这是一个动词不定式作主语的句型,其中to finish eating everything 是主语,it是形式主语。
2. When drinking to someone's health, you raise your glasses, but the glasses should not
touch.
为某人健康祝酒时,要举杯,但不要碰杯。
Although good manners always make you look good, you do not need to worry about all these
rules while having dinner with friends or family. 尽管礼貌的举止总能给人好印象,也不必在与亲
友进餐时拘泥礼节。
这两句中划线部分是省略句。完整的句子分别是When you are drinking to someone's health及
while you are having dinner with friends or family.这里省略的条件是从句主语与主句主语一致。
又如:While reading the apple on the top of the tree, you need to be careful.
Once begun, the machine will run its own way.
3. Besides, table manners are only important at formal dinners.此外,餐桌礼仪仅在正式宴会上
才显得重要。
besides表示"此外,而且"等递近关系,除此之外表示递近关系的副词或短语还有 moreover,
furthermore, apart from, what's more等。
4. I wish you all the best.我祝你万事如意.
用wish来表示祝愿的结构是wish sb sth, 此外我们还可以用may来表示祝愿: May sb do sth如:
May you succeed.
·高考衔接点拨·
[考点]各种时态(含情态动词)的被动语态的构成及用法。
[透视]①一般现在时、一般过去时、现在进行时、一般将来时、现在完成时等的被动形式是高考的重点;②注意理解被动的含义,并准确选用谓语动词。
[精练]用括号内所给动词的正确时态、语态填空。
[考点]see, watch, notice, look, stare, glance等"看"的区别。
[透视]①see看见,指结果;watch注视着,指动作,表示一直在看;notice注意到,指结果;这三者均为及物动词。look,stare,glance均为不及物动词,与at连用。其中stare at意为"盯着";glance at意为"(快速)看一眼"。②注意see,watch,notice,look at后接-ing形式、不带to的不定式及过去分词作宾补的不同。
[考点]形容词比较级的特殊结构及修饰语。
[透视]①形容词比较级的特殊结构常考点有:the+比较级+of two比较级+and+比较级;the+比较级......,the+比较级......等。②修饰比较级常用much,a little,a