四六级写作中常用表达句式

写作中常用表达句式

英文句型使用便捷，把这些语法上定型的现象当做公式加以研读和记忆，有助于写出好作文。

1.（某事）……是……

⑴掌握一件事是很难的

It is very hard to master one thing.

It is very hard for us to master one thing.

⑵说得容易做起来难

It is easy to say but difficult to practice it.

⑶他获奖是最令人激动的消息。

It was the most exciting/encouraging news that he got the prize.

2很有可能会……；大可……

主语+may well+动词原形；陈述句+and well +主语+may

这里的may意为“可能”，well 意为“有充足的理由”=with good reason

⑴他很有可能会生气

He may well get very angry.

He gets very angry, and well he may.

He has good reason to get so angry.

He gets very angry, and with good reason.

⑵他很可能会这么说

He may well say so.

⑶如果在平时，他早就来了，但现在天气这么坏，他很可能会迟到的

If as usual, he must have come already, but the weather being so bad, he may well be late.

3渐渐开始；转而开始

I come to +动词原形

我愈了解他，就愈喜欢他。

The more I knew him the better I came to like him.

4习惯……

I make it a rule to +动词原形

I make a point of +动名词

It is a rule with sb. +to+动词原形

过去的惯常行为：used to

⑴我习惯在傍晚的时候出去散步。

I make it a rule to go out for a walk towards evening.

I make a point of going out for a walk towards evening.

It is a rule with me to go out for a walk towards evening.

⑵他过去常常在星期天到我家访问。

He used to visit my house on Sundays,

⑶我每天通常早起，洗个冷水澡，到外面散个步，然后再以清晰的头脑从事我的每日功课。

I make it a rule to rise early every morning, take a cold bath, go out for a walk, and then attend to my daily lesson with a clear head.

5.据说……；听说……

⑴据说运动会在月底举行

The sports meeting is said to be held at the end of the month.

It is said that the sports meeting will be held t the end of the month.

I was told that the sports meeting will be held at the end of the month.

⑵听说在开幕式结束后，上午10：30就可以进场。

They say that it will be opened to the public at 10:30a.m., after the opening ceremony.

6.直到……才（开始）

⑴直到在国外旅行的时候，我才开始深深体会到语言不通是多么的不便。

I had no realized how inconvenient it was when one could not make oneself understood till I travelled in a foreign country.

I had realized how inconvenient it was when one could not make oneself understood only after I travelled in a foreign country.

⑵我匆匆忙忙，到了车站时才发觉忘记带钱包了。

I was so much in a hurry that I forgot to bring my wallet with me, and I was not aware of it until I got to the station.

7.首先；最初；首次

⑴首先他在会中致词

First he gave an opening address.

⑵最初他对历史不感兴趣。

At first he had no interest in history.

⑶我第一次到那里。

I went there for the first time.

8.好久没……；好几年没……

⑴昨天我到颐和园参观，我很久没到那里去了。

Y esterday I visited the Summer Palace, where I had not been for a long while.

⑵A先生四年不见了，将从美国回来。

Mr. A is coming(back) home from the United States after four year s’ absence.

⑶好久不见。

It is a long time since I saw you last.

提示：It is a long time since…或I have not seen you for a long time .

9.老实说；说实在的；坦白说

⑴说实在的我一直忙着准备入学考试

To tell the truth, I have been so busy preparing for the entrance examination.

⑵自从我学习英语依赖已经有四五年了，但说实在话，我既不能阅读英文版书，也不能正确用英语写信。我还得更努力学习。

It is already four or five years since I began to study English. But to tell the truth, I cannot read English books in the original, nor write a letter in English properly . I must study much harder.

10. 由于；因为；为了……

⑴由于过度操劳他病倒了。

He has fallen ill on account of overwork.

⑵他为了求学而去了美国。

He went to America for the purpose of study.

11.find oneself “发觉自己……”

半个钟头之后，我发觉自己站在那幢房子之前。

After half an hour I found myself in front of the house.

提示：find oneself意指“发觉自己处于某个特定的地方，地位，状况”，有“想不到”的含