① It is/has been+時(shí)間名詞+since從句表示“自從……以來(lái),多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間了”,主句通常用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí),since從句用過(guò)去時(shí),表示一個(gè)時(shí)間點(diǎn)。
It is/has been five weeks since I came here. 我來(lái)這里已經(jīng)5個(gè)星期了。
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上句中的five weeks和twenty years是作為一個(gè)整體看待的,所以用it is。
② It was/had been…since表示“從……時(shí)起,到過(guò)去某一時(shí)間止,已有多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間了”。
She said it was/had been thirty years since they married. 她說(shuō)他們結(jié)婚已有30年了。
③ It was/will be+時(shí)間名詞+before 從句表示“在多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間后才發(fā)生某事”。主句可用過(guò)去時(shí)或?qū)?lái)時(shí),從句的時(shí)態(tài)要根據(jù)主句的時(shí)態(tài)進(jìn)行變化。
It was three weeks before she received his letter. 3周后她才收到他的信。
It'll be two years before I come here again. 2年后我才會(huì)再來(lái)這里。(before 從句中要用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)表示將來(lái))
④ since 從句中的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞如果是非延續(xù)性的,該動(dòng)詞所表示的動(dòng)作是起點(diǎn)時(shí)間。
It is five months since she left for England. 她去英國(guó)已經(jīng)5個(gè)月了。
It was two days since they got there. 他們到達(dá)那里已經(jīng)兩天了。
⑤ since 從句中的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞如果是延續(xù)性的,該動(dòng)詞所表示的動(dòng)作是終止時(shí)間。
It is a year since she lived in the town. 她不住在這個(gè)城里已有1年了。
(=She lived in the town a years ago.)
It was ten years since I taught English. 我不教英語(yǔ)已有10年了。(=I taught English ten years ago.)