• As if/as though后面的句子如果是陈述式的话，表 示从某种迹象看，所表达的事情是真实的，或是 可能发生的。比如： • It looks as if it’s going to rain.看上去天好象要下 雨。
He walks as if he is drunk.（表示从他
的走路姿势来判断，他是醉了。） He walks as if he were drunk.（表示 他根本没有喝酒，这里只是一个假设）
complain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.
Complain about和complain of： Complain about多用于对你不满意的事情“抱 怨”，而complain of多用于“由于生病或是身体 某一部分不适、疼痛”的抱怨。
In spring: Mild（温和的）, dry and sunny. Rainy, cloudy and warm. In summer: Dry, cloudy and cool. Rain and showers. In autumn: Dry, sunny. Fog early and late. In winter: Strong winds, heavy rain. Snow, cold. The best seasons are spring and summer. The nearer the summer, the warmer the sun shines. It’s warmer. The nearer the winter, the colder the days are. In winter they have all kinds of weather. Sometimes it rains and sometimes it snows heavily, and they also have fog and frost（霜）. The two worst months in England are January and February. They have many cold wet days one after another.
所以，课文中“as if he had never lived in England before”用的就是虚拟 式，所以使用了“have never lived”的 过去式“had never lived”。表示
• 句中使用了“hardly…when”结构。这里 我们结合“no sooner…than…”一起来讲： • 【no sooner…than… & hardly…when…】 的用法： • 1) 这两个句型意思相同，都表示“一… 就…”“刚…就…”，经常同过去完成时 态连用： • He had no sooner returned than he bought a house.
3. He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there.
这句话中，我们要学习一个非常重要的和“过去 完成时”连用的结构 “no sooner…than”。“no sooner…than”和我们以前讲过的“as soon as”是 一样的，都是表示“一…就…”。还有下面我们要 讲的“hardly…when”结构，都是和“过去完成时” 连用的。具体的使用我们在下面和 “hardly…when”一起讲。这句话的意思是“他刚 一回到英国便买下了一幢房子住了进去。
单词解析：
2.Mediterranean n. 地中海
the--3. Complain v.
complain to sb.向某人抱怨
Don`t complain to anyone when you make mistakes. complain of/about sth to sb 向某人抱怨某事 Complain about和complain of：
What causes the different weather in different places?
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How is the weather today?
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How is the weather in England?
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在阳光下生活了那么多年的Harrison对此 感到惊奇。
6.He acted as if he had never lived in England before.
As if表示“象…一样”。常用来引导表示方式的 状语从句。As if也可以用as though代替，意思是 一样的。在用法上，as if/as though后面句子的时 态有两种，一种是陈述式。一种是虚拟式（一般 是在陈述式基础上将助动词变成过去式形式。）
New words and expressions:
except prep 除了 bitterly ad. 刺骨的
sunshine n. 阳光 Mediterranean n. 地中海 complain v. 抱怨
单词解析：
1.except prep 除了 except、except for和apart from的使用区 别。在句首时，我们常用except for和apart from。 第14课 except 表示“除……外，(其余都)……”指 同一类事物的总体中除去一部分。 如：He gets up early everyday except Sunday. 除星期天外，他每天早起。 except for： 它的宾语与前述对象完全是两回 事。例如：The room was very cold and,
8. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country.
到主语前： Hardly had I started my supper when I heard a knock on the door. No sooner Had I started my supper I as heard a knock on hardly…when the door. 3) than as soon 可与一般现在时连用，而
the Mediterranean：地中海 在14课的语法中，我们给大家介绍了和“过去完成 时”连用的一些介词，比如：after，as soon as， not…until…，而我们这课的语法重点也是“过去 完成时”。在这个句子中，我们使用了before来 和“过去完成时”连用，表达“过去的过去”概 念。 “he returned to England”已经是“过去”了，那
与 no sooner…than则通常与过去完成连用，几乎不 与一般现在时连用： As soon as he had returned, he bought a house. As soon as he returns, he’ll buy a house.
Notes on the text 1.dream of 2.settle down 3.no sooner ---than 4.even though 5.as if 6.more than
1. return = come back / turn back/ give back 2. dream of doing sth. / make a dream 3. settle down in the country / in the countryside 4. no sooner…than / hardly … when 5. complain to sb. about sth. 6. for, because, since, as, so 7. even though, though, but, although 8. act, actor, actress, action, activity 9. as if 10.In the end = at last = finally 11. bear = stand 12. think of / think about / think over 13. except, except for, besides, but 14. 过去完成时 had + done
单词解析：
6. sunshine n.a drop of sunshine一缕阳光 She`s always like a drop of sunshine.
Language points
1. My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England.
英国属海洋性气候，具有冬暖夏凉的特点,冬夏 没有很大差别，这主要是因为它是一个岛屿国 家。(冬天,海洋比陆地温度高，海风将热量带到 陆地，导致陆地温度升高，夏天则相反）.西风 常常吹过英国大陆，致使常年有雨.