3. 應該多閱讀,甚至背誦一些經(jīng)典句型和篇章。《新概念英語》第二冊和第三冊就有許多非常值得學習的句式。以第二冊為例,Lesson38中有兩個關(guān)于”no sooner…than”和”hardly…when”的例句: He had no sooner returned than he bought a fine house and went to live there. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. 提到”cannot…to”(再……也不過分)的用法,Lesson41也有兩個例句: A man can never have too many ties. A woman can’t have too many hats. 體現(xiàn)虛擬語氣用法的例句更多。如Lesson40中有一句: “Young man,” she answered, “If you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!” 諸如此類,不勝枚舉。 語法學習和詞匯學習是英語進階的綱,綱舉目張,因此我們重點談談如何突破這兩部分的難點。
1. 虛擬語氣。強調(diào)說話人的主觀愿望和假想情況。考生應著重復習能引起虛擬語氣的某些介詞、介詞短語和連詞(如lest, in case, otherwise等);一部分表示建議、主張、命令、緊要等概念的詞語,由于本身隱含說話人的主觀愿望,其后的主語從句、賓語從句、同位語從句往往采用“should+動詞原形”;虛擬倒裝句;在would rather, wish, as if, it’s time that等句型中使用適當形式表達主觀愿望;混合虛擬句。
2. 主謂一致。這類考題靈活性大,需要根據(jù)實際情況判斷謂語動詞的單復數(shù)形式。一部分具有生命意義的集合名詞做主語時謂語動詞多采用復數(shù)形式,如people, poultry, militia等;用and連接的成分表單一概念時謂語動詞用單數(shù);就近原則:主語中含有某些連詞(如as well as, besides, in addition to等)時,謂語動詞的數(shù)同第一個主語保持一致。