Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note

重点句型

1. Well, towards nightfall I found myself carried out to sea by a strong wind.
快到黄昏的时候，我发现自己被一阵大风刮到了海上。
find+sb./sth.+宾语补足语=find(+that)+sb./sth.+谓语动词
联想拓展
find+it+adj./n./adv./prep. 觉得做某事是……
find +sb./ sth. doing 发现……在做……(主动)
find sb./ sth. done 发现……被做……(被动或表示状态)
find oneself in/at... 发觉自己在某处/处于……
find sb./sth.+adj.+to do 觉得……(to do用主动形式表被动意义)
I found that the boy was hiding behind the door.
=I found the boy hiding behind the door.
我发现那个男孩子藏在门后。
When day broke, we found ourselves in a small village at the foot of the mountain.
破晓时，我们发现自己在山脚下的一个小村子里。
She got home, only to find the door locked/closed.
她回到家，却发现门锁上了。
Marx found idioms hard to learn.
=Marx found it hard to learn idioms.
马克思觉得习惯用语很难学。

2. The next morning I’d just about given myself up for lost when I was spotted by a ship.
第二天早上，我正感到绝望的时候，一艘船发现了我。
句中的when表示“这时，就在这个(那个)时候(=and then；and just then；and at that time)”，当when作此意讲时，通常和正在发生的或即将发生的动作连用，构成：be doing ...when .../be about to do ...when ...的句型。其中when引导的从句要用一般过去时。
I was wandering through the streets when I caught sight of a tailor’s shop.
我正在街上闲逛，(这时)忽然看见了一家服装店。
We were having a meeting when someone broke in.
我们在开会的时候，有人突然闯入。
We were about to set off on our way when it suddenly began to rain. 我们快要动身离开的时候，天突然下起了雨。
例题：
Jasmine was holidaying with her family in a wildlife park _____ she was bitten on the leg by a lion.
A. When     B. while    C. since      D. before
解析: 选A。when在本句中为连词，相当于and just then, and just at that time, 意为“就在那时”。引导一个忽然出现的动作。
句意为：Jasmine 正在和她的家人在野生动物园度假时，她被狮子咬伤了腿。