我今天的话题就是大多数科学家正在研究的课题。
All this was over twenty years ago,but it's as if it was only yesterday.
虽然这是20多年前的事了,但宛如昨天发生的一样。
表语从句中应注意的问题:
1.because,why引导的表语从句。
That's because he didn't tell me the truth.(That's because...强调原因)
那是因为他没有告诉我真相。
That's why he got angry with me.(That's why...强调结果)
那正是他对我生气的原因。
2.what引导的主语从句表示结果或名词reason作主语时,后面的表语从句表示原因时要用that引导,不宜用because。
What cost him his life was that he was too careless.
使他丧命的原因是他太粗心了。
The reason why I was sad/for my being sad was that he didn't understand me.
我难过的原因是他不理解我。
3.使用虚拟语气的表语从句
在表示建议、劝告、命令含义的名词后的表语从句中,谓语动词需用"should+动词原形"表示,should可省略。常见的词有:advice,suggestion,order,proposal,plan,idea,request,requirement等。
My suggestion is that we (should) have a discussion about this matter instead of just laying it aside.
我的建议是我们应当讨论一下这个问题,而不是把它放在一边。
as if/though引导的表语从句常置于系动词look,seem,sound,be,become等后面,常用虚拟语气,即形式常用过去式的某种时态。
The elephant feels as if/though it were a wall.
大象摸起来像一堵墙。
二、主语从句
在复合句中,作主语的从句叫作主语从句。
1.主语从句的引导词
类别 例词 说明 从属
连词 that,whether 两者在从句中不作成分,只起连接作用,但通常不能省略 连接
代词 who,whose,who
ever,which,what等 在从句中作主语、宾语、表语、定语等