(2)It will be＋时间＋before...还有多长时间......才......

②It will be 4 years before he graduates.

他还有四年时间才能毕业。

(3)had done some time before ......才......

③We had sailed four days and four nights before we saw land.我们航行了四天四夜才见到陆地。

(4)had not done...before...不到......就......

④We hadn't run a mile before he felt tired.

我们还没走到一英里路他就觉得累了。

(5)It was not＋一段时间＋before不多久就......

⑤It wasn't two years before he left the country.

还没到两年他们就离开了那个国家。

【即境活用】10．Someone called me up in the middle of the night，but they hung up ________ I could answer the phone.A．as　 B．sinceC．until D．before

11.It was not long ________，his name became a household word.

A．when B．After C．before D．Since

2.【教材原句】　The survivors lay on the beach，exhausted and shocked.(P73)

死里逃生的战士躺在海滩上，疲惫不堪，心有余悸。

【句法分析】　exhausted and shocked是形容词短语作状语，表示死里逃生的战士躺在海滩上时的状态。形容词的这种用法很常见。

①He arrived home，hungry and tired.他又饿又累地回到家里。

②He turned away，disappointed.他失望地走开了。

③In spite of the terrible weather，he landed all the passengers safe.尽管天气很糟糕，他还是使所有乘客都安全着陆了。

④Happy and gay，the little girl ran to her parents.

这个小女孩兴高采烈地跑向她的父母。

【即境活用】12．(高考浙江卷)________ and short of breath，Andy and Ruby were the first to reach the top of Mount Tai.

A．To be tired　 B．Tired C．Tiring D．Being tired

13.After his journey from abroad，Richard Jones returned home，________.

A．Exhausting B．Exhausted C．being exhausted D．having exhausted

3.【教材原句】　...he said，"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."(P81)

......他说道，"在人类战争史上从来没有一次像这样，以如此少的兵力取得如此大的成功，保护如此多的众生。"

【句法分析】　(1)本句是一个由否定词never开头的倒装句，否定词或短语放在句首经常构成部分倒装，即把助动词提到主语的前面去。常见的否定词还有：

nor，neither，no，not，seldom，little，hardly，at no time，in no way，not until，not only...but also，hardly(scarcely)．..when，no sooner...than等。

①Not only was everything he had taken away from him but also his German citizenship.不仅他所有的东西都被带走了，就连他的德国国籍也被取消了。

(2)在反意疑问句的陈述句部分中，如包含seldom，no，nothing，never，hardly，scarcely，little，few等否定副词，则这部分是否定，简短问句就应用肯定。

②He is seldom ill，is he？他很少生病，是吗？