1.定义:用作表语的从句叫做表语从句。
2.构成:关联词+简单句
3.引导表语从句的关联词的种类:(1)从属连词that。如:The trouble is that I have lost his
address.麻烦是我把他的地址丢了。(2)从属连词whether,as,as if。如:He looked just as he had looked
ten years before.他看起来还与十年前一样。The question is whether they will be able to help
us.问题是他们是否能帮我们。
注:从属连词if一般不用来引导表语从句,但as if却可引导表语从句,如:All this was over twenty years ago,but
it's as if it was only
yesterday.这都是20多年前的事了,但宛如昨天一样。能跟表语从句的谓语动词一般为系动词be,seem,look等。如:It looked as if
it was going to
rain.看起来天要下雨了。(3)连接代词who,whom,whose,what,which,whoever,whatever,whichever 连接副词
where,when,how,why。如:The problem is who we can get to replace
her.问题是我们能找到谁去替换她呢。The question is how he did it.问题是他是如何做此事的。That was what she
did this morning on reaching the attic.那就是她今晨上了阁楼干的。
解释:1.连词because可引导表语从句。如:I think it is because you are doing too
much.我想这是因为你做得太多。2.在一些表示“建议、劝说、命令”的名词后面的表语从句中,谓语动词用虚拟语气。should+动词原形表示,should可省略。如:My
suggestion is that we (should)start early tomorrow.我的建议是我们明天一早就出发。