(教材P41)Can you believe that there used to be a consensus in society that opposed the writing of novels by authoresses?
你能相信从前社会上存在着反对女子写小说的舆论吗？
【要点提炼】 there used to be 表示过去存在的状况。
There used to be a post office there.
以前在那里有一个邮局。
There used to be a tree in front of the house.
过去房子前面有棵树。
①there used to/be going to/will/must/...be表示“过去/将/一定/……有……”。
②there be句型中的be也可以用appear, seem, come, remain, live, stand, arise等代替。
There must be something wrong with the engine of my car.我的汽车的引擎一定是出故障了。
There seem to be fewer tourists around this year.
今年来访的旅游者似乎少了。
翻译句子
①还有一项更艰苦的工作需要我们做。
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②除约翰外，还有我们五个人要一起吃饭。
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③问题产生了：我们到哪里弄到贷款。
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【答案】 ①There remains a still more difficult task for us.
②There will be five of us for dinner, besides John.
③There arose the question where we could get the loan.
