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Using language
Adverbial clauses with -ever and no matter
Activity 1
Look at the sentences and answer the questions. Sentences (a) and (c) are from the reading passage. What is the difference between the sentences in each group?
1. The difference between the sentences in each group is that sentences (a) and (c) are more emphatic. Sentences (b) and (d) state facts without any particular emphasis.
“no matter + 疑问词” ,“疑问词+ever” 在此引导让步状语从句,意为“无论,不管”
What sentence pattern can you find from the song “Right here waiting”?
Wherever you go,
Whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you.
Whatever it takes, or
how my heart breaks, I will be right here waiting for you.
No matter how many crimes he committed, the police were powerless ...
However true this is, we also need to consider that ...
Wherever they go, animals find towns and cities in their way.
However they adapt to our ways of urban living, it's important that ...
Whatever the reasons behind thesespecies entering our cities, one thing ..
Now look for more sentences with adverbial clauses with -ever and no matter in the reading passage
What other words can be combined with -ever and no matter to form adverbial clauses?
whoever, whomever, whatever, whichever, whenever, however; no matter who, no matter whom, no matter what, no matter which, no matter when, no matter where, no matter whether, no matter how, etc.
Activity
无论他说什么,都不要相信他。
No matter what he says, don't trust him.
Whatever he says, don't trust him.
不管是谁来这个派对,他\她都会收到一份礼物。
Whoever comes to the party, he will receice a gift.
No matter who comes to the party, he will receice a gift.
“no matter + 疑问词” ,“疑问词+ever” 可否替换?
让步状语从句:“no matter + 疑问词”,“疑问词+ever”
名词性从句:疑问词(疑问代词)+ever
___________ comes to the party will receice a gift.
山羊找到什么就吃什么。
Goats eat whatever they find.
Whoever
Activity 2
Rewrite the underlined sentences using adverbial clauses with -ever and no matter.
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