Thank you for taking the trouble to revise my composition.

　　put sb. into the trouble of doing sth.麻烦某人做某事

　　You shouldn't constantly put him into the trouble of looking after your pet dog.

考点例题：

　　1)害怕惹麻烦，所以我十分谨慎。

　　Afraid of _________________________, I am always very cautious.

　　2)谢谢你费力把老太太送回家。

　　Thank you for ________________________ to take the old lady home.

　　3)我很乐意帮助那些有困难的人。

　　I am ready to help the people _________________.

　　4)我不想麻烦你为我擦鞋。

　　I would not want to ___________________________ the shoes for me.

　　5)离那几个醉酒青年远点，他们在寻衅闹事。

　　Stay away from the drunken youths. They _________________________.

　4. prevent ...from = stop... from...., keep....from.....使......不做事；阻止......做某事

　5. now that既然，由于（=since），引导原因状语，从句中that可以省略

　　Now that you've passed the test, you can drive on your own.

　　拓展：原因状语从句

　　（1）回答why引导的问句，只能用because

　　（2）从句用because,可以省略主语，从句用其他表示原因的连接词引导，则不可

　　（3）as引导的原因状语从句，一般位于主语之前，表示原因的语气比because弱

　　（4）since 与now that"既然"，可以表示已知或明显的原因。

　　（5）for是并列连词，表示的是附加的理由，是说话人的推测或判断，它引导的不是从句，而是并列句。

考点例题：

　　I think Tim must be at home, _____________ his room is bright.

　　A. since B. for C. now that D. as

　6. in time最终； 迟早sooner or later; eventually

　　in time for sth./ to do sth.及时； 不迟

　　Will I be in time for the train/ to catch the train?

　　拓展：

　　race against time争分夺秒 all the time一直；始终； 老是

　　at a time一次；每次 at no time永不......

　　at one time有个时期；曾经； 一度 at times= sometimes=from time to time

　　by the time到......的时候为止 for the time being暂时； 暂且

　　take one's time不着急； 慢慢来 keep bad time（钟、表）走得不准

　　It's high time that ... 是做某事的时候了

考点例题：

　　1) _____________________ he was addicted to playing web games. But now he devotes himself to writing, which delights his parents.

　　2) Don't try to do everything at once; take it a bit __________________.

　　3) You'll have your own office soon but _____________________ you'll have to share one with me.

4) With the deadline drawing near, the workers are ______________ to get the building