more.
④The moment/minute/second the bell rang, the boys rushed out.
铃一响,男孩子们就冲出去了。
3.名词词组every time, any time, next time, the first/last time, the day/week/month/year等也可作连词,引导时间状语从句。
① Every time he walked by the lake, he thought of his childhood life.
★② The first time he went to China, he was attracted by its beauty.
他第一次来中国就被它的美丽所吸引。
4. till, until 直到......
(1)肯定句: 主语谓语动词必须是延续性动词
He had been waiting until she came. 他一直等到她来。
(2)否定句: not ...until... 主句谓语动词必须是非延续性动词,意为 "直到......才......"。
She didn't go to bed until he came back.
(3)not... until... 句型中的强调句型和部分倒装:
①★They didn't go home until they had finished the work.
=It was not until they had finished the work that they went home.(强调句) =Not until they had finished the work did they go home.(倒装)
②I didn't have any idea of it until you told me .
=It was not until you told me that I had the idea of it.
=Not until you told me did I have the idea of it.
5. before 和since, ever since
(1)若表达" 还未......就......"," 不到......就......" "......才......"用连词before
We had sailed four days and nights before we saw the land.
我们航行了四天四夜才看见陆地。
句型:It will be +时间段+ before... "多久之后才......"
It was +时间段+ before "过了多久才......"
It won't be long+ before... "不久就......"
★①It will be half a year before I come back. 我半年后才回来。
★②It was some time before I realized the truth.
过了一段时间我才意识到事实的真相。
★③John thinks that it won't be long before he is ready for his new job.约翰认为他不久就会为新工作做好准备了。
(2)since 从句的时态通常是一般过去时, 主句时态通常是现在完成时或者现在完成进行时。常用句式"It is/ has been +一段时间+ since"表自从某人做某事到现在为止多长时间。
It is/has been three years since the war broke out.
从战争爆发到现在已经三年了。
His work has influenced other writers ever since.
二、条件状语从句