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Grammar and Writing
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目标导航jing
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Grammar——复习名词性从句
用适当的连接词填空
1.The first time that she had to write an essay, her tutor explained that she must acknowledge what other people had said if she cited their ideas, but that he mainly wanted to know what she thought!
2.At first, Xie Lei had no idea what she should say, but what surprised her was that she found herself speaking up in class after just a few weeks.
3.What seemed strange before now appears quite normal to her.
【自主发现】
当一个从句的性质相当于一个名词,并在主从复合句中作主语、宾语、表语或同位语时,这个从句被称为名词性从句。
语法知识
一、主语从句(subject clause)
主语从句就是在复合句中起主语作用的从句。主语从句的连接词有:
1.that引导的主语从句
(1)that在主语从句中不充当成分,也没有含义,但通常不能省略。
That our team had won first prize made us very happy.我们队获得了第一名,这使我们很高兴。
That Mo Yan had been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature made us very proud.莫言获颁2012年诺贝尔文学奖使我们非常骄傲。
(2)that从句作主语时,为避免头重脚轻,使句子平衡,常用it作形式主语,而将主语从句后置。常用it作形式主语代替that从句的句型有以下几种:
①It+be+形容词(obvious,true,natural,wonderful,likely, possible,certain,etc.)+that...
It is obvious that