world dropped out from under my skis.

　　这个句子中，when引导的句子表示"就在那时，突然"的意思。不要翻译成"当...的时候"。再如：I was cooking in the kitchen when the telephone rang loudly. 我正在厨房做饭，突然/就在那时，电话铃声大作。

　　2．It was a time in which many sad things happened to her.

　　此句中的a time表示一个时期，in which引导一个定语从句。要注意：something happen to somebody表示"某人出了什么事情"，此处to为介词；而我们还会看到以下句型：I happened to meet him in the street. 在这个句型中， to是不定式符号，此句意思与下一句相同：=It happened that I met him in the street.

　　3．Oprah Winfrey is not just a very successful TV personality in the US, she is also a woman who has inspired millions.

　　此句中的"not just...also..."表示"不仅...而且..."，再如：Einstein was not just a great scientist, he was also a music lover. 另外这个句子中的动词inspire的用法也要注意，除了本句的主动语态外，它还经常用于被动语态。例如：

I was inspired to work harder than ever before.

　　我受激励比以往任何时候都更加努力地工作。

　　四、语法复习

主谓一致:

1．由and连接两个名词或代词作主语时，一般情况下谓语动词用复数形式，但是如果and所连接的两个名词指同一人物、同一事物、同一概念时，谓语动词要用单数形式。

例如：

Li Ming and Zhang Hua are good students. (指不同的人)

李明和张华是好学生。

Both the teachers and the students are here. (指不同的人)

老师和学生都在这里。

The writer and poet lives in the village. (指同一个人)

这位作家兼诗人主在这个村子里。

Husband and wife forms a family.

夫妻组成家庭。

Note: 1).由 every, each, many a, no ...等词修饰的名词作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。