练习材料：

My old friend, Harrison, had lived in theMediterranean for many years before he returned to England. He had oftendreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country.He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there. Almostimmediately he began to complain about the weather, for even though it wasstill summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. After somany years of sunshine, Harrison got a shock. He acted as if he had never livedin England before. In the end, it was more than he could bear. He had hardlyhad time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. The dreamhe had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had thought of everythingexcept the weather.

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任务配置：L0+L1+L4

笔记：

1.音标学习

/ɜː/，单元音，中元音，是个长元音，旧版英式音标符号[əː]。

①发音方法

1）半张开嘴巴，双唇略扁平，向嘴角两边略拉开。

2）舌身平放，舌中部伸向硬颚，但不要接触到硬颚，舌部肌肉紧张。

3）震动声带，发出/ɜː/音。

②本文中含有这个音标的单词练习：returned

2.知识点

（1）Mediterranean 地中海（的）

（2）bitterly 苦苦地，悲痛地，厉害地

（3）　He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there.他刚一回来便买下了一幢房子住了进去。

= No sooner had he returned than he bought a house and went to live there.

no sooner…than的意思相当于“刚做完A这件事，就做B这件事”

no sooner…than与 hardly…when这两组连词意义都与 as soon

as相近，但都比 as soon as正式。它们通常都与过去完成时连用。当 no sooner和 hardly位于句首时，后面的主谓结构都要颠倒顺序，即句子变为no sooner/hardly+助动词+主语+动词形式的语序。

（4）He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left thecountry.

hardly when 刚一...就...

该句型的基本用法为：主语+had hardly done...when+主语+did...。使用时要注意：

①该句型所描述的动作一般都发生在过去。

②主句谓语动词采用过去完成时，when从句的谓语动词采用一般过去时。

③hardly可以替换为scarcely或rarely。

练习感悟：

    今天学了2个好用的句型，no sooner…than与 hardly…when，便是一……就……，而且放在句首的时候应该倒装。