Inversion,1. What is Inversion? 2. Why do we use Inversion?,Questions,When I arrived, I saw there was a tall tree at the entrance to the village. In front of the tree sat a lady in red. I didnt know who she was at first, partly because I was near-sighted. Only when I came near could I recognize that she was my mother. My brothers havent returned home in the past ten years, neither have I. We are all too busy with our work. Sometimes, I siad to myself: “Were I free, I would often visit my mother.”,Of course I know this is only an excuse. Not until my father died did I make up my mind to return home and stay with my mother for some time. We three brothers gave our mother a call and promised to have a winter holiday with her. Once made a promise, we should keep it.,1 倒装句之全部倒装,全部倒装是只将句子中的谓语动词全部置于主语之前。此结构通常只用与一般现在时和 一般过去时。常见的结构有：,一只小狗坐在房间外。 A little dog sits outside the room. Outside the room sits a little dog.,1)表示地点的介词短语表示的状语，提前位于句首时，全部倒装。,一座碉楼座落在山顶上。 A watchtower stands on top of the hill. On top of the hill stands a watchtower.,我们学校江边有一个“希望之星”的雕塑。 On the riverside lies a statue, the star of hope.,2) 以here, there, now, then等副词或 out, in, up, down, away等表示运动方向的副词或地点状语置于句首以示强调，句子要全部倒装，谓语动词常用come,go, be, lie,run,rush等 铃响了。 公车来了。,There goes the bell.,Here comes the bus.,那个男孩走开了。 Away went the boy. 小孩子冲了出来。 Out rushed the children. 他走开了。 这是你的信。 她来了。,Here is your letter.,Away he went.,There she comes.,？,3)There be结构。另外，在此结构中可用用来代替be动词的动词有exist, seem, happen, appear, live, rise, stand等。 桌子上有一本书，两个橙子。 There is/are one book, two oranges in the desk.,开平现存1833座碉楼。 There exist/exists 1833 watchtowers in Kaiping.,4)表语置于句首时，为了使上下文紧密衔接,常把表语放在句首,倒装结构为：表语连系动词主语 出席晚会的有黄先生，张小姐和其他的宾客。 Mr.H, Miss Zh and other guests are present at the party. Present at the party are Mr.H, Miss H and other guests.,中国人被瞧不起的日子一去不复返了。 The days when Chinese were looked down upon are gone.,Gone are the days when Chinese were looked down upon.,1、Just in front of our house _ with a history of 1000 years. A. does a tall tree stand B. stands a tall tree. C. a tall tree is standing D. a tall tree stands,B,2. At the foot of the mountain _. A. a village lies B. lies a village C. does a village lie D. lying a village,B,2. 倒装句之部分倒装,部分倒装是指将谓语的一部分如助动词或情态倒装至主语之前。如果句中的谓语没有助动词或情态动词，则需添加助动词do, does或did，并将其置于主语之前。,1) Only修饰的副词，介词短语或状语从句放在句首时，主句要进行部分倒装。 只有到了那个时候，他才知道知识的重要性。 Only then did he know the importance of knowledge. 只有我们自己才能拯救自己。 Only we ourselves can save ourselves.,?,2)把副词so放在句首，表示前面所说的情况，也适合于另一人或物。肯定句用so，否定句用neither/nor，句式如下：So/ Neither(Nor)+be (have,助动词或情态动词）主语。,典型例题,1 -Do you know Jim quarrelled with his brother? -I dont know, _. A. nor dont I care B. nor do I care C. I dont care neither D. I dont care also,答案：B. nor为增补意思“也不关心“，因此句子应倒装。A错在用 dont 再次否定， C neither 用法不对且缺乏连词。 D缺乏连词。,2. 他喜欢读书，我也是 He likes reading very much. So do I .,3. 我从来没有去过广州大学，他也是 I have never been to Guangzhou University, and neither/ nor has he.,4. -He is a good boy. - So he is. / So is he. 5. She hoped that he would clean the classroom and he did so.,Translation,3)句首为否定或半否定的词语，如no, not, never, seldom, little, hardly, at no time, in no way, not until 等。 *他一点也不关心自己的安全 He cared little about his own safety. Little did he care about his own safety.,*我很少去看电影 I seldom go to the cinema. Seldom do I go to the cinema.,我从来没有看过这样的表演 I have never seen such a performance. Never have I seen such a performance.,等到孩子睡着了，妈妈才离开房间 The mother didnt leave the room until the child fell asleep. 当Not until引出主从复合句，主句倒装，从句不倒装。,Not until the child fell asleep did the mother leave the room.,典型例题,1) Why cant I smoke here? At no time_ in the meeting-room A. is smoking permitted B. smoking is permitted C. smoking is it permitted D. does smoking permit,答案A. 这是一个倒装问题。当否定词语置于句首以表示强调时，其句中的主谓须用倒装结构。 本题的正常语序是 Smoking is permitted in the meeting-room at no time.,2） Not until the early years of the 19th century _ what heat is. man did know B. man know C. didnt man know D. did man know,答案D. 看到Not until的句型，我们知道为一倒装句，答案在C，D 中选一个。 改写为正常语序为，Man did not know what heat is until the early years of the 19th. 现在将not提前，后面就不能再用否定了,否则意思就变了,4.以否定词开头作部分倒装,如 Not onlybut also, Hardly/Scarcelywhen, No sooner than,典型例题,1) No sooner_ than it began to rain heavily. A. the game began B. has the game begun C. did the game begin D. had the game begun,答案D. 以具有否定意义的副词放在句首时，一般采用倒装句(谓语前置)。这类表示否定意义的词有never, seldom, scarcely, little, few, not, hardly, 以及not onlybut (also), no soonerthan, hardly when scarcely when 等等。,2)_ out when a student came to visit her. A. Hardly had she gone B. Hardly she had gone C. Scarcely has she gone D. Scarcely she has gone,A,3)他不但学习好，而且他还乐于帮同学们解决学习问题 Not only does he do well in his lessons, but also he often helps others with their lessons.,注意：not onlybut also 连接两个并列分句时，第一个分句应使用部分倒装。,）不但你，我也喜欢在江边散步 Not only you but also I am fond of taking a walk along the river