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在中学英语中,连词词组as soon as,no sooner...than,hardly...when,scarcely...when可译为“一……就”,此用法很普遍。但教材中出现这样一个句子"The young lady rushed into the room immediately she heard the noise."句中immediately用作连词,给学生对整个句子的理解带来了困难。副词immediately作连词用时,译为“一……就”,用来引导一个时间状语从句。所以上述句子可译为:这位年轻的女士一听到声响就冲进了房间。在英语中“一……就”的表达方式很多,现对此类容易被忽视的“一……就”的表达形式,笔者作如下归纳和简析:
一、副词instantly,immediately,directly,presently,once作连词时,表示“一……就”。试比较:
1.Instantly the bell rang and the students came into the classroom(副词)
铃很快就响了,学生们冲进了教室。
Instantly the bell rang,the students came into the classroom.(连词)
铃一响,学生们就冲进了教室。
2.They told me the news immediately when they got the message.(副词)
当他们得到口信后就立即把消息告诉我了。
They told me the mews immediately they got the message.(连词)
他们一得到口信就把消息告诉我了。
3.He went to see her directly after he got the letter.(副词)
他收到信后就立即去看她了。
He went to see her directly he got the letter.(连词)
他一收到信就去看她了。
4.Her son turned on the TV presently after she left the house.(副词)
她离开房屋后,她儿子立即打开了电视机。
Her son turned on the TV presently she left the house.(连词)
她一离开房屋,她儿子就打开了电视机。
5.once引导的从句可以表示时间和条件。如:
Once you understand this rule,you will have no furtherdifficulty.
=As soon as you understand this rule,you will have nofurther difficulty.(时间)
一旦你理解这条规律,你就不再有什么困难了。
=If you understand this rule,you will have no further difficulty.(条件)
如果你理解这条规律,你就不再有什么困难了。
二、定冠词加含瞬间意义的名词:the moment,the instant,theminute,the second作连词,引导时间状语从句,表示从句的动作一发生,主句动作随即发生,通常也译为“一……就”。如:
1.She came to the scene the moment she heard of theaccident.
她一听说出了事故,就立即到了现场。
2.The thief ran away the instant the policeman appeared.
警察一出现,小偷就跑了。
3.The minute the got the message,they told me the news.
他们一得到口信就把消息告诉我了。
4.The second the bell rang,the students dashed out of theclassroom.
铃一响,学生们就冲出了教室。
There is only one good,that is knowledge;there is only oneevil,that is ignorannce.
--Socrates
善只有一个,那就是知识;恶只有一个,那就是愚昧。
——苏格拉底
(长弓辑)