内容正文:
第三讲Grammar and Writing
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目标导航jing
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Grammar——表语从句
用适当的连接词填空
①One theory was bad air caused the disease.
②Another was cholera was caused by an infection from germs in food or water.
③The truth was the water from the Broad Street pump had been infected by waste.
④What John Snow showed to the world was cholera could be overcome.
⑤What Snow was determined to find out was the 1854 outbreak of cholera in London could have caused over 500 deaths within ten days.
【自主发现】
1.在复合句中充当表语的从句称为表语从句。这种从句往往是进一步对主句的主语进行解释说明。
2.引导表语从句的连接词有连接代词that如句①、句②、句③;that引导表语从句时,仅起连接作用,无任何意义,在从句中不作任何成分,不可省略;连接副词有how,why等,如句④、句⑤。
语法知识解析
一、连接词的用法
1.that引导的表语从句。
用法:①无意义 ②不充当句子成分 ③不可省略
The trouble is that she has lost his address.麻烦的是她弄丢了他的地址。
My suggestion is that we should tell him.我的建议是我们应该告诉他。
2.whether引导的表语从句。
用法:①表“是否”的意思 ②不充当句子成分 ③不可省略
The question remains whether they will be able to help us.问题仍然是他们能否帮我们。
3.连接代词who/whom/whose/what/