(2)contact v. 联系，联络their parents at 800－283－8385.
想帮助像Isabelle的病人的人可以拨800－283－8385与他们的父母联系。 ②[2014·四川高考]It's unusual for a grouse to have any contact with people. 松鸡与人接触是不同寻常的。
①[2014·福建高考，阅读理解C改编]Those who want to help patients like Isabelle can contact
③[2015·天津高考]If there is something else we can do for you, please make_contact_with us in time.
如果还有什么能为您做的，请及时与我们联系。 ④[牛津词典]He's lost contact with her son. 她和儿子失去了联系。
过关演练
选词填空
true to life; regardless of; burst into tears; get in touch with; in public; make contact with; come true; draw back
1．[2014·江苏高考，阅读理解D]My long-awaited dream ________ the minute your father cried, “A girl”．
答案：came true
2．[2014·江西高考，阅读理解D改编]When communication becomes more efficient, people are able to ________ one another no matter where they are.
答案：make contact with
3．[2014·北京高考，阅读理解B]________ my free hand, I struck the bear as hard as I could for five or six times.
答案：Drawing back 4．The picture is ________. 答案：true to life
5．[2013·课标全国卷Ⅱ]Crew members should listen and speak up for a good result, ________ positions.
答案：regardless of
6．Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents ________ of relief. 答案：burst into tears
7．Who should you ________ if you hope to work in a radio station? 答案：get in touch with
8．[2015·湖南高考]He felt so happy that he praised me ________， saying that I was an intelligent student.
答案：in public
1 She was born in 1974 and has played the pipa since the age of six.(P44) 她出生于1974年，从6岁起就开始弹琵琶。
本句中，since意为“从??以来”。
since的用法
(1)“It＋be＋一段时间＋since从句”，其中be可用一般现在时、一般过去时，也可用完成时态。
(2) conj.后接表示起点时间的状语从句，从句用一般过去式，主句用现在完成时。 (3) prep.后接名词、代词或动名词。
(4) conj.引导原因状语从句，常位于句首，相当于now_that。
①[2013·陕西高考]I have_heard a lot of good things about you since I came back from abroad. 自从国外回来以后我听说了很多关于你的好事儿。
②[2014·北京高考，完形改编]Since this student worked so hard on the posters, she deserves a prize.
因为这位同学努力做海报，她被给予奖励。
③[2015·四川高考]It_has_been_a_month_since I came to this new school and I really want to share with you some of the problems I have been experiencing.
自从我来到这所学校已经一个月了，我真想和你分享一下我经历的一些问题。 ④[牛津词典]She's been off work since Tuesday. 星期二以来她一直没上班。
2 It's_the_same_with classical Chinese music.(P45) 中国古典音乐也是这样。
本句中it's the same with...意为“??也是这样”。
(1)It's the same with...＝So it_is_with...，既可用于肯定，也可用于否定，陈述两种以上的情况。此句型主要用于：
①前面句子的谓语既有肯定，又有否定时； ②前面句子的主语既有人，又有物时；
③前面句子的谓语既有be动词，又有实义动词时。
(2)如果前面是一个有单一谓语动词的陈述句，要表示与前面所陈述的动作或情况相同，意为“??也是如此”，需用“so＋助动词/情态动词/be＋主语”。否定句中用neither/nor代替so。
(3)“so＋主语＋助动词/情态动词/be”表示赞同，意为“某人/物的确如此”。 ①[2013·课标全国卷Ⅰ]—Why, this is nothing but common vegetable soup! —So_it_is,_madam. It's our soup of the day.
——嗨，这只是普通的蔬菜汤！ ——确实如此，这就是我们今天的汤。
②[2012·山东高考]—I don't know about you, but I'm sick and tired of this weather. —So_am_I,_I can't stand all this rain. ——我不了解你。我讨厌这种天气。 ——我也是。我无法忍受整天下雨。 ③[牛津词典]—I'm not hungry. —Neither_am_I. ——我不饿。 ——我也不饿。
过关演练
完成句子
1．Mary is from US and can speak Chinese fluently. ____________. 玛丽是美国人，汉语说得很流利。蒂姆也是如此。 答案：It's the same with Tim/So it is with Tim 2．He has visited the museum; ________. 他参观过这个博物馆，我也参观过。 答案：So have I
3．[2014·课标全国卷Ⅰ，完形填空]Adolescents enter high school with great excitement but are soon looking forward to graduation. ________ the young adults going to college.
青少年怀着激动的心情进入高中，但很快就盼着毕业，进入大学的年轻人也是如此。 答案：The same is true of
4．It ________ two years since we saw each other. 我们两年没见面了。 答案：is/has been
5．If you don't go there tomorrow, ________. 如果明天你不去那里，我也不去。 答案：neither/nor will I
现在完成进行时
构成：助动词have/has＋been＋动词的-ing。 意义
现在完成进行时表示从过去开始一直持续到现在，还有可能持续下去，或表示一直到说话时为止的一段时间内一再重复的动作。
完成句子
1．[2015·陕西高考]Marty_has_been_working really hard on his book and he thinks he'll have finished it by Friday.
Marty一直在努力地写着他的书，他想在周五前会完成它。
用于现在完成进行时的时间状语
all this time, this (week, month...), all night, these (days, weeks, years...), for＋一段时间，since..., over/ in the past/last/few years (days, weeks...)
现在完成进行时与现在完成时的区别
两种时态都可表示“从过去开始一直持续到现在”这一概念，有时可互换。但强调动作一直在进行，多用现在完成进行时；如果强调动作的结果时，则多用现在完成时。
完成句子
2．I have taught/have been teaching English_for_20_years. 我教了20年英语了。 3．He has_read the book. 他已读了这本书。
4．He has_been_reading the book. 他一直在读这本书。
过关演练
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1．[2015·福建高考]—Where is Peter? I can't find him anywhere.
—He went to the library after breakfast and________ (write) his essay there ever since. 答案：has been writing
2．[2014·湖南高考改编]Since the time humankind started gardening, we ________(try) to make our environment more beautiful.
答案：have been trying
3．[2014·江西高考改编]—Tony, why are your eyes red? —I________(cut) up peppers for the last five minutes. 答案：have been cutting
4．[2014·大纲全国卷改编]The reports went missing in 2012 and nobody ________(see) them since.
答案：has seen
5．I ________ (tell) you to be careful for weeks. 答案：have been telling