本单元课文中有这样一句话:Creating a new festival may seem an unusual way to celebrate history and culture, but we are in fact all creating new festivals every year.
1. seem+形容词
Everything seems easy. 一切似乎很容易。
2. seem+名词
He seemed an honest man. 他看上去像是个老实人。
This seemed to us an ideal plan. 我们感到这是个完美的计划。
3. seem+不定式
The maths problem seems to be very difficult to work out. 这道数学题似乎很难解决。
I seem to have caught a cold. 我好像是感冒了。
4. seem+过去分词
Our teacher seemed stopped by the question. 我们的老师似乎是被那个问题难住了。
His story seemed revealed. 他的谎言似乎已被揭露。
5. seem+doing
No one seemed thinking that way. 似乎没人那样想。
She seemed lacking in enthusiasm when we were talking about that film. 我们谈论那部电影时,她看来好像没多大热情。
6. seem+like+n./V-ing,意思是“看起来像……”
It seems like years since I last saw you. 自从我上次见到你以后,好像是过了好几年。
Those cards seemed like so many little flags dotted about the schoolroom. 那些卡片好像许多面小旗点缀着教室。
7. There seems to be...,意为“似乎有;好像有……”
There seems to be no work for you to do now. 看来现在没有工作需要你做了。
8. It seems/seemed +that从句
It seems that he is lying.看来他在撒谎。
It seemed that no one knew what happened.看来没有人知道发生了什么事。
9. It seems/seemed + as if 从句
It seems as if he were in a dream. 看来他像是在做梦。
It seemed as if the good man were trying to teach us all he knew at this last lesson. 这个好心人仿佛要在最后这一堂课上把他的全部知识教给我们。
【注意】在It seems/seemed as if...句型中,从句的谓语动词常用虚拟语气来表示所设想的事情不可能发生。例如:It seems as if she had read this novel. 看来她好像看过这本小说。但如果句中的情况可能发生或可能被设想为真实,则仍然用陈述语气。例如:It seems as if our team is going to win. 看来我们队要胜了。It seems as if he has learned by heart a speech written by someone else. 看来他像是背了一篇由别人写的演讲稿。