Structures and Patterns
1. In the farmyard, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat.
农家大院里，鸡甚至猪都紧张得不吃东西。
1) Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun were too tired to walk any more.
2) The earth will become too hot for us to live on.
3) The work was too hard for him to do.
2. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to
老鼠从田地里跑出来找地方藏身。
1) He dug out a box of money feeling very excited.
2) My mother was in the kitchen cooking a meal.
3) He lay on the grass looking at the sky.
3. It seemed that the world was at an end!
世界似乎到了末日。
1) It seems that he has calmed down.
2) It seemed that she didn't do it on purpose.
3) It seemed that the old man went through both wars.
4. All hope was not lost. (=There was still some hope.)
(然而，)也不是所有希望都没有了。
1) All that glitters is not gold.
2) Not everyone agrees with me.
3) Not all people are interested in fame and money.