Period Two Learning about Language
Grammar：Ellipsis
省略句
为了避免重复，省略句中的一个或几个句子成分，这种现象称为省略。常见的省略现象有：
1．简单句中的省略：
(1)省略主语。
Haven’t seen you for ages.(＝I haven’t seen you for ages.)
我很久没见你了。
Sounds like a good idea.(＝That sounds like a good idea.)
听上去是个不错的主意。
(2)省略主谓语或一部分。
Why not make an apology to him？(＝Why don’t you make an apology to him？)为什么不给他道歉？
This way，please.(＝Come this way，please.)
这边请。
Found the missing bag？(＝Have you found the missing bag？)你找到那个丢失的包了吗？
I badly need to buy a cellphone，but I can’t afford to(buy a cellphone)．我急需买个手机，但我负担不起。
注意：若不定式后为be动词时，则be不能省略；不定式后需用完成时时，则助动词have不能省略；如果不定式后要用完成时的被动语态时，则have后的been也不能省略。
—You should have handed in your composition in time.
——你应该按时交作业。
—Yes，I should have(handed in my composition in time)，but I was too ill to finish it in time.
——是的，我本应该交，但我病得厉害，无法按时完成。
—Your son ought to have been scolded yesterday，he made faces in the history teacher’s class.
——昨天你儿子应该受到批评，他在历史老师的课上做鬼脸。
—So he ought to have been(scolded yesterday)，but I couldn’t find him yet.
