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主语从句 Subject Clauses
主语从句 Subject Clauses
如何得到带主语从句的复合句?
陈述句:
Money doesn’t grow on trees. This is obvious. 钱不会从树上长出来。这是显而易见的。
↓在这个陈述句前加that,就可以变为名词从句。其作用相当于一个名词,可以作主语、宾语、表语、同位语从句等。
That money doesn’t grow on trees is obvious. 钱不会从树上长出来是显而易见的。
↓句子“头重脚轻”,我们倾向于避免这种现象。可以用it作句子形式主语放在句子开头,把主语从句移到句子末尾。
It is obvious (that) money doesn’t grow on trees. 显而易见,钱不会从树上长出来。
这种从句并不是宾语从句,而是it的同位语,也就是真正的主语。如果主语从句在句首,that不能省略。但是,在it作句子形式主语,主语从句在许多形容词和少数几个名词之后可以省略that【详见附录】。但是主句若是疑问句,就不可以省略that。
一般疑问句:
Does he have signed the contract? That doesn’t matter. 他签了合同吗?那不重要。
↓在这个句话前加whether,并将其词序改为主语+谓语,就可以变为名词从句。
Whether he have signed the contract (or not) doesn’t matter. 他是否签署了合同并不重要。
↓由whether引导的主语从句也可以用it作句子形式主语,把主语从句移到句子末尾。不过相较而言没有that那么常用。
It doesn’t matter whether he has signed the contract (or not). 他是否签署了合同并不重要。
相较于宾语从句,主语从句无论如何都不可以用if来引导。or not用不用都可以。
特殊疑问句:(带疑问词的疑问句,也就是以who(m), what, which, when, where, why和how等疑问词开头的疑问句。)
When did he do it? That is a mystery. 他什么时候干的这件事?这是个谜。
↓将其词序改为主语+谓语,就可以变为名词从句。
When he did it is a mystery. 他什么时候干的这件事是个谜。
↓由疑问词引导的主语从句也可以用it作句子形式主语,把主语从句移到句子末尾。不过不常用。
It is a mystery when he did it.
练习:
一、将下列句子改为带主语从句的复合句。
1.Can we control pests without causing any ill effects? This still remains a question.
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2. Agriculture is the foundation of our country. This is well known.
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3. Some less-developed countries are suffering from food shortages. It is a serious problem.
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4. Some herdsmen in Inner Mongolia fix electronic sensors to their cattle to monitor their movements. That is true.
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5. Where he had lost his laptop. We wanted to know that.
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二、从(一)中的2、4句中选一句话,将其改为用it作