......一样的......
当同级比较的形容词修饰名词时,一般用此句型。
The girl has as sweet a voice as the nightingale. 这个女孩的歌喉像夜莺一样婉转。 It is as beautiful a day as it was yesterday. 今天的天气与昨天的一样晴朗。 【拓展】类似用法的词还有:so,how等
It’s so good a film that we can hardly wait to see it. 这部电影这么好,我们都迫不及待想看到它。
名词词组引导的时间状语从句
【原句回放】Every time I returned after an absence, I felt really stupid because I was behind the others. 每次缺课之后返回,我就觉得自己很笨,因为我比别人落后了。
【点拨】every time 是名词词组,起连词作用,引导时间状语从句。类似的词组还有: 1. time短语,如:the first/ last time, each time, next time, any time等。
Every time I turn to him for help, he is always generous. 每次我找他帮忙,他总是很慷慨。 He was seriously ill the last time I saw him. 我上次见到他时,他病得很厉害。 2. the moment, the instant, the minute, the second表示“一......就......”,相当于as soon as。 I started the moment I received your letter. 我一收到你的信就动身了。
3. the day, the week, the year, the spring, the summer, the autumn, the winter 等。
He left Europe the year World War II broke out. 第二次世界大战爆发那年他离开了欧洲。 The summer Mary was 14 her family travelled to that country. 玛丽14岁那年夏天,她的家人到那个国家去旅游。
注意:名词词组用作连词引导时间状语从句时,其前不加任何介词。
be +to do
【原句回放】I read in the newspaper today that you are to be the architect for the new Bankstown cinema. 今天我从报上了解到,您将成为班克斯敦新电影院的建筑设计师。 【点拨】be to do 是将来时的一种,表示“可能”或“应该”发生的事情: 1. 表示安排或计划中即将发生的动作;
2. 表示命令或要求; 3. 表示注定发生的事。
There is to be a sports meet on Sunday. 周日有运动会。(计划) You are not to cheat in the exam. 你不要在考试中作弊。(命令)
The work is to be finished by the end of the week. 这项工作周末务必完成。(要求) This is to change his life. 这注定会改变他的生活。(注定要发生) 【拓展】将来时的其他特殊形式:
1. be going to do 表示事先经过考虑,打算做某事,或表示客观迹象表明将要发生某事。 I’m going to see my uncle this Sunday. 我周日要去看我叔叔。(事先经过考虑) Look at the cloud. There is going to be a storm.
看看这些云,要有暴风雨了。(客观迹象)
2. 一般现在时:表示按时间表安排将要发生的事。 The train starts at 2:00. 火车两点开。
3. 现在进行时:动词go, come, leave, start, begin, run, stay, do, take等可以用进行时表示按计划或安排即将发生的动作。
I’m leaving for Beijing next week. 我下周去北京。