中考英语复习--连词专项复习相关知识点(1)
要点一:连词yet的用法
1. yet用作连词时,与but一样也主要用于转折,意为“但是”“而”:
I have failed, yet I shall try again.
我失败了,但我还要尝试。
The judge was stern, yet completely fair.
法官很严峻,却完全公正。
They are the same, yet not the same.
它们又一样,又不一样。
It is strange, yet it is true.
那真是怪事,然而却是事实。
I've been away only for three years, yet I can hardly recognize my hometown.
我仅在外三年,可我几乎认不出我自己的故乡了。
He said he was our friend, yet he wouldn't help us.
他说他是我们的朋友,但却不肯帮助我们。
2.有时用在句首。如:
Yet the house was cheerful.
但屋子里显得很欢快。
Yet its population has doubled.
但它的人口翻了一番。
3. yet有时可与并列连词and或but连用,构成习语and yet和but yet,且两者大致同义(均相当于表转折的but):
I gave him ten pounds (and) yet he was not satisfied.
我给了他十镑但他仍不满足。
She's vain and foolish, and yet people like her.
她很虚荣愚蠢,但人们却喜欢她。
She drove very fast to the airport, but [yet, and yet, but yet] she missed the plane.
她开快车去机场,可还是误了飞机。
4. although不能与表示转折的but连用,但是却可以与yet连用。如:
Although we have made some progress, yet we still have a long way to go.
我们虽然取得了些进步,但还是远远不够的。
要点二:并列连词or的用法
1、表示选择,意为“或”“还是”,例如:
Is the radio off or on
无线电关上了还是开着的
Would you prefer tea or coffee
你喜欢茶还是咖啡?
Is he asleep or awake
他睡着了还是醒着
Are you going to America by boat or by air
你到美国是坐船还是坐飞机?
You may go or stay, according as you decide.
是去是留由你自己决定。
Are you from North China or South China
你是华北人还是华南人
You can come now or you can meet us there later.
你可以现在来,也可以稍晚和我们在那里碰头。
2、表示一种否定的条件,意为“否则”,例如:
Come on, or we'll be late.
快点,否则我们要迟到了。
Hurry up, or you'll be late for school.
赶快,否则你上学就要迟到了。
Dress warmly, or else you'll catch cold.
穿暖和点,否则你会感冒的。
Be careful, or you'll break that vase!
小心,否则你会把那花瓶打碎!
Cross the road very carefully. Look both ways, or you might be knocked down.
过马路要非常小心,要看两边,不然会被车撞倒。
3、用于否定句,提出两种或多种事物时,表示“也不”,例如:
I don't like tea or coffee.
我不喜欢喝茶,也不喜欢喝咖啡。
He was not clever or good-looking.
他不聪明,也长得不好看。
比较:
They sang and danced.
他们既唱歌又跳舞。
They didn't sing or dance.
他们既没有唱歌也没有跳舞。
4、用于表示“大约”,例如:
There are seven or eight people in front of us.
我们前面有七八个人。(用于两个数字间表示“大约”)
The man in rags is sixty years old or so.
那个衣衫褴褛的男子大约有六十岁/六十岁左右。(or so 有“大约”的意思)
It cost me $100 or so to buy this book.
这本书大约花了我100美元。(or so 有“大约”的意思)
5、用于引出解释性词语,表示“或者说”,例如:
He likes geology, or the science of the earth's crust.
他喜欢地质学,或者说地壳的科学。
6、用于引出对比概念,例如:
He was lying-or was he
他在说谎,还是没有说谎?
7、or some---和some--- or other表示对人(somebody)、事(something)、地点(somewhere)不太确定,例如:
---Who told you the story
这个故事是谁告诉你的?
---Somebody or other. I can't remember.
某个人吧,我记不得了。
8、一些含or的固定结构,例如:
It's now or never, so make up your mind.
机不可失,下决心吧。(now or never 勿失良机)
The work is more or less finished.
工作大体上完成了。(more or less或多或少)
They consist of 1700 or more tribes.
他们由1700个或更多部族构成。
There's just one or two details I want to make sure about.
还有一两个细节我想弄清楚。(one or to 一两个)