2. continue, go on

　 兩者都有“繼續(xù)”的意思。

　 (1) continue to do / doing sth. 表示“不停地做某事”，

　 go on to do sth. 則表示“接著做另一件事情”，go on

　 doing sth. 表示“繼續(xù)做同一件事情”，它可指中斷后

　 的繼續(xù)，也可指不中斷的繼續(xù)。

　 (2) continue后可直接跟名詞，而go on后須加介詞，

　 才能接名詞。

　 (3) continue可用作系動詞，go on不可。

　 (4) continue后可接介詞短語，表示仍在某地或某個(gè)

　 職位，而go on不可。

　 The baby continued to cry / crying all night.

　 這個(gè)嬰兒哭了一夜。

　 It's time for class. Let's go on learning Lesson 5.

　 上課了，我們繼續(xù)上第五課。

　 He continues a good friend of mine.

　 他仍是我的一個(gè)好朋友。

　 [拓展] to be mntinued 待續(xù) (用于報(bào)刊上連載的文章等)

1. because, since, as, for, now that

　 它們都可以被用來引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句，其中

　 (1) because 語氣最強(qiáng)，一般指事情發(fā)生的直接原因，

　 回答提問，一般放在主句之后。

　 Because he was ill, he was late for school.

　 他生病了，所以遲到了。

　 We must stay at home because it rained.

　 (2) since 較弱，指雙方都明確的原因或眾所周知的原

　 因，澤為“既然”，側(cè)重主句，從句表示顯然的或已知

　 的理由。

　 Since you don't like it, I'll put it away.

　 既然你不喜歡，我就把它放在一邊。

　 (3) as “由于，鑒于”，指客觀事實(shí)，常與since互換使

　 用。

　 As there was no answer, I wrote again.

　 鑒于沒回復(fù)，我又寫了一封信。

　 (4) for 是并列連詞，不說明直接原因而是對某種情

　 況加以推斷，其引導(dǎo)的分句前常有逗號。

　 He must be ill, for he is absent today.

　 他…定是生病了，因?yàn)樗�今天沒來。

　 (5) now that 用來說明一種新情況，然后加以推論。

　 Now that you are ready, we'll start at once.

　 既然你已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好了，我們馬上開始。

8. We two left but the meeting still

☆詞語比較☆

7. Nobody knows how much the portrait is

6. I will ask Mr. Brown to ____ our company in-

　 stead of my uncle.

5. The plane out of ___, crashed in the valley at

　 last.

4. They are too weak. I ____ whether they can bear

　 the bad climate.

3. ____ by the beauty of nature, they stayed in

　 Hangzhou for another three days.

2. You have cut your hair so short that I can hardly

　 ____ you.

1. I meant to buy the clock, but the seller ____ too

　　 much.