1、A night the earth didnt sleep地球的一个不眠之夜（知识点1）1. In the farmyards，the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat.在农家大院里，鸡甚至是猪都紧张得不想进食。 He is too excited to speak. 他太激动了，说不出话来。 They reached the station too late to catch the train. 他们到火车站太迟了，没赶上火车。 以上句式用了too.to结构，意思为“太而不能”，表示否定意义。但是当too.to.用来修饰表
2、示态度、情绪、倾向等的形容词时，如anxious，eager，glad，happy，pleased，ready，willing等，不定式为肯定意义。 He remarked he was too delighted to visit our city. 他说他很高兴访问我市。 (1)这个箱子太重，提不起来。 The box is too heavy to lift. (2)老师们很乐意接受对他们的教学方法提出的建议。 Teachers are too glad to accept the suggestions on their teaching method.2. In the city，t
3、he water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.在市内，有些建筑物里的 水管爆裂了。 He felt he would burst with anger and shame. 他恼羞成怒，都要气炸了。 The dam burst under the weight of water. 大坝在水的巨大压力下溃决了。 He burst into the room without knocking. 他没敲门就闯进了屋子。 The sun burst through the clouds. 太阳破云而出。 The words burst from
4、her in an angry rush. 她脱口说出了那一堆气话。 There was a burst of laughter in the next room. 隔壁房间突然爆发出一阵笑声。 burst既是名词也是动词，意为“爆炸；猛冲；爆发；突然出现”。 burst into突然闯入，突然起来，后接名词 burst into tears/laughter突然哭/笑起来 burst into a room(闯)进房间 burst out突然开始，后接v.ing形式；(战争、疾病等)突然发生(break out) burst out crying/laughing突然哭/笑起来 burst
5、in突然插嘴，打断谈话；突然来到 (1)He suddenly burst into tears/burst out crying (哭了起来). (2)The audience burst into cheers/burst out cheering (爆发了一阵欢呼声). (3)The war burst out/broke out (爆发).3. It seemed as if the world was at an end！仿佛到了世界末日！ You look/looked as if you had seen a ghost. 你的神色看起来像撞到鬼了。 He looks as if
6、 he were an artist. 看上去他好像是个艺术家似的。 She speaks English so fluently as if she had studied English in America. 她讲英语很流利，就像在美国学习过似的。 It seems as if its going to rain. 看起来好像要下雨了。 It seemed as if he wasnt satisfied with your work. 看来他好像对你的工作不满意。 as if系从属连词，意为“好像”。根据情况，as if从句中可使用真实语气，如例句， 表示事实如此；从句也可用虚拟语气，
7、如例句，表示事实并非如此。as if从句表示 的动作如果指现在的动作，从句的谓语用一般过去时(be用were)；如果表示过去的动作， 从句中用过去完成时；如果指将来，则用would动词原形。 as if从句的主语如果和主句的主语一致，同时从句的谓语中含有be的某种形式，这时可以 把从句的主语和be省去，后面保留介词短语、分词短语或不定式短语等形式。 He shook his head as if to say “No”.他摇了摇头，似乎想说“不”。 When he had finished，he waited as if for a reply. 讲完后，他等着，仿佛在等一个答复。 He lo
8、oked around as if for help. 他环视四周，好像在寻求帮助。 (1)It seems as if she the novel but in fact shes never heard of it at all.A.had read B.has readC.read D.would read (2)The man we followed suddenly stopped and looked as if whether he was going in the right direction.A.seeing B.having seenC.to see D.to have
9、seen (3)Eliza remembers everything exactly as if it yesterday.A.was happening B.happensC.has happened D.happened4. Twothirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake.三分之二的人在地震中受伤或死去。 I was injured in a street accident. 我在一次车祸中受了伤。 John fell off the tree and injured his back. 约翰从树上摔下来把背部摔伤了。 injure，词性为动词，意为“损害，伤害”。 injury n.伤害，损伤 injured adj.受伤的 the injured受伤的人； 伤员(表示一类人) injure，hurt，wound，harm (1)injure多指造成容颜、机能的损害；在事故中受伤。 (2)hurt一般指精神上或肉体上受到伤害，有强烈的疼痛感。 (3)wound指(人)在战斗、攻击中受伤。 (4)harm常用于口语，一般用作及物动词，表示“对有害/损害”。 吸烟太多会损害你的健康。 You will harm your health by smoking too much.