"......也是如此";如果要表示前一否定情况也适用于后者,要用"neither/nor + be动词/情态动词/助动词+主语", 意为"......也不是"。
【练一练】
(1) -My room gets very cold at night.
-______.
A. So is mine B. So mine is C. So does mine D. So mine does
(2) -The students can go to the library to read at the weekends.
-So can the teachers. (老 师也是)
(3) 我忽视了那种可能性,我妻子也是。 I ignored that possibility, and so did my wife.
【注意】
"So +主语+be动词/情态动词/助动词"用来表示赞成前一说话者所说的内容,意为"的确如此"。
(1) -他每天总是第一个到教室。 He is always the first to come to the classroom every day.
-的确如此。 So he is.
(2) -I didn't watch TV last night.
-______.
A. So did I B. Neither did I C. The same with me D. So it was with me
4. (Page 42 Line 9) Near the city was a volcano.
▶ 表语置句首的倒装,其结构:adj./v-ing/v-ed/prep.-phrase +系动词+主语+其他
【练一练】
(1) 出席会议的是李教授和很多专家。
Present at the meeting were Professor Li and a large number of experts.
(2) 妇女被瞧不起的日子一去不复返了。
Gone are the days when women were looked down upon.
(3) 一群自称是现代艺术先锋的年轻人出席了那次聚会。
Present at the party were a crowd of young people who called themselves pioneers of
modern art.
(4) 窗户旁边坐着一个女孩,手里拿着一本杂志。
By the window sat a girl with a magazine in her hand.
5. (Page 42 Line 14) Today I saw the ancient Roman city of Pompeii as it was 2000 years ago.
(Page 42 Lines 19-20) When I walked around the city, I saw streets just as they had been, with stepping stones along the road so you did not have to step in the mud on rainy days!
▶ as 在此表示"如同,就像", 引导方式状语从句。
【练一练】
(1) 汤姆仍像十年前一样对生活充满希望。
Tom still feels hopeful about life as he did ten years ago.
(2) 就让它那样吧! Leave it as it is.