读后续写和应用文中常见的语法现象（上）（配高分作文例句）
1.It was not long before my father reached home and related to us the whole story.
2.It wasn’t long before Jack was home again and doing well.
3.It was not long before I realized my mother had plodded ten miles in the pouring rain, only to get me medicine.
1.It was eight o’clock sharp when my mother popped in as scheduled and related to us the whole story.
2.It was 3:00 in the morning when street cleaners toiled hard in the street so as to create a tidy environment for citizens.
3.It was nearly dawn when the patient died.
1.It was Mom who taught me we should never take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
2.It was then I realized that every small action of kindness can make a big difference to the world.
1.It was a pity that his son just wasn’t here.
2.It’s my great privilege to talk about the enormous benefits we reap by mastering English.
3.It is a good idea to recycle and reuse resources.
1.It is advisable that you take in plenty of water in case you dehydrated.
2. It is compulsory that all students switch off their mobile throughout the lecture.
3.It is desirable that you can make it to our appointment as scheduled.
A. As 引导的定从
1.As scheduled, our school held an English Speech Competition last Friday at 7 p.m.in the school hall, which attracted many enthusiastic students2 from each class.
2.As it turned out, this ‘ruthless’ lady used the Grade F approach to bring out Monty’s will and determination.
3.As it turned out, suspended coffee was paid in advance for the poor, by those privileged yet loving people .
1.Extraordinarily crucial as the pure water source is to sustain people’s life in the dilemma, not many of us will appreciate the continuous supply of clean water in our everyday life.
2. Disappointed as John was to have failed in the job interview, he still kept up his optimism and high spirits.
1.The moment I crashed through the kitchen door, sobbing, mum rushed over.
2.The moment their eyes met, hers widened in surprise, and then she shouldered her way through the crowd to her youngest son.
3.Hardly had Mary saw the comb when she began to weep gently.
1.What angered me most was that he repeatedly broke into my house without ringing the doorbell.
2.What frustrated me was that none of my attempts in connecting with him succeeded and he kept giving me cold shoulders.
3.What delighted the mother most was the little fool who was intelligently retarded was appointed to be a general in the army.
1.When reports came into London Zoo that a puma had been spotted 40 miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.
2.When rumor came into the company that he was arrested because of his bribery, it was not taken seriously.
3.Legend has it that, to spare Quyuan’s body from being eaten by the fish, people throw rice dumplings into Miluo river to divert the fish’s attention.