2011年下半年英语四六级语法总复习:表示一…就…的结构

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　　hardly/scarcely…when/before, no sooner…than　和as soon as都可以表示"一…就…"的意思，例：
        　　I had hardly / scarcely got home when it began to rain.
        　　I had no sooner got home than it began to rain.
        　　As soon as I got home, it began to rain.
        　　注意：如果hardly, scarcely 或no sooner置于句首，句子必须用倒装结构：
        　　Hardly / Scarcely had I got home when it began to rain.
        　　No sooner had I got home than it began to rain.
         
        (实习编辑：刘伟)