英语语法： since和by the time的用法

前面我们学习了英语语法：be likely to的用法、give up和give in的用法、blamed和to blame的用法、willing和unwilling的用法

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专项训练三  改错题

26. Since the time you come back, they must have been married.

到你回来时，他们一定已经结婚了。

26. Since改成By。since“自从”；by the time是固定用法，表示“到……时候”。

例句：Since then, women have surged into power here.

从那时起，女性开始涌入英国政坛。

结构分析：

By the time引导时间状语从句，you是主语，come是谓语，back是状语, they是主语，must have been married是谓语。

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20201125作业：1. 改错，并进行句子结构、时态分析。

27. They could afford to buy the house because it was too expensive.

因为房子太贵了，所以他们买不起房子。

英语外刊，精读练习：1.句子结构、时态等分析；2.将英文译成中文。

Ethiopian refugee Sejamara didn't know what to expect when she and her husband waded across a river to Sudan, certainly not the welcome they received from local residents.【The Guardian】