2． still, just

still“仍然，还”，强调过去开始的情况或动作仍在继续，指时间，强调延续；just“刚刚，刚才”，多与现在完成时连用。注意要与just now区别开，just now指过去的时间，常与过去时连用。

[例] (1)Has your sister still lived here?

你妹妹仍然住在这儿吗？

(2)I have just finished lunch.

我刚吃过中饭。

(3)I saw her mother just now.

我刚才看见了她母亲。

现在完成时态我们在前面的几个单元中都讲述过，所以本单元只讲现在完成时态与几个副词的关系。

1． ever, never

ever“曾经”，表示从过去到目前为止的时间，用于现在完成时态的疑问和含有最高级的从句中，否定句中常用never代替ever，在反意疑问句中，附加问句用肯定。

[例] (1)Have you ever been to Hefei?

你曾去过合肥吗？

(2)This is the most interesting film that I have ever seen.

这是我曾看过的电影中最有趣的一部。

(3)He has never been to the Great Wall, has he?

他从未去过长城，是吗？

2．询问某人的喜好

What is your favorite band?

Who is your favorite band member?

1．问某人做过了某事及回答

Have you packed yet?

Not yet. I’ll do it in a minute.

Have you watered the plants yet?

Yes, I’ve already done that.

No, I haven’t done it yet.

9． clear [kli] vt.& vi.清除，扫除；穿过，越过；为……结关，净得；消失。它可以作形容词和副词用。

[例] (1)He cleared the pavement of withered leaves.

他清除了人行道上的落叶。

(2)The jumper cleared 2．40 metres.

这位跳高选手越过了2．40米。

(3)They cleared the ship and were ready to start the voyage.

他们为这艘船结了关，准备起航。

(4)In this deal she cleared ten thousand yuan.

在这笔交易中，她净得一万元。

(5)The children cleared out as soon as the nurse made her appearance.

老师一出现，孩子们就跑掉了。

(6)I’m sorry to have failed to make myself clear.

很抱歉，我没把自己的意思讲清楚。

(7)The students aren’t quite clear about what the teacher meant.

学生们不太清楚老师的意思。

(8)We have walked three kilometres clear.

我们已经足足步行了三公里。

8． search [s:t] vt.& vi.搜查搜索，细看，详细调查，穿过，探究。可作名词用。

[例] (1)The professor searched a book for a passage worth quoting.

教授在一本书里查找值得引的一段话。

(2)I searched my memory but can’t recall what he said.

我拼命回忆，可想不起他说了什么。

(3)The cold wind searched the streets.

寒风吹遍街道的每个角落。

(4)It took me three days to search our an old classmate in this town.

我花了三天时间才在这镇上找到一位老同学。

(5)Medical workers are trying to search into the root of SARS.

医学界正在努力探索非典的根源。

(6)The old woman travelled all the way to this city in search of her long lost son.

那位老妇人大老远地到这个城市来寻找失散已久的儿子。

7． miss [mis] vi.错过，遗漏，想念，未达到。可作名词用，表示“小姐；失误；避免”。

[例] (1)She overslept and missed the train.

她睡过头，误了火车。

(2)Goerge missed the point of my joke.

乔治没明白我那句笑话的意思。

(3)His mother is missing him terribly.

他母亲十分想念他。

(4)When she read that text, she missed out a few important words.

她读课文时漏掉了几个重要的词。

(5)He hit the target three times without a miss.

他三发三中。

(6)Yours was really a lucky miss.

你这一次真是幸免。

(7)Miss Margaret Green is our English teacher.

玛格丽特·格林小姐是我们的英语老师。

6． appear [′pi] vi.出现，看来，好像。它的反义词是disappear；名词是appearance，可以表示“外表，外貌”。

[例] (1)He didn’t appear until six.

他到六点才露面。

(2)Why does she appear so sad?

她看上去为什么那么忧愁呢？

(3)The plane disappeared in the cloud.

飞机在云层里消失。

(4)We don’t know why he made no appearance at the office today.

我们不知道他今天为什么没到办公室来。

(5)The dog is like a wolf in appearance.

这只狗看上去像只狼。

5． last [lst; la:st] adj.最后的，最近的，最后过去的，紧接前面的，仅余的，极少可能的，最终的，最新式的。可作副词和名词。还可作动词用，表示“持续，维持”。

[例] (1)The captain was the last to leave.

船长是最后离开船的。

(2)He has been ill for the last three weeks.

这三个星期他在生病。

(3)This is our last hope.

这是我们最后的希望了。

(4)He would be the last man to say such things.

他决不会说这种话。

(5)I’m to speak last at the meeting.

我将最后一个在会上发言。

(6)They held on to the last.

他们坚持到最后。

(7)How long will the fine weather last?

好天气能持续多久？

(8)This overcoat will last me a lifetime.

这件大衣够我穿一辈子。

4． light [lait]含义很多，既可作动词用，还可作名词或形容词和副词用，举例说明之。

[例] (1)He lighted a cigarette. (vt.)

他点了一根香烟。

(2)Her face lit up at the news.(vi.)

她听到这消息顿时显出高兴的神色。

(3)He wrote by the light of a candle. (n.)

他在烛光下写字。

(4)It’s beginning to get light. (adj.)

天渐渐亮了。

(5)There was a light rain. (adj.)

下了一场小雨。

(6)She is light of her feet. (adj.)

她脚步轻快。

(7)The nurse treads light in the ward. (adv.)

护士在病房里走路脚步轻。

(8)I lit upon a valuable stamp. (vi.)

我偶然搞到一张珍贵邮票。