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Module
9
Friendship
Unit 3
Language in use
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Language practice
Could you explain what happened then?
Can you tell me how she’s different?
Could I ask if you’ve mentioned this to her?
Do you know why she treats you like that?
I didn't not know who she was.
I asked her why she smiled at me that day.
Now, analyze these sentences.
Grammar
Object Clause
宾语从句
在复合句中作宾语的从句叫作宾语从句。上一模块中我们学习了that引导的宾语从句,在本模块中,我们来学习另外两类宾语从句——whether/if 引导的宾语从句
和疑问词引导的宾语从句。
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1. whether/if引导的宾语从句
当表达不确定的概念时要用whether/if引导宾语从句。whether/if意为“是否”,在从句中不作成分,但不可以省略。一般情况下,whether与if可以互换使用。但if常用于口语,whether则多用于书面语。
Do you know whether/if she is a nurse?
I don’t know whether/if there will be a bus any more.
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whether/if引导宾语从句时,要注意三个方面,即连词、语序和时态。
(1) whether/if不能和that 或其他连词(副词)同时使用,也不能省略。如:
我不知道他今天是否会来这里。
I don’t know that whether/if he will come here today.
I don’t know whether/if he will come here today.
(2) whether/if引导宾语从句时,从句应用陈述语序。如:
“Can you go shopping next weekend?” Lucy asks me.
(合并为宾语从句)
Lucy asks me whether/if I can go shopping
next weekend.
(3) whether/if引导的宾语从句,时态应和主句保持一致,即主句为一般现在时或一般将来时,从句可根据需要选用任一种时态;主句为一般过去时,从句则用过去时中的任一种时态。如:
The girl asked her father whether/if he picked
her up after school.
I don’t know whether/if he will go fishing on
Sunday.
【注意】whether与if通常情况下可以互换,
但在下列情况下通常用whether而不用if。
①从句后有or not的情况。如:
The teacher asks me whether I have
finished my homework or not.
②从句前有介词的情况。如:
My parents are talking about whether
we will go to Hong Kong for travelling.
③从句在句首的情况。如:
Whether you like it, I don’t mind.
④在动词不定式之前。如:
I can’t decide whether to stay.
⑤若句中已有一个if引导的条件句,为了
避免产生混淆,应使用whether。如:
He asked me whether, if there was
enough time, I wanted to go to his office.
⑥用if会引起歧义时,只用whether。如:
Could you tell me if you know the answer?
这句话有两种意思:“你能告诉我你是否
知道答案吗?”或“如果你知道答案请告
诉我好吗?”。如用whether可避歧义。
Could you tell me whether you know the answer?
Have you got any fish, Dad?
What does the baby cat ask?
He asks his dad
whether/if he has got any fish.
Am I cool?
What does the