高中英语知识点：cause、certain、chance的用法

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1、cause  v.导致，引起

1）接名词：cause an accident/trouble/death/a fire/a serious illness/damage引起事故/惹麻烦/导致死亡/引起大火/导致重病/造成损害

2）接双宾语：cause sb.pain/trouble/damage给某人带来痛苦/麻烦/损害

3）接复合宾语：cuase sb. to do sth使某人做某事

The sound caused me to jump back.  那声音吓得我向后退。

[应用]完成句子

①什么使她改变了计划？

What _______ _______ ______ _______her plan?

②地震使所有的楼房倒塌了。

The earthquake ________ all the buildings ________ _______.

Key:①caused,her,to,change②cuased,to,fall

2、certain  某（些），仅作形容词用法

①He didn’t come for a certain reason.

②A certain person called on me yesterday.

③She will do it on certain conditions.

some 也可以作此意讲，但前面无冠词

①He is living at some place in East Africa.

②I’ve read that story before in some book of other.

3、chance

1)用于短语：

give sb.a chance给某人一次机会；

have a chance to do sth.有机会做；

miss a chance错过机会；

lose a chance失去机会；

2)用于句型：

The chance is that…/ The chances are that…表示“有可能……”（句型中的The和That 可省略）。如：

The chance is (that)she’s already heard the news.可能她已听到那则消息了。

Chances are that the new machine will arrive tomorrow.新机器可能明天到。

3）后接of 或that从句表示“可能性”。如：

He has no chance of winning the match.他不可能赢得这次比赛。

There is a chance that I will see him.我有可能见到他。

[应用]一句多译：

那里有可能藏着蛇。

The chances are that there is a snake over there.

There is a chance of a snake hiding there.

There is a chance that a snake is over there.

change one’s mind

该动宾词组意为“改变主意”，其中mind常用单数形式。如：

If one always change one’s mind, he succeeds in nothing.