eg. Every year a good number of children die of hunger in Africa.
Thirty people died from the serious bus accident.
【拓展】
die out (物种)灭绝,(风俗)消失
die down 逐渐减弱,逐渐模糊
die off 相继死去
die for 为......而死
die away (声音,风,光线)渐渐消失
be dying to do ... 渴望做......
be dying for ... 渴望......,很想...
13. one ones /the one/it/that/those
▲ 考点诠释
(1)one 是代词,用来代替上文中已提到的名词,以避免重复。One所代替的是同类事物中的"一个",只能代替可数名词,相当于"a(n) + 名词",是泛指,其复数形式是ones。the one用来代替同类事物中特指的另一个。
eg. I'm looking for a house and I like one with a garden.
I think this book is better than the one I read last time.
(2) it 所代替的是前面提到的同一事物,既可以代替可数名词,也可以代替不可数名词;还可以代替上文中的某个句子或句中的一部分。
eg.I need the bike but I have no money to buy it.
He has gone out of his way to help us. We won't forget it.
(3)that 也可以代替前面所提到过的名词,用与于特指,相当于"the + 名词",其复数形式为those。
eg. Her attitude to me was that of a friend.
The problem is more difficult than those we have met with before.
ⅳ语法
过去完成时
1表示在过去某一时刻或动作之前已经完成了的动作,即"过去的过去"。请记住:
by the end of +过去时间 be the time +从句(用一般过去时)引导的句子或主句用过去完成时) ①The film had already begun when I got there.
②They had left before I returned.
③We had finished the work by last month( by the time he came.)
2 表示由过去某一时间开始,一直延续到过去另一个时间的动作或状态。
I had been at the bus stop for 20 minutes when a bus finally came.
3 用于hardly ...when ;no sooner ...than ...(一....就...)等句子中。
Hardly had we arrived when she started complaining.
4 hope ,think expect ,intend ,mean ,suppose ,want ,imagine等,用于过去完成时,表示过去未实现的希望或意图。
I had hoped to be able to take my seat in all this noise without being found.
我本希望能乘着这些噪音不被发现地坐到位置上。(但实际上未实现)
5 It is the first time +从句(从句用现在完成时);
It was the first time +从句(用过去完成时)。
It is the first time that I've been here.
It was the first time that he had ever spoken to me in such a tune.
6 用于对过去假设的虚拟语气中的从句。
If I had known your telephone number yesterday, I would have telephoned you .