一般过去式:短动作;过去进行时:长动作。
When the plane arrived, the two men were waiting at the airport.
The plane arrived when the two men were waiting at the airport.
The plane arrived while the two men were waiting at the airport.
before
after
口语/标语
Take the medicine before you have meals.
Flush it after you use the toilet.
过去完成时 before 一般过去时
The bus had left before Baby face arrived at the stop.
The thief had gone away before Baby face got home.
The thief had escaped before the police arrived.
一般过去时 after 过去完成时
Baby face arrived at the stop after the bus had left.
Baby face got home after the thief had gone away.
the police arrived after the thief had excaped.
since
现完 + since 过去时间点
I have worked in this school since 2005
现完 + 一过解释的时间点
I have worked in this school since I graduated from university.
not ... until
till
直到
She waited for her husband till midnight.
直到...才...
until的动作发生时前面的动作才发生
She didn't go to bed until her husband come back.
The boy didn't go to bed until he finished homework.
as soon as
一...就...
I'll write to you as soon as I get there.
I turned off the TV as soon as I saw my mom.
条件状语从句
if
如果
If you fail in the exam, you will let me down.
unless
除非(...否则)= if not
Unless it rains, the game will be played.
=If it doesn't rain, the game will be played.
结果状语从句
如此...以致于...
so + 形容词/副词+ that
The stone is so heavy that I can't lift.
The boy is so cute that we all love him.
such + 名词短语+ that
It is such a heavy stone that I can't lift it.
He is such a cute boy that we all love him.
名词such形副so
多多少少还是so
There are so many people in the bus that I can't turn round.
There was so much food that we couldn't eat it all.
He has so few friends in Beijing that he often feels lonely.
I have so little money that I can't afford the car.
little一词有多解
小用such少用so
They were such little mice that nobody noticed them.
The mice had so little food that they had to steal again.
目的状语从句
为了
so that
不能用于句首
He must get up early so that he can catch the first bus.
He worked day and night so that he could succeed.
in order that
He must get up early in order that he can catch the first bus.
He worked day an night in order that he could succeed.
In order that he could succeed, he worked day and night.
in order to + do
He worked day and night in order to succeed.
原因状语从句
因为...所以...
because
so
不能连用
Because I got up late, I was late for school.
I got up late, so I was late for school.
让步状语从句
虽然...但是...
though
although
but
不能连用
Thought(Although) he eats too much every day, he looks very thin.
He eats too much every day, but he looks very thin.
主将(祈)从现
if, when, before, after,
as soon as, not...until, unless