Lesson 4　There seems/appears to be+主語 看起來……/似乎……

句型“There seems/appears to be+主語”中的“seem”和“appear”作系動詞，很多時候句型中的“to be”可以省略，翻譯為“看起來、似乎……”。

征服句型

●There seems to be some mistakes in your thesis.

你的論文中好像有幾個錯誤。

●There seems to be no better way to solve this thorny problem.

好像沒有更好的方法去解決這個棘手的問題了。

●There seems to be no limit to his greed.

他的貪婪似乎沒有止境。

●There seems to be that sleepy Persian cat was awakened by a loud noise.

那只貪睡的波斯貓似乎被巨大的聲響驚醒了。

●There appears to be no danger now.

現在似乎沒有危險了。

征服對話

●It has been windy for a little while and there seems to be raining shortly.

●Let’s go home quickly.

已經刮了一會兒風了，似乎很快就要下雨了。

我們快回家吧。

●It’s too difficult, is there any other ways?

●There appears to be no alternative.

太難了，還有別的方式嗎？

似乎沒有別的選擇了。

●There ought to be a mass of tourists coming into our city.

●It’s the tourist season now.

應該有大量的游客進入我們城市。

現在是旅游旺季。

Tips

Tips

本句型的標準形式是“There+不及物動詞+to be+主語+狀語”，句中的“there”和不及物動詞加上“to be”后有“似乎、看起來”的含義。與本句型相似的句型有：There used to be……曾經有……There happen to be……碰巧有……There ought to be……應該有……There continues to be……依舊……等。例如：There used to be a printing house here 20 years ago.這兒20年前有一家印刷廠。