IV. 感叹句

29. To think that + 从句（虚拟谓语）

To think that you should fail!

To think that I should be s insulted!

To think that I knew nothing about it!

To think that you are/were so careless!

意外而感叹。

30. Fancy + 动名词

Fancy meeting so many friends here!

Fancy his doing a thing like that!

Fancy his making such a wonderful speech!

Fancy (that)! Just fancy!

表示“真想不到”。

V. 疑问句

31. 疑问词+in the world/on earth/the devil/ever ...?

What in the world do you mean?

Who on earth told you that?

Who the devil is he?

Where ever did you lose it?

Who ever wants it?

强调疑问句。

32. 疑问句+do you think/did you say/can you guess/do you suppose + 其它？

What do you think I should do first?

How old were you then, did you say?

How many books, can you guess, did he buy the other day?

疑问句中插入成分。

33. 肯定陈述，+ 肯定反问

We are old friends, not strangers, right?

So you have seen the film, have you?

She is a sweet girl, is she?

修辞性反问以加强语气，非反意问句，故无需作答。肯定反问中的动词须重读。

34. 疑问词位置不在句首

Five times what number makes 20?

You are twenty-what this year?

He is your who?

You bought a what yesterday?

He went all the way where?

特殊疑问句的灵活运用。

VI. 数词句型

35. 用exactly/clear/sharp

The cloth measures ten yards exactly.

It’s now exactly ten o’clock.

It’s ten sharp.

It takes me three clear days.

精确整数。

36. about /or so/ more or less/ some

About ten thousand cars were produced.

He wrote some 800 books.

During the past ten years or so, the production has increased by 90 %.

It’s an hour’s journey, more or less.

约指整数。

37. 年龄表达

I am 20.

I am 20 years old.

I am 20 years of age.

I am aged 20 (years).

My age is 20 (years).

He entered school at the age of 5.

He became plump at 50.

He graduated at 20 years of age.

He is a girl of 18 (years old).

He is a man aged 20 years.

They are under/below 7 years of age.

She is in her teens.

38. 计量表达

The tree is about 60 feet high (in height).

long—in length 

wide—in width

thick—in thickness 

heavy—in weight

high(物)—in height 

tall(人)—in height

deep—in depth 

across—in breadth(宽度)

across—in diameter(直径) 

across—in radius(半径)

This room measures 60 feet (in length) by 15 feet (in breadth).

VII. 关联指代

39. On (the) one hand, ... and on the other (hand) ...

On the one hand, I am your teacher, and on the other, I am your comrade and friend.

They have been blamed on the one hand and lauded on the other.

On the one hand, you shouldn’t be shy; on the other hand, you mustn’t forget your manners.

同一事物之两面。

40. two (both) ... the one (and) the other...

two (both) ...the former, the latter...

two (both) ...the first, the second...

two (both) ...that, this...

two (both) ...those, these...

I have two brothers; the one (former) is fifteen, and the other (latter) is eleven.

Work and play are both necessary to health; this (the latter) gives us rest, and that (the former) gives energy.

They keep horses and cattle, those for riding, and these for food.

先后两事物。

41. first...second...third...lastly...

firstly...secondly...thirdly...lastly...

one...two...three...four...

First, I wish both of you good health. Second, I wish both of you success in your work; and third, I wish both of you good luck in everything.

What do we need in order to really win? We need three things: first, arms, second, arms, third, arms and arms again.

序列。

VIII. 比较句型

42. 某些形容词-or + to + 被比对象

His strength is superior to/greater than mine.

Socialism is superior to capitalism.

My knowledge is inferior to/less than his.

Is your father senior to mine?

Colored people are by no means inferior to white people.

His arrival is posterior to that of my friend.

特殊比较级句型。

43. Better...than...

Better late than never.

Better to do well than to say well.

Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Better die standing than live kneeling.

“宁可，最好”，It is被省略。

44. choose A before B

A hero should choose death before dishonor.

I am willing to work myself to death before I give up.

I would do anything before that.

优先选择。

IX. 比喻句型

45. like, as

He stood there like a tree.

Use a book as a bee does a flower.

A year has gone as a tortoise goes heavy and slow.

比喻。

46. A is to B as C is to D.

A to B is what C is to D.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Intellect is to the mind what sight is to the body.

Air is to us what/as water is to fish.

比喻。

47. (Just) As/What +喻体, so/that +本体

Just as we sweep our rooms, so we should sweep backward ideas from our minds.

What salt is to food, that wit and humor are to conversation and literature.

What blood vessel is to a man’s body, that railway is to transportation.

As food is to man, so manure is to crops.

比喻。

48. A to B is as ... as C to D.

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

He walks as if he were as blind as a beetle.

A pen to a writer is as important as arms to a soldier.

同等重要性比喻。

49. may as well ... as ...

You may as well call a cat a little tiger as call a tiger a big cat.

She might as well love a dream as fall in love with me.

One might as well expect the leopard to change his spots as expect the wolf to change its nature.

类似比喻。

50. as...as

It is as hot as hot can be.

He works as hard as hard can be.

She’s as beautiful as beautiful can be.