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Grammar and usage学案

第一部分：重点讲解：

1.but for (P56)

except for sb./sth.; without sb./sth. 要不是

I'd have crashed the car but for your warning.

2. if only (P56)

used when you want to say how doing sth. simple would make it possible to avoid sth. unpleasant: 要是...就好了,但愿

If only she'd listen to what he's saying, I'm sure they could work it out.

3. What I want to remind every is...((P57) 我想要提醒大家的是...

remind

vt. to make someone aware of sth. they have forgotten or might have forgotten: 提醒

Could you remind Paul about dinner on Saturday?

[+ to infinitive] Please remind me to post this letter.

[+ (that)] I rang Jill and reminded her (that) the conference had been cancelled.

remind you of sth./sb.

phrasal verb

to be similar to, and make you think of, sth. or someone else: 使某人想起

Your hair and eyes remind me of your mother.

reminder

n. [C] a written or spoken message which reminds someone to do sth.: 备忘录，备忘物

If he forgot to pay his rent, his landlady would send him a reminder.

[+ to infinitive] Mum sent me off with a final reminder to be back before 11pm.

相关高考试题

In our childhood, we were often ________ by Grandma to pay attention to our table manners. （2005江苏)

A. demanded B. reminded C. allowed D. hoped

答案及解析：B 我们被提醒吃饭时要有礼貌。