Module 2. Grammar:Link Words
1．请观察下列句子, 注意总结while和马蹄肉饼although的用法。
1. Schools in the north are well-equipped, while tho in the south are poor.
2. While I’m cleaning the floor, you can clean the windows.
3. While we don’t agree with each other, we continue to be friends.
4. Although born in Chicago, the author is most famous for his stories about New
上班路上 York City.
5. Although he said he was ill, yet I saw him in the street just now.
【总结归纳】
1. while的用法：
1）表示对比，意为“而；然而”。
2）引导时间状语从句，意为“当……时候；在……期间”，强调某一段时间内主句
和从句的动作在同一时期发生，while从句中的动词通常是延续性动词。
3）引导让步状语从句，意为“虽然，尽管”，多放在句首。
2. although的用法：
although为从属连词，意为“虽然，尽管”，引导让步状语从句。注意以下两点：
1）although在大多下数情况下可与though通用，但在正式文体中，though可用于
一 种不以其为首的让步状语从句，这种从句须以形容词、名词或动词（原形）
等开 头，整个从句须置于主句之前。这时高考志愿填报攻略although不能替换though。如：
Tired though he was, he went on working.（他虽然累，但还是继续工作。）
2）although所引导的从句不能与but，and，so，however等连用，但可以和副词粉蔷薇yet，
still等连用。
二、请观察下列句子，注意总结however和but的用法。
1. I was going to write you a letter, but I lost your address.
2. However, I can discuss this all when I e you.
木地板品牌 3. He said that it was so; he was mistaken, however.
4. He hasn't arrived. He may, however, come later.
【总结归纳】
but与however都表示“但是，然而”，都可以引导并列句，但二者用法有些区别。
1. 从语义上看，but染发剂排名所表示的是非常明显的对比，转折的意味较however要强。
2. 从语法上看，but是个并列连词，而however是个连接副词。
3. 从语序上看，but总是位于它所引出的分句之首，而however却可位于分句之首、
之中或之尾。
4. 从标点上说，but之后一般不使用逗号，但however则通常用逗号与句子其他部分
分开。
练习：
一、从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. _____ the Internet is of great help, I don’t think it’s a good idea to spend too much time
on it.
A. If B. While C. Becau D. As
2. In some places women are expected to earn money _____ men work at home and rai
仰望的反义词是什么 their children.
A. but B. while C. becau D. Though
3. —Are you ready for Spain?
—Yes, I want the girls to experience that _____ they are young.
A. while B. until C. if D. Before
5. We had to wait half an hour _____ we had already booked a table.
A. since B. although C. until D. Before
球粘土6. Although badly hurt in the accident, the driver was _____ able to make a phone call.
A. still B. even C. also D. Ever
