be always doing sth. 老是做某事（贬义）
He is always being late.
People are always talking about the problems of youth.
听力：
W: Mary is always complaining about her job.
M: Maybe if you try typing letters every day, you'd see what it's
like.
Q: What does the man mean?
Answer: A) The woman would understand if she did Mary's job.
be forever doing sth. 老是做某事（贬义）
He is forever talking about the friendly people, the clean
atmosphere, the closeness to nature and gentle pace of living.
be constantly / continually doing sth.
老是做某事（贬义）
The boys are constantly / continually arguing.
美剧对话：
Your behavior reflects on me, and I can't do my job if you're
constantly humiliating me.
Constantly? Aside from today, give me one example.
keep (on) doing sth. 老是做某事（贬义）
From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to
tell him when he would be able to go home.
In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling
everybody how much he hated hospitals.
do sth. all the time 老是做某事
托福听力真题
W: I thought the doctor said you should stay off your foot until the
swelling goes down.
M: She did. It just makes me uncomfortable to ask my friends
to wait on me all the time.
What does the man mean?
D) He doesn't like to bother people. Sam, mess up the kitchen
(always) Sam is always messing up the kitchen.
举例：
Bruce, leave his dirty dishes on the table
(forever) Bruce is forever leaving his dirty dishes
on the table.
Peter, try to show me he’s smarter than me
(constantly) Peter is constantly trying to show me
he is smarter than me.
Mary, borrow my clothes without asking me
(continually) Mary is continually borrowing my
clothes without asking me.
Why, you, make the same mistakes
(keep on doing) Why do you keep on making the same
mistakes?
Jane, forget to give me my phone messages
(do sth. all the time) Jane forgets to give me my
phone messages all the time.
cause 原文中表示“理由”
One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have
cause to falter.
one … or another 各种各样的
one cause or another 各种各样的理由
He is always asking me for money for one cause or
another.
Beginners will err at one time or
another.
Everyone can contribute to society in one way or
another.
one … after another 一个又一个
one day after another 一天又一天
encounter one difficulty after another 一个又一个的困难
achieve one success after another 一个又一个的成果
manage to do: 设法完成了某事
As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,
this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and
somehow managed to escape.
fail to do: 没能完成某事
When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly
published the article as it had originally been written.
have sth. done 请某人做某事 /
某种（不愉快的）经历
I'm going to have my hair cut this weekend.
… people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life
work destroyed by gangsters. King CharlesⅠhad his head cut
off.
The house had its window broken in the explosion.
无灵主语 / 物称主语 (inaminate subject)
Lesson1: When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been
spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken
seriously.
Lesson32: The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets and there was
tremendous excitement on board when a chest was raised from the
bottom.
举例：
He lost his confidence.
Confidence deserted him.
I couldn't sleep that night.
That night sleep eluded me.
We only travelled half the distance at sunset.
Sunset met us halfway.
The past few years witnessed the great influx of foreigners to China,
for travelling, studies or business.
造句：我的小女儿总是抱怨 (complain of)
各种各样的病，但她从未成功地得到允许 (get permission) 呆在家里。