大多数的the majority of,

a, 或者 the,+ majority of ,+ 名词复数，作主语时，谓语动词多用复数。

the majority, 单独作主语，谓语动词用单数或复数形式均可。

大多数人似乎更喜欢看游戏而不是玩游戏。The majority of people seem to prefer watching games to playing games,

大多数人赞成这项提议。The majority were in favour of the proposal,

The majority was in favour of the proposal,

by a majority of, + 数字，以超过   票的多数

她以900票的多数赢得了选举。She won the election by a majority of 900 votes,

 把 看做treat,  as,

那位好心的女士把我当成了自己的女儿。The kind lady treated me as her own daughter,

把  认为regard,  as,  

consider,  

consider,  as,    

think of,  as,  

look on,  as,   

look upon,  as,  

take,  for,

 注意 在consider, as,短语中as,可省略，其他短语中不可。

 我不喜欢唱歌，也不喜欢电脑。I don't enjoy singing, nor do I like computers,

 摇滚音乐还可以，滑雪也行。Rock music is OK, and so is skiing,

 我不知道，也不关心。I don't know, nor do I care,

玛丽晚上从不看书，约翰也不。Mary never does any reading in the evening, nor does John,

nor,  so,  neither,  可引起倒装句。

 查克是个生意人，他总是那么忙，几乎没有时间和朋友在一起。Chuck is a businessman who is always so busy that he has little time for his friends,

她是一个非常可爱的女孩，我们都喜欢她。Joan is such a lonely girl that all of us like her,  

She is so lovely a girl that we all like her,

so,+ much, 或者 little, + 不可数名词 + that, 从句

注意：当little,不表示数量“少”而表示“小”的意思时，仍然  要用such,

你也是个很好的人还有你可爱的女儿you're such a good person too and you have such a sweet little girl,

当so, + 形容词或者副词   such, + 名词  位于句首时，主句需要倒装。

 我觉得生活在一个说英语的国家太难了，所以我决定学英语。So difficult did I feel it to live in an English-speaking country that I determined to learn English,

so + 形容词 位于句首时，主句倒装。

 一天，查克在飞越太平洋时．他的飞机突然坠毁了。One day Chuck is on a flight across the Pacific Ocean when suddenly his plane crashes,

我正在湖中游泳，突然暴风雨来了We were swimming in the lake when suddenly the storm started,

只有"when," 作连词，表示“正在这时，突然”。常见句型：be about to do something when,或者 be doing something when, 或者be on the point of doing something when,

 他不得不学会收集淡水．寻找食物，生火什么的。He has to learn how to collect water, hunt for food, and make fire,

 我们必须决定买哪一个。We must decide which one to buy,

疑问词which, what, how, when, where,等与不定式构成不定式短语。

 以前我与孩子在一块儿工作过。因此我知道我的新工作需要什么。I've worked with children before, so I knew what to expect in my new job,

 为了生存下去，查克和一位不寻常的朋友“排球”建立了友谊，查克叫他威尔森。In order to survive, Chuck developed a friendship with an unusual friend, a volleyball he called Wilson,

 to do something, in order to do something,  so as to do something,  in order that, 从句或者so that 从句  为了，以便

注意： so as to do something 不能位于句首。

如果主句与从句的主语一致时，四个结构可以相互转换。

在in order that, 或者 so that, 引导的从句中，谓语动词常与can, could, may, might, 等情态动词连用。

我想提前二十分钟到以便有时间喝杯茶。I'd like to arrive 20 minutes early so that I can have time for a cup of tea,

 “一  就 ”as soon as,

“结果是”as a result,

 “万一”in case,

“以便，为的是”so that,

他建议农民选择最好的种子穗，那些颜色最好的。He advised farmers to choose the best seed-heads, the ones that had the best color,

这些年后见到我叔叔是一个难忘的时刻，我将永远珍惜。Meeting my uncle after these years was an unforgotten moment, one I will always treasure,

 one,作同位语，指代a moment,

 that,不能引导非限制性定语从句，

if,不能作同位语，

what,既不能引导非限制定语从句，也不能作同位语。可以填which,这样就成了非限制性定语从句。

 长期以来，美国英语保持不变，但英国英语变化了。For a long time the language in America stayed the same, while the language in England changed,

常见的系动词有: become, get, turn, grow, go, come, run, fall, keep, stay, remain, stay, 。

 第一次for the first time,

for the first time, 第一次，后面不加从句，在句中作状语

他们第一次来北京。They came to Beijing for the first time,

the first time, 名词短语，在从句中充当连词，后接时间状语从句，不接that, when,等连词。有同样用法的短语还有：every time, next time, the last time,

