牛津实用英语语法 117 it is和there is的比较
关于it is的用法参见第67节。 以下这些例子有助于防止把这两种形式混淆: A it is+形容词;there is+名词: It is foggy./There is a fog. 有雾。 It was very wet./There was a lot of rain. 很湿。/下了不少雨。 It won’t be very sunny./There won’t be much sun. 天气不会很晴朗。 B it is与there is都可以表示时间和距离: It is a long way to York. 到约克路很远。 There is a long way still to go. 还有很长的路要走。(我们还有好多英里的路程。)It is time to go home. 该回家了。(我们一般是6点回家而现在6点了。) There is time for us to go home and come back here again before the filmstarts. 在电影开演之前我们有时间先回家一趟再回到这里。(还有足够的时间) C there is+名词/代词和用于识别人或物的 it is+名词/代词的比较: There is someone at the door.I think it’s the man to read the meters. 门口有个人。我想他是来抄(水、电等)表的。 There is a key here.Is it the key of the safe? 这里有一把钥匙。是开保险箱的吗? D 用于分裂句的it is(参见第67节D)以及there is的比较: It is the grandmother who makes the decisions. 做出决定的是老奶奶。(是老奶奶而不是家里的其他成员) …and there’s the grandmother,who lives in the granny-flat. ……还有老奶奶,住在专用套房里的那位。(有老奶奶其人) |