1、高三英语知识点必修二:since从句的用法1. Since从句为非延续性动词的过去时或现在完成时,时间 的起点应该从从句动作完成时刻算起。例如:Things have changed a lot since I wrote to you last time.自我上次给你写信之后,情况已发生了很大的变化。She has lived with us since she has e here.自从她来到这里,就一直和我们住在一起。2 . Since从句为延续性动词的一般过去时,表示动作或 状态的结束。其含义与动词的词义恰好相反,具有否认意 味。例如:All has changed since he
2、was at home.自从他离开家以后,这里的一切都变了。I haven t written to her since she lived in London.自从离开伦敦以来,我还没有给她写过信。He has never been to see me since I was ill.自从我病愈以来,他一直没有来看我。Two years have passed since I last smoked.我戒烟已经两年了。但如果since从句是延续性动词的现在完成时,那么表示 动作由开始延续至说话的时候,具有肯定意味。例如:He has never been to see me since I
3、have been ill.自从我生病以来,他一直没有来看我。She has talked little since she has stayed at home.自从她呆在家里以后,就很少讲话。Since we have owned a car, we have gone camping every year.自从我们有了汽车后,年年都去野营。3 .在现代英语中,since从句是延续性动词的一般过去 时,有时候也可以表示肯定意味。此时,多半用ever来加强 since的语义。例如:She has known me ever since she was a child.她从小就认识我了。I h
4、ave live here ever since I was born.我生下来就住在这里。4 .在it is+时间+since从句结构中,since从句是非延 续性动词的一般过去时,含有肯定意味。例如:It is three years since her husband left her.她丈夫离开她已经3年了。It is over sixty years since the People s Republie of China was established.中华人民共和国已经成立60多年了。5 .在it is+时间+since从句结构中,since从句是延续 性动词的一般过去时,含有否
5、认的意味。例如:It is three years since she stayed here.她离开这里已经3年了。How long is it since you were a league member?你*有多久了?6 .在it is+时间+since从句结构中,since从句是现在 完成时或过去完成时,均含有否认意味。例如:It is five years since we have seen her.我们已经5年没有见她了。It was years since I had seen her.在那之前,我已经有好久没有见到她了。It s been a long time since
6、I ve seen you.我已经很久没有见到你了。另外,根据英语惯用法,since从句不可以否认形式出 现。例如:It is four years since I have smoked a cigarette. 我已经4年不抽烟了。不可说:It is four years since I haven, t smoked a cigarette.但由于下句中的since不作“自从”解,所以从句可以 用否认形式。例如:I haven t been out anywhere since I don t know how long.也不知多久了,我哪儿也没去过。Since从句通常不与非延续性动词的
7、现在完成时的肯定 式连用。例如:Her mother died when she was a child.她小时候母亲就去世了。不可说:Her mother has died since she was a child.Since前不可加表示时间的词语,但可以与ago连用。例如:She has lived with us since her mother died three years ago.自从她母亲3年前去世,她就一直和我们住在一起。不可说:She has lived with us three years since her mother died.在 It was five years ago since his father died. 一句中的since用错了,因为在含有ago的时间范畴里,已 经有了从过去的一个时间点以来的时间,即已有了 since的 时间范畴,所以再用since是多余的。改为:It was five years ago that his father died.他父亲5年前去世了。It is five years since his father died.他父亲去世已经5年了。