他们第一次去北京就喜欢那里。They liked Beijing the first time they went there,

It's, 或者 This is,+ the first time that + 从句(用现在完成时)  这是  的第一次。

这是我第一次出国。It's the first time that I have ever been abroad at all,

强调句的用法：It is, 或者It was, (过去时间) + 被强调部分 + that, 或者who, (专指人) + 其他部分

除了谓语动词不能强调，句子的每部分均可强调。  

吉姆上周在街上遇见了那个学生Jim met the student in the street last week,

It was Jim who met the student in the street last week,

It was Jim that met the student in the street last week,

It was the student whom Jim met in the street last week,

It was the student that Jim met in the street last week,

It was in the street that Jim met the student last week,

It was last week that Jim met the student in the street,

刚才和你说话的是王医生吗？。Was it Dr Wang who spoke to you just now?,

谁要来参观我们班？。Who is it that will visit our class?,

他去哪儿了？。Where is it that he has gone?,

她什么时候去的？When was it that she went?,

 Not,  until, 用于强调句：

直到那时我才意识到我错了。It was not until then that I realized I was wrong,

 谈论喜欢和不喜欢talking about likes and dislikes,

我非常喜欢中国菜，请随便吃。I enjoy Chinese food very much, Help yourself,

这本书很有趣。This book is very interesting,

我非常喜欢这部电影。 I love the movie very much,

I like the movie very much,

我喜欢玩电脑游戏。I love to play computer games,

I like to play computer games,

我喜欢拍照。I like taking photos,

我喜欢听音乐。I enjoy listening to music,

我对科学感兴趣，我的爱好是，I'm interested in science, My hobbies are,

我对科学感兴趣，我的兴趣是。I'm interested in science,My interests are,

他喜欢音乐。He is fond of music,

这首歌糟透了。This song is bad,

This song is awful,

我不太喜欢这部电影。I don't like the movie very much,

我一点也不喜欢这部电影。I don't like the movie at all,

我不喜欢集邮I don't enjoy collecting stamps,

我讨厌做作业我讨厌跳舞，I hate to do homework, I hate dancing,

我不喜欢古典音乐，I'm not into classic music,

我觉得古典音乐很无聊，I think that classic music is boring,

我觉得古典音乐很糟糕，I think that classic music is terrible,

 道歉making apologies,

 很抱歉这么晚才给你打电话。 I'm sorry, I'm calling you so late,

非常抱歉。我不是有意伤害你的感情。I'm very sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings,

对此我非常抱歉。I'm terribly sorry about that,

恐怕我给你带来太多麻烦了。I'm afraid I've brought you too much trouble,

请原谅我迟到了。Please excuse me coming late,

请原谅我。Please forgive me,

对不起。Excuse me, please,

没关系。That's all right,

It's all right,

That's OK,

It's OK,

没什么;这没什么;It's nothing,

休想！ ; 算了吧 ; 忘了吧Forget it,

别担心。Don't worry about that,

没关系，别客气;不客气;别提了Never mind,

It doesn't matter,

Don't mention it,

 谈论语言交际困难Talking about language difficulties in communication,

我很抱歉。我没有听清你的话。请你再说慢一点好吗？I'm sorry, I can't catch you,Would you please repeat it more slowly?,

请再说一遍。Pardon?

I beg your pardon,

对不起，我不能跟上你的讲话。Sorry, I can't follow you,

请你说慢一点好吗？Can you speak more slowly, please?,

用英语怎么说？How do you say，  in English?,

我不知道用英语怎么说。 I don't know how to say that in English,

我不知道用英语表达这个单词。 I don't know the word in English,

 请问怎么拼写？ How do you spell it, please?,

对不起，我只懂一点英语。请再说一遍好吗？ I'm sorry I only know a little English,Could you repeat that, please?,

请再说一遍好吗？ Could you say that again, please?,

你打发时间要跟我说什么？What do you mean by killing time?,

大卫最近进步很大，他和你也是。David has made great progress recently, So he has and so have you ,

答句中的he指David，与谈话的主语是同一个人，不倒装。

你也一样。So have you,

他根本不在乎别人怎么想。 Little does he care about what others think,

在学校，他喜欢踢足球。At school, what he enjoys is playing football,

听到这个令人失望的消息，在场的所有女人都哭了起来。At the disappointing news, all the women present burst out crying,

他正要告诉我这个秘密，这时有人拍了拍他的肩膀。He was about to tell me the secret when someone patted him on the shoulder,

"when,"表示“就在这时，突然”。

狼用可怕的声音说，学者感到害怕。The wolf said in a frightening voice and the scholar felt frightened,

在我们的日常生活中，英语被广泛使用。 In our everyday life, English is widely used,

你好，玛丽。我有女朋友了。她长什么样？不错！相当漂亮。 Hello, Mary, I've got a girlfriend, What's she like? Not bad! Quite pretty,

消防队员到达之前，大火已经熄灭了半小时。The fire had been out for half an hour before the fire fighters arrived,

有人建议农民平分土地。It has been suggested that the land be shared equally among the peasants,

It has been suggested that the land should be shared equally among the peasants,

她对物理感兴趣，并尽可能多地阅读有关这一主题的书籍。She took an interest in physics and read as many books as she could on the subject,

那个年轻人怎么样？他好多了。How's the young man?He is much better,

How's+人？问身体情况。

让哈利也玩你的玩具吧。你必须学会分享。Let Harry play with your toys as well,you must learn to share,

除了领子外，这件新衣服穿在你身上很好看。The new dress looks wonderful on you except for the collar,

你的同学苏珊呢？我们的老师认为她是个好聪明的学生。What about your classmate, Susan? Our teacher consider her a good and clever student,

What about your classmate, Susan? Our teacher consider as her a good and clever student,