插入语

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插入语的用法

在英语学习中,插入语是一个比较重要的知识点。由于插入语是一种独立成分,通常与句中其他成分没有语法上的关系,许多同学在学习过程中会有一定的困难。其实,插入语大都是对一句话进行附加说明或解释,通常由一个词、一个短语或一个句子构成,常置于句首、句中或句末,一般用逗号或破折号与句子隔开。下面举例归纳插入语的几种用法。

例1 _____the more expensive the camera, the better its quality.

A.General speaking

B.Speaking general

C.Generally speaking

D.Speaking generally

解析:本题答案为C.generally speaking为分词短语,意思是“一般来说”,在句中用作插入语。

小结:许多分词短语可以用作插入语,这样的分词短语有:strictly speaking (严格地说),generally considering(一般认为),judging from……(根据……判断)等。

例2 Two middle-aged passengers fell into the sea. ____,neither of them could swim.

A.In fact

B.Luckily

C.Unfortunately

D.Naturally

解析:本题答案为C.unfortunately为副词,意思是“令人遗憾地,不巧,可惜”,在句中用作插入语。

小结:常用作插入语的副词或副词短语有:indeed(的确),surely(无疑),however(然而),frankly(坦率地说),obviously(显然),naturally(天然地),luckily (happily) for sb.(算某人幸运),fortunately(幸好),strangely(奇怪),briefly(简单地说)等。

例3 Your performance in the driving test didn’t reach the required standard,_____, you failed.

A.in the end

B.after all

C.in other words

D.at the same time

解析:本题答案为C.in other words为介词短语,意思是“换句话说”,在句中用作插入语。

小结:常用作插入语的介词短语有:in conclusion(总之),in a word(简而言之),in short(简而言之),in general(一般说来),in a sense(在某种意义上),in my view(在我看来),in his opinion(按照他的看法),in fact(事实上),at first(首先), in addition(此外),of course(当然),to my surprise(使我惊奇的),to her regret(使她遗憾的),for example (例如)等。

例4 It is so nice to hear from her._____,we last met more than thirty years ago.

A.What‘s more

B.That is to say

C.In other words

D.Believe it or not

解析:本题答案为D.believe it or not为一分句,意思是“信不信由你”,在句中作插入语。

小结:用简短的句子结构作插入语,它们常置于句中或句末。这类简短的句子有:I am sure(我可以肯定地说),I believe(我相信),do you know(你知道吗),you see(你明白),I’m afraid(恐怕),it is said(据说),I suppose (我想),what’s more(而且),what’s worse(更糟糕的是),that is (也就是说),what is important(重要的是)等。

例5 _____ with you,I have no money to spare.

A.To be frank

B.What’s more

C.In addition

D.However

解析:本题答案为A.to be frank为不定式短语,意思是“坦率地说”,在句中用作插入语。

小结:常用作插入语的不定式短语有:to be sure(无疑地),to sum up(概括地说),to tell the truth(老实说)等。

例6 _____, he should have done such a thing.

A.Speaking general

B.Strange to say

C.Luckily

D.Of course

解析:本题答案为B.strange to say为形容词短语,意思是“说也奇怪”,在句中用作插入语。

小结:常用作插入语的形容词或其短语有:true(真的),funny(真可笑),needless to say(不用说),most important of all(最为重要),worse still (更糟糕的),even better(更好)等。

【试题设计】

1._____, he often forgot to turn off the lights.

A.Even better

B.Strange

C.However

D.Fortunately

2.Greenland, _____ island in the world,covers over two million square kilometers.

A.it is the largest

B.that is the largest

C.is the largest

D.the largest

3.An awful accident_____,however,occur the other day.

A.does

B.did

C.has to

D.had to

4.Yesterday Jane walked away from the discussion. Otherwise,she ____ something she would regret later.

A.had said

B.said

C.might say

D.might have said

5.Boris has brains. In fact,I doubt whether anyone in the class has ____IQ.

A.a high

B.a higher

C.the higher

D.the highest

6.Helen was much kinder to her youngest son than to the others, _____,of course,made the others envy him.

A.who

B.that

C.what

D.which

7._____ the general state of his health,it may take him a while to recover from the operation.

A.Given

B.To give

C.Giving

D.Having given

8._____,success results from hard work.

A.Worse still

B.Sure enough

C.To sum up

D.What’s worse

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