9. as a result 因此　　 10. as usual如同平常　　　　 11. as a whole就整体来讲

6. as if/though好像　　 7. as long as只要　　　　　　 8. as soon as一……就……

4. as well也　　　　　 5. as it is, as it was事实上，按现状

1. as for至于　　　 2. as a result of…由于的结果　　 3. as above/follow如上/下

6. As a consequence, the original Australians suffered.

As a consequence, As a result,

As 这个词用法很多，且经常出现，有必要单独提出来总结一下。

(1)As 在作介词，“像 … ”，“以….. 身份”或 “作为 …. ”， “当作….. ”

Yang Li-wei is better known all over China _______________________(作为一名优秀的宇航员).

Key: as an excellent astronomer

(2)As作副词，表示同等程度，数量，质量等作“一样地”解释。

I sat there ______________________________. (尽可能安静)

Key: as quietly as I could

(3)作关系代词

a. 用于“ the same…as”, “ such….as” 的句型中，可以引导限制定语从句。

Such _________________________Hurricane Katrina in Gulf of Mexico were taken to hospital immediately.(在卡特里娜飓风中活下来的人)

Key: people as survived

b. as 可单独使用，引导非限制性定语从句，在句中位置较灵活。

As you know, the height of Qomolangma has decreased because of global warming.

Water, ___________________________(地球人都知道)is a liquid.　

Key: as everybody knows

类似的结构有：as everybody knows, as I have said, as I am told, as might be expected, as you may have heard, …

(4) as做连词

a. 表示时间，当……时候

________________________________________(正当我们朝着车站走时)，it began to rain.

Key: As we were walking towards the bus station

b. 表示原因

She won’t be coming, _____________________________(由于我们没有邀请她).

Key: as we didn’t invite her

c. 表示让步(语气比较弱些)，注意句中的语序部分倒装。

________________________(尽管天气很冷), we continued our journey.

Key: Cold as it was

d. 表示比较

比较两个人(事物，程度等)在某方面相同用as…as，不相同not so/as…as。

He is not ____________________________ you. (他不如你聪明。)

Key: so intelligent as

As 构成的固定词组：

5. Many Aborigines and Islanders were moved and had their land taken away from them.

a. 遭遇/受某事

My mother ______________________________(手被烫了) when she was cooking.

_____________________________________ on the bus yesterday.

(他昨天在公共汽车上钱被偷了)

b. 让别人做某事

Our computer doesn’t work. _______________________________. (我只好找人检修一下)

Keys:

a. had her hands burned　　　 He had his money stolen

b. I’ll have it repaired/checked

4. Australia is the only country in the world that covers an entire continent.

cover:

(1)覆盖 (put sth over sth)　　 (2)走完(to travel particular distance一段路程)

(3)够付费用(pay for)　　　　 (4)谈到，涉及(deal with, include)

(5)有多少面积(to spread over an area)　　 (6)报道(to report news)

(1)His medical expense was covered by charity fund.

(2)Their studies cover a field of ecology.

(3)China stretches across a vast area covering the cold, temperate and tropical zone.

(4)They covered the distance to the place at a run.

(5)Many foreign news agencies were sent to China to cover 4^th round of textile talks.

Keys: (3)，(4)，(5)，(2)，(6)

3. Her eldest son has been away from home ever since the war broke out.

与break 常用搭配词组

break away from 摆脱， 脱离　　 break out 爆发， 突然发生

break up结束，散会，解散，中断　　　 break down机器坏了，身体垮了，中断

break off突然暂停　　　　　 break into强行进入，突然开始

Fill in the blanks with the proper phrases as above.

(1)The people ______________________________(开始欢呼起来) when they heard the news that we won the bid for the 29^th Olympic Games 2008.

(2)They called out police to ______________________(解散)demonstrators with tear gas.

(3)The Super Girl Contest ________________________ (突然中断)when the wire was cut off.

(4)Modern music ___________________________(脱离)the 18-century rules.

(5)They rushed over to help the old man whose car had _______________________(坏了).

(6)School often _____________________(放假)in July.

　 Keys:

(1)broke into cheers　　 (2)break up　　 (3)broke off　　 (4)has broken away

(5) broken down　　　 (6)breaks up

2. Some Australian Aborigines still live in a similar way to their ancestors, while others live in cities,….

当 while 充当连词时, (有时可用省略句)有以下词义：

a. during time that　　　　　　　　 b. although

c. whereas (而，表示对比)　　　　

完成下列句子

(1)Never call anybody___________________________________.(你开车期间)

(2)The job is easy for an expert, _____________________________.(而对没有经验的人却很难)

(3) __________________________________, he is not liked.(虽然那位教授受到尊敬，但不受欢迎。)

keys:

(1)while you are driving　　 (2)while it is difficult for an inexperienced person

(3)while the professor is respected

1. Modern Australia is made up of six states and two territories.

Verb phrases:

be made up of,　 make up one’s mind, catch up with, put up with, come up with，be fed up with(对……产生厌倦)

Fill in the blanks with the proper phrases as above.

(1)I will not _________________ your rudeness any longer.

(2)You have to work hard in order to ________________ the rest of the class.

(3)A car is _______________ of many different spare parts.

(4)She _____________________the new suggestion that we can go to Australia for holiday.

(5)Chinese explorers have ________________________ to conquer the South Poles.

(6)People get ________________________ anyone who likes to complain.

Keys:

(1)put up with　　 (2)catch up with　　 (3)made up　　 (4)came up with

(5)made up their mind　　　 (6)fed up with