38-Everything except the weather 唯独没有考虑到天气

单词讲解

• 1、except

vt. 不计

• 2、Mediterranean

n.地中海

• 3、complain

v. 抱怨

complain about / of 报怨内容
complain to 对谁抱怨

The complained to the manager about the customer service.
他们向经理抱怨顾客服务的问题。

• 4、continually

adv 不断地、频繁地、反复地

continue v.持续
continual adj. 持续地

continuously adv.连续不断地

大意相同
continuously 一直没有间断的持续
continually  可能是有中断的持续

The river flows `continuously` under the bridge. 这条河在桥下“不断地”流动。
It rained `continually`. 持续

• 5、bitterly

adv. 苦涩地、刺骨地、极其地

bitter adj.味苦的，强烈的

课文 & 语法讲解

24为一个循环的，38-24=14课。过去完成时 vs. 一般过去时

• 1、My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England.

Harrison 同位语

had lived 过去完成时
returned 一般过去时

• 2、He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country.

dream of 梦到/梦想，幻想，向往

of 是介词 + （名词、代词、动名词），所以是retiring

plan to do sth. 计划做某事

settle down 定居，安定下来

• 3、He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there.

no sooner ... than ... 一....就....
as soon as 一...就
`As soon as` he had returned, he bought a house and went to live there.


1、句子位置不一样：
2、时态不一样  
as soon as 各种时态
no sooner than 通常是过去两种时态。（过去完成，一般过去）

例：
  我一回到厨房，闹铃就响了
  I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang.

  我们一到火车站，火车就开了
  We had no sooner arrived at the station than the train left.

• 4、Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.

for + 句子，是因为，不能放句首
because + 句子，是因为

even though/although 尽管...  表示让步状语从句，暗示转折，转折才是重点
even though it was still summer, it rained continually... 
it was still summer, but it rained continually.

• 5、He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country.

had hardly had ... when ...  一怎么样就。 前后的事情时间间隔非常短

比较：
  He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there. 

• 6、The dream he had had for so many years ended there.

he had had for so many years 定语从句，关系词，是因为作宾语省略了

The dream which/that he had had for so many years ended there.

• 7、Harrison had though of everything except the weather.

thought of 想到