8. With records at home, listeners imitated these lighting effects as best as they could, and heightened the whole experience by using drugs. (p4)
译：家里有了唱片，听众尽力模仿舞厅灯光效果并通过使用药物以加强整体感受。
句子分析：With records at home方式状语；imitated和heightened两个并列谓语动词；as best as one could尽力做某事,如： I sear I will teach him a lesson as best as I could.
本单元语法推荐
Ⅴ.本单元语法推荐：---动词时态(1)
对于有些英语基础不是太好的考生来说，英文中众多的时态经常出现在卷面的各个部分，但有很多时候不能确定该选择哪个时态。所以本讲内容里给大家介绍在英语二中常见的几种时态。
1.一般现在时的用法:
1) 经常性或习惯性的动作，常与表示频腮度的时间状语连用
时间状语： every…, sometimes, at…, on Sunday
I leave home for school at 7 every morning.
2) 客观真理，客观存在，科学事实。 The earth moves around the sun. Shanghai lies in the east of China.
3) 表示格言或警句中。
Pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败。
注意：此用法如果出现在宾语从句中，即使主句是过去时，从句谓语也要用一般现在时。 例：Columbus proved that the earth is round.. 4) 现在时刻的状态、能力、性格、个性。
I don't want so much.
Ann Wang writes good English but does not speak well.
比较：Now I put the sugar in the cup. I am doing my homework now.
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2.一般过去时的用法
A.在确定的过去时间里所发生的动作或存在的状态。
时间状语有：yesterday, last week, an hour ago, the other day, in 1982等。 Where did you go just now?
2）表示在过去一段时间内，经常性或习惯性的动作。 When I was a child, I often played football in the street.
Whenever the Browns went during their visit, they were given a warm welcome.
3）句型：(****)
It is time for sb. to do sth \到……时间了\ \该……了\ It is time sb. did sth. \时间已迟了\ \早该……了\ It is time for you to go to bed. 你该睡觉了。 It is time you went to bed. 你早该睡觉了。 would (had) rather sb. did sth. 表示'宁愿某人做某事' I'd rather you came tomorrow.
4) wish, wonder, think, hope 等用过去时，作试探性的询问、请求、建议等。 I thought you might have some. 我以为你想要一些。
比较：
一般过去时表示的动作或状态都已成为过去，现已不复存在。
Christine was an invalid all her life. (含义：她已不在人间。)
Christine has been an invalid all her life.
(含义：她现在还活着)
Mrs. Darby lived in Kentucky for seven years. (含义：达比太太已不再住在肯塔基州。) Mrs. Darby has lived in Kentucky for seven years. ( 含义：现在还住在肯塔基州，有可能指刚离去)
注意：情态动词 could, would. 表示委婉语气。 Could you lend me your bike? Would you please give me a hand?
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5). 重点句型：used to + do：\过去常常\表示过去习惯性的动作或状态，但如今已不存在。 Mother used not to be so forgetful. Scarf used to take a walk. (过去常常散步)
注意对比：be used to + doing： 对……已感到习惯，或\习惯于\，to是介词，后需加名词或动名词。
He is used to a vegetarian diet.
Scarf is used to taking a walk.(现在习惯于散步)
典型例题
---- Your phone number again? I ___ quite catch it. ---- It's 69568442. A. didn't B. couldn't C. don't D. can't
答案:A. 本句虽没有明确的时间状语，但从语意上看 出，在听的时候没有听懂这个动作发生在过去，因此应用过去时。
一般将来时
3.一般将来时
1) shall用于第一人称，常被will 所代替。
will 在陈述句中用于各人称，在争求意见时常用于第二人称。 Which paragraph shall I read first. Will you be at home at seven this evening?
2) be going to +不定式，表示将来。 a. 主语的意图，即将做某事。 What are you going to do tomorrow?
b. 计划，安排要发生的事。
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The play is going to be produced next month。
c. 有迹象要发生的事
Look at the dark clouds, there is going to be a storm.
3) be +不定式表将来，按计划或正式安排将发生的事。 We are to discuss the report next Saturday.
4) be about to +不定式，意为马上做某事。 He is about to leave for Beijing.
注意：be about to 不能与tomorrow, next week 等表示明确将来时的时间状语连用。
下列动词：come, go, arrive, leave, start, begin, return的一般现在时表将来。这主要用来表示在时间上已确定或安排好的事情。
The train leaves at six tomorrow morning. When does the bus star? It stars in ten minutes.
5）在时间或条件句中。（重要考点！！！）（是大家熟悉的主将从现原则的使用！） When Bill comes (不是will come), ask him to wait for me. I'll write to you as soon as I arrive there.
Ⅳ.体验历年真题：
1. In the process of composition, it isn't easy to be inspired in a spontaneous wa for long periods ____ a stretch.
A.at
B.over C.for D.in
答案:A。At a stretch是固定搭配，意思是：连续不断地，不停止地
2. Gazing into his eyes, she seemed to have _____ all he said. A.taken up
B.taken over
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C.taken off D.taken in
答案:D。本题是考查动词take后面跟上不同介词或副词所形成新词组的含义区别。A是吸收；B是接管、接任；C是起飞、脱下；D是理解、欺骗。句意是：她盯着他的眼睛，好像完全理解了他的话。
3. Since we have a focused subject, we should not talk ______. A.at once
B.at hand
C.at intervals D.at random
答案:D。本题还是考查四个形似的短语，最终的答案取决于它们的含义：A是立即、马上；B是在手头上；C是间或、不时地；D是随意地。根据意思：既然我们已经有了命题，就不应该随意地交谈，所以选择D。
1. Nowadays, youngsters like listening to CD music more than ______ (go) to concerts.
答案:going. 因为more than 构成比较级，前后所跟动词形式应该一致，前面是 listening to CD music ，后面就应是：going to concerts.
2. What developed was a music readily ____ (take) on various forms and capable of an almost limitless
range of expression.
答案:taking. Take on sth表示：呈现出（各式各样），不应该用被动语态，所以应用现在分词来做定语，修饰前面的music. 句子是说：所发展的是音乐很容易地呈现出各种各样的形式并且能够无限范围的表达。
3. 新音乐是由业已存在的材料构建出来的。
译：The new music was built out of material already in existence.
4. 在某种意义上他是对的，但他不了解全部事实。
译：In a sense, he is right, but he does not know all the facts.
5. 打开收音机，你会听到美妙的民乐。
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