表语从句的用法小结必威体育精装版.ppt

Southwest University The predicative clause 表语从句 杨锋 2012年5月3日 Find all the examples where noun clauses are used as predictive. That’s why we’ve given you the letter. It wasn’t because I had no patience to listen to him, but because it was still very painful for me to think about my dear grandma who died five years ago. 表语从句是在复合句中作表语的名词性从 句，放在系动词之后， 一般结构是“主语+ 系动词+表语从句”。 可以接表语从句的系动词有be, look, remain, seem等。引导表语从句的that通常不可省略。 另外, 常用的还有“the reason (why) … is that …” 和“It is because …”等结构。 例如： 1). The question is whether we can make good preparation in such a short time. 2). This is why we can’t get the support of the people. 3). But the fact remains that we are behind the other classes. 4). The reason he is late for school is that he missed the bus. 谓语动词--连系动词 第二类：“连系动词”，也叫“系动词”，顾名思义，它是起着连接和联系的作用的，将主语和后面的部分（表语/主语补语）连系在一起。在句中，它表征的是“状态”这个概念范畴，没有明显的动作意义。连系动词也可以直接单独作谓语。例如： The boss is in his office. 老板在他的办公室里面。（主系表） Her voice sounds wonderful. 她的声音听起来很美妙。（主系表） 在这两句话中，“is” 和 “sound” 都是连系动词，分别表示“是”和“听起来”的意思。前一句表明了老板现在的位置状态，后一句表明了她的声音的质量状态。 谓语动词--连系动词 系动词可以归纳，常见的系动词有三种类型： 其一，be动词，基本包括五个：am, is, are, was, were. 其二，感官动词，即表示感觉的一些动词，一般可以翻译成“……起来”，这些词大概有：look, sound, smell, taste, feel, seem, appear; 分别表示：“看起来”、“听起来”、“闻起来”、“尝起来”、“摸起来/感觉起来”、“感觉似乎”、“显得似乎”。 其三，表示“变与不变”类的词，这些词大概有：变得：become, get, turn, grow; 保持：keep, hold, stay, stand; 仍然：remain. 这样加起来，常见的连系动词就有二十一个了。 1. that 引导的表语从句： that 仅起连接作用，无意义，在句中不作任何成 分，通常不能省略。这种从句往往对主句主语的内 容起进一步解释的作用。其基本结构为“主语+连系 动词+that从句” 。 The trouble is that she has lost his address. The result is that many of them become fat. The reason why I didn’t attend the conference was that I was too busy. Why we decided to put off the football match is that the weather was too bad. 2. wh- 引导的表语从句： (1) whether 引导的表语从句： 连接词whether起连接作用，意为“是否，究竟，到 底”（注意：if 不能引导表语从句），在句中不作任 何成分。 The question is whether that man will turn up in time. 问题是那个人是否会及时出现。 The question is whether it is worth