1.no sooner…than刚（一）……就
“刚做完A这件事，就做B这件事”。例如：
He had no sooner got his wings than the Korean conflict broke out.
他刚获得飞行资格，朝鲜战争就爆发了。
He had no sooner returned than he bought a house.
他一回来就买了一套房子。
如果no sooner 位于句首，主句要用倒装结构。例如：
No sooner had I sat down than there was a loud knock on the door.
我刚坐下就有人大声敲门。
No sooner had he arrived in Rome than he was kidnapped.
他刚到罗马就遭到了绑架。
No sooner had he arrived than he went away again.
他刚到就又走了。
No sooner had the game started than it began to rain heavily.
运动会刚开始，天就下起了大雨。
She had no sooner had time to sit and have a rest than the phone rang again.
她刚想坐下来休息一会儿，电话又响了。
No sooner had she had time to sit and have a rest than the phone rang again.
她刚想坐下来休息一会儿，电话又响了。
有一点要注意，no sooner…than 一般用来描述做过的事情，它不能用于表示将来的事。
no sooner...than...句型与hardly...when（before）...的用法几乎完全一样。其基本用法为：主语 had no sooner done...than 主语 did...。使用时要注意：
1）、该句型所描述的动作一般都发生在过去。
2）、主句谓语动词采用过去完成时，when从句的谓语动词采用一般过去时。如：
She had no sooner had time to sit and have a rest than the phone rang again.
她刚想坐下来休息一会儿，电话又响了。
需要注意的是，有的时候，否定副词短语no sooner可以提到句首，但这时会引起倒装。如上面的句子就可以改为：
No sooner had she had time to sit and have a rest than the phone rang again.
We had no sooner reached the airport than the plane took off.=No sooner had we reached the airport than the plane took off.我们刚到机场，飞机就起飞了。
2.hardly……when/before刚（一）……就
He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country.
他刚住下来，就把那幢房子卖了，离开了这个国家。
其实，这里的hardly可以换成barely, scarcely; when 可以换成before。都可以改写为倒装句型。
I scarcely had time to ring the bell before the door opened.
我刚一按门铃，门就开了。
No sooner had we sat down at the table than the phone rang.
我们刚在桌子旁坐下，电话铃就响了。
I had barely started speaking when he interrupted me.
我刚刚开始讲话，他便打断了我。
The Boeing 767 had barely taxied to a halt before its doors were flung open...
这架波音767刚刚停住，它的舱门就弹开了。
We had hardly/scarcely/barely sat down at the table, when the phone rang.
我们刚在桌子旁坐下，电话铃就响了。
Hardly/Scarcely had we sat down at the table, when the phone rang.
我们刚在桌子旁坐下，电话铃就响了。
注意：
Scarcely(hardly) a day/ year /moment etc goes by (passes) without/ when/but……
几乎没有一天（一年、一刻等）不……
与我们熟知的hardly……when/before刚（一）……就句型完全是另一个句型。这个句型后面接的是否定句。
Scarcely a day goes by when/but /without I don't think of her.
几乎没有一天我不想她。(goes by=passes)
Hardly/ Scarcely a day goes by when/without/but the children don’t watch TV.
孩子们几乎没有一天不看电视的。
Hardly/Scarcely a day goes by when/ but/without I write to my family.
几乎没有一天我不给我的家人写信的。
Hardly a week passes but I get another good idea.
几乎没有一周我没有想出一个好主意的。（几乎每周我都想出一个好主意。）
其他句型表示：一……就
As soon as I get my money I'm out of here!
我一拿到钱就走！
As soon as he turned his back, she would make her escape.
他一转身，她就逃跑。
As soon as he gets here we're ready to go.
他一到我们就可以开始。
As soon as relations improve they will be allowed to go.
一旦关系有所改善，他们就可以获准离开。
On /Upon arriving home he called up Lester.
他一到家就给莱斯特打电话。
They phoned her immediately/ instantly/directly they reached home.
他一到家马上就给她打了电话。
Immediately he came I told him the news. 他一来我就把消息告诉了他。
He said he'd turn on TV the moment/ the minute/ the instant/ the second he got home.
他说他一到家就打开电视机。
Every time he put any weight on his left leg he winced in pain.
只要左腿一受力，他就会疼得龇牙咧嘴。
Every time a new flicker of resistance appeared, the government snuffed it out.
一旦有抵抗的苗头出现时，政府总是迅速地加以消灭。
Don't come bleating to me every time something goes wrong.
不要一有问题就跑来向我哭诉。
Once you see him, you will never forget her.
你一旦见过他，就不会忘了她的。
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