2015年5月15日 星期五

it v. that



It seems that

用于it seems (appears) that…句式。如:
It seems that he knows everything. 他好像什么都知道。
It appears that we may be mistaken. 看来我们可能弄错了。
但是,英语一般不说it looks that…,可改用it looks as if…。如:
It looks as if we’ll be late. 我们似乎要迟到了。

it follows that…句式。

it follows that…句式。如:
He is wrong, but it does not follow thatyou are right. 他错了,但并不能由此推断你是对的。
She’s not in the office but it doesn’t necessarily follow that she’s ill. 她不在办公室并不见得就是病了。

(It is) no wonder( that) …

 (It is) no wonder( that) … 
It’s no wonder he is not hungry; he has been eating sweets all day. 难怪他不饿,他整天在吃糖果。

it struck sb that...句式

it struck sb that...句式

It struck sb that…是英语中一个很有用的句式,其意为“某人突然感到(觉得)……”。句首的 it 可视为形式主语。如:
It struck me that she had come to borrow money. 我忽然想起她是来借钱的。
It struck her that she ought to make a new plan. 她突然想起她应当拟一个新计划。
It struck me that nobody was in favour of the change. 我突然感到没有人赞成这种改变。
有时也和一般现在时。如:
It strikes me Jim is a nice lad. 我觉得吉姆是一个好小伙子。
类似的还有:It occurred to him that…。如:
It suddenly occurred to him that this was an act he could never do. 他突然想到这是他绝不能做的一件事。
注意,有时用于否定句。如:
It never occurred to her to ask anyone. 她从未想到问问他人。

source: http://www.yygrammar.com/Article/200910/1417.html

It happens that...“碰巧……”

It happened that…是英语中一个很有用的句式,其意为“碰巧……”。句首的 it 可视为形式主语。如:
It happened that the ferry service was canceled. 碰巧渡船服务取消了。
It happened that her parents were both out.  有时刚好她父母会同时不在家。
It happened that the harvest was bad that year. 恰好那年收成不好。
It happened that I had driven that kind of car before. 碰巧我过去曾开过那种汽车。
It happened that I was standing next to him when he collapsed. 他倒下的时候我恰巧站在他旁边。
类似的结构还有:it chanced that如:
It chanced that the man was a doctor. 那男人碰巧是位医生。
It chanced that she was in when he called. 他打电话时碰巧她在家
It happened / chanced that she spoke fluent Swahili. 偏巧她很会说斯瓦希里语。
为加强语气,so 常与 happen / chance 连用。如:
It so happened / chanced that I’d met her a few years before. 碰巧我几年前见过她。

2014年1月26日星期日


It occurred to sb that ...

本單元的提供同學表達「突然暸解」「突然領悟」的各種表達方式。
It occurs to me that…
occur 為「發生」之意,occur to則是「使想起」「在心中出現」的意思。
e.g. It never occurred to me that my friends spoke ill behind my back.
我怎麼也沒想到我的朋友會在背後說我的壞話。
e.g. Crossing the park, I noticed that the tree leaves were turning gold. It occurred to me that the autumn has come.
當我走過公園,我注意到樹葉已經變成金黃色。我突然明白原來已經秋天了。
e.g. It did not occur to her that his kind gesture could be taken as a flattering act.
她沒有想到她表示善意卻被當成拍馬屁。
It crosses my mind that…
e.g. When I was playing the piano last night, it crossed my mind that piano is my lifelong passion.
昨晚當我在彈鋼琴時,突然間我暸解,鋼琴是我終生的熱愛。
e.g. An idea crossed my mind that I might as well pay a visit to my elementary school teachers; they would be very delighted to see me.
我突然想到,我應當多去探訪小學老師,他們見到我應該會很高興。
e.g. An old friend crossed my mind several times today, so I decided to give him a phone call.

2014年1月3日星期五


It dawned on me that...

When the day dawns, it happens slowly, --as darkness disappears and sunlight slowly pervades all around. 
In the same way, when the meaning of some statement or some truth slowly becomes clear to you, you may say, "Then it dawned on me... that she was not my freind, she was cheating me, I am actually being tricked, !" etc.

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