每课一句：新概念第2册第38课
【往期回顾】
今天我们接着来看第38课的“每课一句”。
一、课文原文
Lesson 38 Everything except the weather
My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England. He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country. He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there. Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. After so many years of sunshine, Harrison got a shock. He acted as if he had never lived in England before. In the end, it was more than he could bear. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.
——选自《新概念英语》第二册，外语教学与研究出版社，1997年10月第1版
二、每课一句
He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there.
这句话采用了句型“no sooner...than...”，表示“一...就...”，相当于“hardly...when...”。
注意，no sooner或hardly所在的句子的谓语动词一般要采用过去完成时had done，而than或when所在的句子的谓语动词要采用一般过去时did。
比如上面的句子可以改为：
He had hardly returned when he bought a house and went to live there.
注意，上句中的hardly也可以用scarcely或rarely来替换。
本文中还有一句话也是这个句型的运用，即：
He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country.
三、更多拓展
In the end, it was more than he could bear.
句中的more than sb. can/could bear表示“某人再也无法忍受”，其基本用法为：
sth./sb. is/was more than sb. can/could bear
比如：
The boring life here is far more than he can bear.他再也无法忍受这里无聊的生活了。