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Lesson 38 Everything except the weather唯独没有考虑到天气
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.
参考译文
我的老朋友哈里森在回到英国以前曾多年居住在地中海地区。过去他常幻想退休后到英国，并计划在乡间安顿下来。他刚一回到英国便买下了一幢房子住了进去。但紧接着他就开始抱怨那里的天气了。因为即使那时仍为夏季，但雨总是下个不停，而且常常冷得厉害。在阳光下生活了那么多年的哈里森对此感到惊奇。他的举动就好像他从未在英国生活过一样。最后，他再也忍受不住，还没等安顿下来就卖掉了房子，离开了这个国家。他多年来的幻想从此破灭。哈里森把每件事情都考虑到了，唯独没想到天气。
词汇和短语
except prep. 除了
Mediterranean n. 地中海
complain v. 抱怨
continually adv. 不断地
bitterly adv. 刺骨地
sunshine n. 阳光
1.He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country.
过去完成时
现在完成时和过去完成时的区别如下：
1)现在完成时表示过去发生的某一动作对现在产生的结果或影响，也可指过去开始并延续到现在的动作或状态；而过去完成时表示在过去某一动作或时间以前已发生或完成的动作，也可指从过去某时开始到过去某时为止的动作或状态。即过去的过去。
I have lived here for two years. 我在这里住了两年。
She said that she had lived there for a long time. 她说她在那里住了很长一段时间。
2)现在完成时的时间状语有now, today, tonight, this week, this year, already, yet, just, recently 等；过去完成时的时间状语有by…, at..., before…等。当时间状语表示一段时间时，现在完成时和过去完成时都可以用for或since 引导的状语。
Have you had your lunch yet? 你吃午饭了吗？
They had done the work at five o'clock. 五点钟的时候他们已经完成了那项工作。
2.He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there.
no sooner than
它的意思相当于刚做完A这件事，就做B这件事。例如：
He had no sooner returned than he bought a house.
他一回来就买了一套房子。
如果no sooner 位于句首，主句要用倒装结构。例如：
No sooner had he arrived than he went away again.
他刚到就又走了。
No sooner had the game started No sooner had the game started than it began to rain heavily运动会刚开始，天就下起了大雨。
有一点要注意，no sooner…than 一般用来描述做过的事情，它不能用于表示将来的事。
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Lesson 38 Everything except the weather唯独没有考虑到天气
练习
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本课复述提纲：
1.Where did Harrison live before he returned to England?
2.What did he plan dream of and plan to do?
3.What did he complain about?Why?
4.How did he act?
5.Could he bear it in the end?
6.What did he do at last?
