同位语从句

同位语从句用于说明其前面所修饰的名词的具体内容。

被修饰词有: fact, news, idea, hope, opinion, question, problem, belief, truth,  decision, promise, rumor, thought,  plan, …等抽象名词。

引导词有：

1. 从属连词：that/if/whether

2. 连接代词：what/which/who/whatever等。

3. 连接副词:when/where/why/how等

l The fact that deeds are better than words is quite clear.

l They had no idea where they should go to find some food.

l Word came that the audiences were not satisfied with the commercial performance.

注意：同位语从句与定语从句是有区别滴！

The news that our team won the match was encouraging.

The news (that) we heard on the radio was not true.

同位语从句: 说明名词的内容, that 不做成分, 不能省略，不能与which互换。

定语从句: 说明名词的性质特征, that引导词做句子成分(主语，宾语, 表语),做宾语可以省略。

实战演练

1. The doctor can hardly answer the question______the old man will recover soon.

2. A thought came to me _______ he might be in the library.

3. The idea _______we will invite him today is quite good.

4. From the above experiment we can arrive at the conclusion _______air has weight.

5. I have no idea ________ he will come back home.

6. I’ve got a bottle of beer, but I haven’t got anything ________ I could open it with.

7. But in this case there is a doubt ________the returns justify the risk.

8. Hearing/At the news_______the Olympic Games would be held in Beijing in 2008, people were wild with joy/overjoyed.

9. Do you believe in the proverb ________ modesty helps one to go forward and pride makes one fall behind?

10. Danny left word with my secretary _____ he would call again in the afternoon.

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