5. Every four years athletes from all over the world take

　　 part in the Olympic Games.

　　 每四年，来自世界各地的运动员们都要参加奥运会。

　　 (1 )every 和表示数量的词连用

　　 every 可与表示数量的词连用，表示时间或空间。

　　 I usually gO to my uncle's every three days ( =every

　　 third day).

　　 我通常每三天(每隔两天)去我叔叔家一次。

　　 They looked up and gave a smlle to each other every

　　 few minutes.

　　 每隔几分钟他们抬起头相互笑笑。

　　 [注意]every 后可接few，但不能接 a few，因every-

　　 词包含了a之意，另外every后也不能接some,

　　 several, many等词。

　　 (2) every后接序数词时，则修饰单数可数名词。

　　 every可与other + 单数可数名词连用，表示“每隔......”。

　　 Please write on every other line (third line).

　　 请隔行写。(请隔两行写一行)

　　 They planted a tree every other metre along the road.

他们在马路边每隔一米栽一棵树。

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4. I'd rather watch it than play it.

　 我愿意观看，不愿参与。

　 (1) rather...than... 常与 would / had 连用，意思是

　 “宁可；宁愿”，“与其……不如……；宁愿……而不愿

　　 He is rather wise than honest.

　　 与其说他诚实不如说他聪明。

　　 I would rather stay at home than go for a walk.

　　 = I would stay at home rather than go for a walk.

　　 我宁愿呆在家里也不出去散步。

　　 (2) rather than 而不；宁可；情愿

　　 He prefers to chemistry mther than physics.

　　 他喜欢化学而不喜欢物理。

　　 Rather than go by air, I'd take the slowest train.

　　 我宁可坐最慢的火车去也不乘飞机去。

　　 [拓展] would mther 后接动词原形，它常用于以下结

　　 构。

　　 Would rather do sth. / not do sth. / do sth. than

　　 Would rather 有时接从句，从句的谓语动词要用虚拟

　　 语气。一般过去时表示现在与将来的动作或状态；

　　 过去完成时表示过去的动作或状态。

　　 I'd rather you met her at the airport tomorrow morning.

　　 我宁愿你明天早上到机场接她。

3. do au one can to do sth.

　 do everything olle caIl to do sth.

　 do one's best to do sth.

　 这几个句型结构都表示一个意思“尽某人最大努力

　 做某事”。do what one carl to do sth. 中的 what 引导

　 一个宾语从句；do all one can to do sth. 和 do

　 everything one can to do sth. 中省略了定语从句的关

　 系代词that，all 和everything 做先行词。在这几个

　 句型中的不定式表目的，做目的状语。

　 We should do everything / we can / what we can / our best to learn English well.

　 我们要竭尽全力把英语学好。

　 [拓展] make every possibl effort / mare the greatest effort to do sth.

　 尽可能／最大努力来做某事

2. Strong, proud and united, the people of St.

　　 Petersburg are the inodenl heroes of Russia.

　　 坚强，骄傲，团结，圣·彼得堡的人们是俄国现代的

　　 英雄。

　　 本句中strong，proud and united是形容词作状语，

　　 说明句子主语的特征和性质。

　　 Helpless, we watched the house being destroyed by

　　 the strong wind.

　　 眼睁睁地看着房子被狂风摧毁，我们无能为力。

　　 The thief hid himself in the corner, afraid of being

　　 caught.

　　 小偷躲在角落里，担心被人捉住。

　　 do what one can to do sth.

1. Where there is a river, there is a city.

　 有河流的地方，就有城市。

　 在这个句子中，where 引导了一个地点状语从句，意

　 思为“有……的地方，就有……”。

　 Where there is a will, thereis a way.

　 有志者，事竟成。

　 Where there is enough sunlight and water, crops grow

　 well.

　 阳光和水充足的地方，庄稼就长得好。

　 Go where he tells you to go.

　 他让你到哪儿，你就到哪儿。

　 [拓展] where 引导的状语从句与定语从句的区别

　 where引导状语从句时，其前面无先行词，where也

　 不能换成“介词+which”。

　 where 引导定语从句时，其前面有名词做先行词，

　 where 可以换成“介词 + which"。

　 Make marks where you have any questions. (状语从

　 句)

　 Make marks at the places where you have any

　 questions. (定语从句)

　 在你有问题的地方做上标记。

5．比较状语从句。例如：

　 lt is not as hot in Beijing as in Wuhan

[考例3](NMET 1990) ____ the day went on, the

weather got worse.

　　 A. With　　 B. Since　 C. While　　 D. As

[考查目标]状语从句。

[答案与解析]D　 句子的意思是“随着岁月的推移，天

气越来越糟”。应该选as引导时间状语从句。

[考点4]In sydney the Chinese team got 28 gold medals,

ranking third of all the competing countries. 在悉尼奥运

会上。中国队共获28枚金牌，在所有的参赛国中，金牌

总数名列第三。

该句中的ranking为v-ing形式作状语。例如：

He went away．Ieaving the door open他走了，没有关

门。

v-ing在句中作状语，常常表示时间、原因、伴随、方式、

结果等。

[考例4](2004吉林) "We can’t go out in this weather,"

said Bob, ____ out of the window.

　　 A. looking　　 B. to look

　　 C. looked　　 D. having looked

[考查目标]wing形式作状语。

[答案与解析]A　 句子意思是“鲍勃看了看窗外，说这

种天气我们不能出去”。

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4. 让步状语从句。例如：

　 Child as he is, he knows a lot.

3. 方式状语从句。例如：

　 Do as I tell you to.

2. 原因状语从句。例如：

　　 As he developed a bad cold, he didn't go to school

　　 yesterday.

1. 时间状语从句。例如：

　 As time went by, it became colder and colder.