除了be動(dòng)詞外，還有一些there be形式的變體：

　　There come/comes/came

　　There appear/appears/appeared

　　There emerge/emerges/emerged

　　There may/might be

　　There can/could be

　　There happen to be

　　There used to be

　　There is/are going to be

　　其中后兩個(gè)句子中說到的情況一定是不存于當(dāng)下的，在判斷題(TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN)中容易被揪出來做文章，出題思路是細(xì)節(jié)不一致的類型，答案多為FALSE。

　　結(jié)合課堂講解的部分，有時(shí)間的同學(xué)可以練習(xí)一下快速理解以下這些來自劍橋考題當(dāng)中的長難句：

　　1. There are examples of languages that have survived in written form and then been revived by later generations. (4A0201)

　　2. In New Zealand， classes for children have slowed the erosion of Maori and rekindled interest in the language. (4A0201)

　　3. The former US policy of running Indian reservations schools in English， for example， effectively put languages such as Navajo on the danger list. (4A0201)

　　4. It is not necessarily these small languages that are about to disappear. (4A0201)

　　5. However， it wasn’t until the discovery of the reaction principle， which was the key to space travel and so represents one of the great milestones in the history of scientific thought， that rocket technology was able to develop. (3A0101)

　　6. What makes a language endangered is not just the number of speakers， but how old they are. (4A0201)

　　7. In the Native American Navajo nation， which sprawls across four states in the American south-west， the native language is dying.(4A0201)

　　8. The problem of how health-care resources should be allocated or apportioned， so that they are distributed in both the most just and most efficient way， is not a new one. (4A0403)

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