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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