I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy.
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| a great number of | + 可数名词复数 | |
| a large number of | He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech. | |
| a great many |
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My parents used to live in South America, and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays.
| used to do sth.过去常常做某事 |
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| Be used to do 被用于(非习惯) | |
| Be used to sth. 已经习惯或适应了 |
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A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience.
take charge (of)… 照顾…，接管，开始管理
- She took charge of the child after his parents died.
- The new manager will take charge (of the company) from next week.
* I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened.
| be used to 表习惯的状态(静态) | 初级用法 | My friend is used to swimming in winters. be used to + doing sth. 习惯于做某事 |
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| get used to 由不习惯变得习惯(动态) | He gets used to sleeping during the daytime. 变成习惯 | |
| be accustomed to 一直处于习惯的状态 | 高阶词汇 | She is accustomed to the noise of the city after living there for many years. |
| get accustomed to 变成习惯于(动态) | They get/become accustomed to eating spicy food because of their cultural background. |
倒装句（部分倒装）
| What? 倒装了什么？ | Why? 为什么倒装？ | How? 如何倒装？ | When? 什么时候倒装？ |
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| 把句子正常的顺序按“一般疑问句”的变换方式进行处理 | 用于突出强调重要的信息 | 陈述句→疑问句 | 否定词位于句首、Only + 词(词组、句子)时位于句首 |
| 陈述句 | 类型 | 倒装句(部分倒装) |
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| You will never know the truth. | 否定词位于句首 | Never will you know the truth. |
| He cares little for my words. | Little does he care my words. | |
| I had no sooner got the invitation than I refused. | No sooner had I got the invitation than I refused. | |
| We can learn English well only in this way. | Only + 词组(词、句) | Only in this way can we learn English well. |
| He achieved his goal only by working hard. | only by working hard did he achieve his goal. | |
| I have ever felt frightened only on one occasion. | Only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened. 副词+助动词（be，do，have，can，must 等）+ 主语 + 句子的其余部分 |
| 句首为否定或近似否定的副词（never，rarely，little，on no occasion，hardly，no sooner…that 等） | 句首为 only 构成的词组（如 only after，only then 等） |
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After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height, when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport.
was / were doing 原本在... 结果...
- I was cooking dinner, and at that moment, I really needed to go to the bathroom. 我(原本)正在做晚饭，就在那一刻，我是真的想要上厕所。
- Vendors were doing a brisk trade in souvenirs. 小贩们的纪念品本来生意很兴隆的。
- They were doing just fine. 他们(原本)做得很好。
gain height （飞机）增加高度，爬高
- The car gained speed when it was outside the town.
- He has gained so much weight that he decides to go on a diet.
turn round 转身，转向；归航；回车道；转变
- They told me to stand still and not to turn round. 他们叫我站着不动并且不要转身。
- I turned round again.'I can't hear a word!' I said angrily.
| take off 起飞 | touch down （飞机）着陆，降落 |
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| You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters.你可以近距离地观看飞机起飞或降落。 | Don’t stand up before the plane has touched down. |
While we were waiting to land, a flight attendant told us to keep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down.
| get off 下车、下飞机、离开、起床 | get on 上车、继续 |
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Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened.
on board 在…（如飞机）上，搭乘（船、飞机、火车、汽车等）
- Tom has never been on board a plane before.
- There was not a child on board the brig that night who did not already love him. 那天晚上，在船上的禁闭室里的每一个孩子都爱他。
- All 269 people on board the plane were killed. 机上269人全部遇难。
be curious to 好奇想要：表示对某事物感到好奇并想要了解更多。
- I'll be curious to know what you decide.
- I was curious to find out what she had said. 我真想弄清楚她说了些什么。
- The grandmother also was curious to learn how this had happened. 奶奶也很想知道这是怎么发生的。
Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board.
very important person = VIP
- A very important person to you.一个对你很重要的人。
- He's a very important person.他是个很重要的人物。
The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane.
had been + done 过去完成时被动，过去的之前被做。
| We learnt that there was a very important person on board. | The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane. |
| 一般过去时(发生在后) | 过去完成时(发生在前) |
After we had landed, the plane was searched thoroughly.
| After we had landed, | the plane was searched thoroughly. |
| 飞机先着陆(had landed) | 然后被搜索(was searched) |