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Section Ⅱ Grammar 名词性从句 & 构词法
项目一 名词性从句
[语境感悟]
指出下列引导词在句中引导的从句种类。
①Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California,no one really knows.宾语从句
②Whether he will win is all the same to me.主语从句
③Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times.宾语从句
④That is why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.表语从句
⑤It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups,but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.主语从句
[自我发现1]
(1)以上各句皆为主从复合句,句中用了相当于名词作用的从句(即名词性从句)在句中充当成分。
(2)名词性从句在句中可作介词的宾语(句①),动词的宾语(句③)。
(3)名词性从句在句中可作主语(句②),且可用it作形式主语,真正的主语从句置于句末(句⑤)。
(4)名词性从句在句中可作表语(句④)。
一、主语从句、宾语从句和表语从句的用法和特点
1.主语从句
Whether the sports meet will be held is not certain now.
运动会是否将举行现在不能确定。
How the book will sell depends on its author.
这本书销售如何取决于它的作者。
Where we shall have the meeting makes no difference.
我们在哪儿开会都无所谓。
That she will do well in her exam is certain.
=It is certain that she will do well in her exam.
她在考试中会做得好,这是确定无疑的。
[自我发现2]
主语从句是指在句中作主语的从句。若主语部分结构较长,可以使用形式主语it,把真正的主语从句放于后面。
[即学活用]
单句语法填空
①How we understand things has a lot to do with what we feel.
②That he had met a kind librarian in the city library gave us no surprise.
完成句子
③Every year,whoever makes the most beautiful kite will win a prize in the Kite Festival.
每年制作出最漂亮风筝的人都会在风筝节上获奖。
④What he had said surprised everyone present.
他所说的话让在场每一个人吃惊。
2.宾语从句
Everyone knows that the earth is made up of matter.
每个人都知道地球是由物质构成的。
Is there anything wrong in/with what I said?
我所说的有错误之处吗?
These two areas are similar in that they both have high rainfall in summer.
这两个地区相似,因为在夏天降雨量都很高。
I’m not certain whether the train will arrive on time.
我不确信火车是否将会按时到达。
[自我发现3]
(1)作及物动词的宾语。
(2)作介词的宾语。如:besides that...“除……之外”;except that...“除了……”;in that...“在于……;因为……”。
(3)动态形容词后。形容词后跟宾语从句的用法只限于少数动态形容词,如sure(确信的),certa