117 it isthere is的比较

 

关于it is的用法参见第67节。

以下这些例子有助于防止把这两种形式混淆:

A it is+形容词;there is+名词:

It is foggy./There is a fog

有雾。

It was very wet./There was a lot of rain

很湿。/下了不少雨。

It wont be very sunny./There wont be much sun

天气不会很晴朗。

B it isthere is都可以表示时间和距离:

It is a long way to York

到约克路很远。

There is a long way still to go

还有很长的路要走。(我们还有好多英里的路程。)It is time to go home

该回家了。(我们一般是6点回家而现在6点了。)

There is time for us to go home and come back here again before the filmstarts

在电影开演之前我们有时间先回家一趟再回到这里。(还有足够的时间)

C there is+名词/代词和用于识别人或物的 it is+名词/代词的比较:

There is someone at the doorI think its the man to read the meters

门口有个人。我想他是来抄(水、电等)表的。

There is a key hereIs it the key of the safe

这里有一把钥匙。是开保险箱的吗?

D 用于分裂句的it is(参见第67D)以及there is的比较:

It is the grandmother who makes the decisions

做出决定的是老奶奶。(是老奶奶而不是家里的其他成员)

and theres the grandmotherwho lives in the grannyflat

……还有老奶奶,住在专用套房里的那位。(有老奶奶其人)