4．My alarm clock didn't go off, … 闹钟没有大响……

go off 意为“爆发，大响”。例如：

Although the alarm clock went off, he didn't wake up．虽然闹钟大响，但是他还是没有醒来。

与go有关的词组还有：

(1)go in for“参加”(竞赛、考试)；(作为嗜好、工作)“爱好”。例如：

She goes in for bird－watching．她爱好赏鸟。

(2)go on“进行，继续”。例如：

Please go on．请继续。

(3)go on doing sth. 或go on with sth.　 “继续做……”。例如：

He went on working without having a rest．

他一直工作，没停下来休息过。

(4)go over“调查，视察；越过”。例如：

You must go over your lessons before the exam．

考试前你必须复习。

3．I've never been late for school, but yesterday I came very close.

我上学从未迟到过，但是昨天差一点儿就迟到了。

(1)I've 是I have的缩写，have been late是现在完成时态，现在完成时是指一个动作或状态开始于过去，持续到现在，并可能继续下去，而且对现在产生了一定的影响，其构成是have / has+动词过去分词。例如：

I have been here since 1999．

自1999年以来我就在这儿。

We have lived in Jinan for 20 years．

我们已经在济南住了20年了。

She hasn't worked for 2 years．

她已2年不工作了。

(2)be late for 意为“……迟到”，for为介词，所以其后须跟名词。例如：

Don't be late for the meeting．

开会别迟到了。

Jim was late for school again．

吉姆上学又迟到了。

Tom has been late for classes twice.

汤姆上课已经迟到两次了。

(3)close在此为副词“接近地，靠近地”。此外came very close意为“到时与迟到很接近”。

2．关于get的词组小结

在本单元出现大量关于get的词组，要注意背诵：

get to school 到学校

get into the shower 去洗澡

get outside 到外边

get home 到家

get up 起床

get married 结婚

get dressed 穿好衣服

get to class 到班级

get bored 变得无聊

get tired 变得疲劳

1．get to 意为“到达”。例如：

When did you get there last night?

你昨晚什么时候到那儿的？

I get home at 7:00 every day．

我每天7:00到家。

When I got to the cinema, the film had already begun．

我到电影院时，电影已经开始了。

辨析：get, arrive与reach

这三个词都可以用来表示“到达”，但是用法不同。

(1)get和arrive都是不及物动词，其后只能跟表示地点的副词，若是跟名词则须再加介词，即get to +地点名词，arrive in / at +地点名词(in 之后跟表示大地方的词，at之后跟表示小地方的词)。若是只说“到达”，而不指出到达哪里，则只能用arrive。例如：

How did you get / arrive there?

你怎么到那儿的？

I got to / arrived in Beijing the day before yesterday．

我前天到的北京。

When do you often get to / arrive at school?

你经常什么时候到校？

When will you arrive?

你什么时候到？

(2)reach为及物动词，其后既可跟名词也可跟副词。例如：

I reached Beijing the day before yesterday．

我前天到的北京。

We reached here on foot．

我们步行到这儿的。

6．Have you ever been late for school?

5．Have you ever overslept?

4．When she got to school, she realized she had left her backpack at home

3．By the time she got to class, the teacher had already started teaching．

2．By the time she went outside, the bus had already gone

1．By the time she got up, her brother had already gone into the bathroom．