The tradition dates from the time when his grandfather was young.
The castle dates from the 14th century.
The castle dates back to the century.
Its missing head happened to be among remains of…
happen to 强调事情的偶然发生
Eg: I happen to have driven that kind of car. 我恰巧开过那种汽车。
He happened to find the ticket in his pocket. 他恰巧在口袋里找到那张票。
句式:It happens that……
Eg: It happnes that I met her on my way to work
I happened to meet her on my way to work
happen on 巧遇,偶然发现,偶遇
Eg: I happend on this old picture in the back of the drawer.
Guess, who I happend on while I was in London last month?
reconstruct: put together, piece together, restore
四个形容词: amazed:very much surprised
surprised; astonished; amazed; astounded 感到惊讶的,语气递增
astonished: much surprised
amazed: very much surprised 惊奇
astounded 非常惊讶,尺愕,惊奇
to find… / to discover… / to realize…
I’m not surprised to see you here.
turn out 表明结果
turn out ( to be) + n./adj.
Eg: Our party turned out (to be) a success
the concert turned out to be failure.
It turned out that………… 原来是(表示结果)