“It” 重点用法归纳
一、it在特定句型中的运用
1. It was/will be long(one week/two years ...)+before从句
此句型可译为“很久(一周/两年后……)才……”。如:
It was long before he came back.
很久以后他才回来。
It will not be long before we meet again. 不久我们就又会见面。
2. It is/has been/was + some time + since从句
此句型可译为“自从……以来已经有多长时间了”。如:
It is / has been more than fifty years since the People’s Republic of
China was founded.
中华人民共和国成立已经有五十多年了。
It was three days since he had fallen ill. 他生病已经有三天了。
注意:①如果since从句中的谓语动词为延续性动词时, 应译为“自从不……以来已经有多长
时间了”。如:
It is / has been seven years since I taught in this school.
我离开这所学校已经有七年了。
②时态的把握:如果主句运用的是一般现在时或现在完成时,那么since引导的从句用一般过
去时;如果主句运用的是一般过去时,那么since引导的从句常用过去完成时。
3. It + be + the +序数词+ time + that从句
此句型可译为“是某人第几次做某事了”。如:
It is the first time that I’ve spoken in public.
这是我第一次公开发言。
注意:如果主句是一般现在时或一般将来时,从句用现在完成时;如果主句是一般过去时,从句用过去完成时。
4. It +be +具体时间+ when ...
此句型可译为 “当某事发生时,时间是在……”。如:
It was 11:00 when they arrived at the factory. 他们到达工厂时是11点。
请比较:①It will be July 1 ______ we meet again.
A. since B. that
C. before D. when
②It is on July 1 ______ we will meet again.
A. since B. that
C. before D. when
分析:答案分别选D和B。第一题填when,表示“当……时候”;第二题很显然是对时间状语的强调,因为把It is和that去掉,该句仍然成立,即:We will meet again on July 1.
5. It +be +(high/about)+time that从句
此句型可译为“早就该有某事或做某事了”。如:
It’s high time that you stopped fooling around and started looking for a
job.
你可别再游手好闲了,也该找份工作了吧。
注意:该句型that从句中谓语动词多用一般过去时态。
二、it的几个特殊用法
1. make it
①表示“成功;做到;赶上”。如:
The train is due to leave in five minutes we will never make it .
火车再有五分钟就开了,我们是绝对赶不上了。
You can’t make it to the other shore in this weather.
天气这么恶劣,你可到不了对岸。
②表示“规定时间”。如:
-Shall we meet next week
下星期我们碰一次头好吗
-Yes. Let’s make it next Sunday.
好的,让我们约定下星期日碰头吧。
2. as it is
①用于句前,表示“事实上”。如:
I thought he would get better, but as it is he is getting worse.
我认为他会好转,但事实上他一直在恶化。
②用于句末,表示“照原样”。如:
Leave the chair as it is.
那椅子照原样放着,别动。
3. as it were可以说;在某种程度上
He is, as it were, a walking dictionary.
他好比是一本活字典。
4. see to it that ... 注意;留神;负责
See to it that everything is ready.
注意一切都要准备就绪。
[专项训练]
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. It was a week _____ the boy got ______ again. He was sent to hospital at
once.
A. before; to be hurt B. since; to be hurt
C. before; hurt D. since; hurt
2. -Would you like a cigarette
-No. It’s seven years _____ I gave up smoking.
A. after B. since C. when D. before
3. It is high time that we _____ hard at our lessons. The examination is only
in two weeks’ time.
A. worked B. work C. will work D. are going to work
4. I would appreciate _____ very much if you could give me some advice.
A. this B. that C. it D. you
5. -Let’s fix a date _____ the meeting before we do anything else, shall we
-Ok, let’s make _____ 2:30 tomorrow afternoon.
A. for; it B. for; it at
C. of; the time D. of; the time at
6. It was on October 1,1949_______New china was founded
A: that B: on that day C: when D:on that
7.— What was the journey like this time
— Excellent ! It is almost ten years_______I last had such a good time
A: when B: before C: after D: since
8. It is time you______to the station earlier, because it is the first time that you______there
A: went , got B: went , have got C:have gone, got D: have gone , have got
9. It was _______he handed in his homework.
A:not until yesterday that B :until yesterday that not
C: until not yesterday that D: not until yesterday when
10.It was evening ________we reached the little town of Winchester.
A: that B: until C: since D: before
11.It was 1969 _______the American astronauts succeeded in landing on the moon .
A: that B: when C: on which D: which
12. ________ four years since I left my hometown .
A: It was B: There was C: There is D: It is
A: after B: since C: when D: before
13. It _____ long before we ________ the result of the experiment .
A: will not be ; will know B: is ; will know C: will not be ; know D: is ; know
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