學習英語幽默句子，掌握高中英語語法(4)

　　三、till, until, 和not….until

　　1．肯定句：主句謂語動詞必須是延續性動詞，主句、從句都是肯定式，意為“某動作一直延續到某時間點為止”。如：

　　Son: Remember, Dad, Thomas Edison got bad grades in school, too.

　　Father: Stay in your room until you invented the light bulb.

　　兒子：記住，爸爸，愛迪生上學時成績也很差。

　　父親：呆在你房間里，直到發明出燈泡。

　　Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling passes.

　　每當我想鍛煉時，我就躺下直到這種感覺消失。

　　注：這個人是真不想鍛煉。

　　I was an atheist[無神論者] until I realized I was GOD.

　　在我認識到我是上帝以前我是一個無神論者。

　　注：這種話應該是象尼采一類的狂人說的。

　　2．否定句：主句謂語動詞必須是非延續性動詞，從句為肯定式，意為“某動作直到某時間才開始”。如：

　　I am convinced that both my long age and exceptional health are to be explained by

　　an obvious facts: I never touched a cigarette, a drink, or a girl until I was almost ten

　　years old.

　　我深深相信我的長壽和我格外健康可以由一個顯而易見的事實來解釋：我從來沒有接觸過一根煙、一口酒、一個女孩子，在我差不多10歲以前。

　�。ㄎ抑钡讲畈欢�10歲才接觸煙、酒、女孩子。）

　　Horse owner: This horse is eight-years- old and he’s never raced before.

　　Jockey: How come?

　　Horse Owner: Well, we couldn’t catch him until he was seven.

　　馬主：這匹馬8歲了，他以前從來沒有參加過比賽。

　　職業騎師：怎么會呢？

　　馬主：直到他7歲我們才抓住它。

　　3．Till不可以置于句首，而until可以。

　　Until the horse was seven we couldn’t catch him.

　　4．Not…until句型中的強調和倒裝。

　　It was not until he was seven that we could catch him .（強調句型）

　　Not until he was seven could we catch him.（not until置于句首，主句要倒裝）