还没/ 不……就 B happens even before A
This pattern is used to emphasize that something happens even before the one that should take place ahead.还is followed by a negative statement in this pattern, and both 还and 就 are adverbs followed by verb phrases. This sentence can have one or two subject.
Subj1 + 还没/不 + VP(subj2)+ 就 + VP Example: 1. 李经理还没学英语就开始跟美国商人做生意了。 Manager Li started doing business with Americans even before he knew how to speak English . 2. 中国还没入世,史密斯先生就到中国来投资了。 Mr. Smith had invested in China even before China joined the WTO.
Substitutive drills:
大卫 |
还没 |
到香港 |
就 |
兑换了很多港币。 |
李小姐 |
到北京, |
收到了北京公司的宴会邀请。 |
中国 |
入世, |
外商 |
开始在中国做生意。 |
王总裁 |
到美国, |
接到了美国贸易公司的订货单。 |
工厂 |
出货, |
厂长 |
收到了订货公司的第一笔定金。 |
秘书 |
到, |
会议 |
开始了。 |
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