当主句的谓语动词是think, believe, guess, expect, imagine, suppose等时,如果宾语从句是否定结构,通常把主句谓语动词改为否定式,而将宾语从句改为肯定式,这种现象叫做“否定转移”。
# n% M+ G3 K! q% o% Q6 C I don’t think we two have met before.
* i0 X6 O6 {3 t" k+ S We don’t believe that he could finish his work in such a short time.
1 }( m' r9 w6 L7 j* B1 f She doesn’t think it is right for John to come late to school.' ^2 j8 u, \! c# i
三、表语从句 (The Predicative Clause):通常置于主句的系动词之后,说明主句主语的情况。
. b/ S) [- ^+ | p My idea is that we should help her do housework every Sunday.$ F8 d, K% H* ?4 F$ g2 {
Is that why you had a few days off?/ {2 z. S. S+ h% G. E7 r
It is because I have never heard of the story.
4 r' G4 u8 l c" K 四、同位语从句 (The Appositive Clause):常置于某些名词之后,对其内容作解释或补充说明。如:
9 e! {1 d9 i2 V* ~# T- ] advice, demand, doubt, fact, hope, idea, news, order, problem, promise, question, request, suggestion, truth, wish, word等。
4 c$ P' S/ q3 c" v( B+ [ The news that we won the game is exciting.
# ~. n/ o4 b9 h4 |1 K There is no doubt that he is the best player in their country.( T; Q' o& q1 p7 O3 C1 u F
同位语从句与定语从句的区别:1 Z K# S2 R) L: d- B$ ^5 n. t! X
同位语从句对所修饰词作补充说明,而定语从句对前面名词起限定作用;2 o2 S7 p0 \! i
that在同位语从句中只起引导作用,无词义,无语法成分,而在定语从句中指代所修饰词并在从句中作主语或宾语。
! m) c$ `1 y s6 M 比较:The idea that one can do the work without thinking is wrong. (同位语从句)7 y- G+ g+ Q" `5 X) u6 C
The idea that you put forward at the meeting is wrong. (定语从句)
0 p& [+ v; L( n- ]( b2 l7 m c. 状语从句(Adverbial Clause)2 b+ g9 [! W% g9 s) \
状语从句在复合句中作状语,修饰主句中的谓语动词、副词、形容词或整个句子。根据句子的含义,它可表时间、地点、原因、目的、结果、条件、行为方式、比较、让步等。状语从句通常由一个连词引起,有时由一个起连词作用的词组引起。
K" l2 A! H( b+ J. ^ b E 一.时间状语从句
) z ~& j/ I& F4 N I) when,while和as# ~# E, v6 G+ O4 j
He entered the room when (while, as) the meeting was going on.& v8 o1 g2 i W) J5 |4 t
when 通常指一时的动作或状态,可表示从句动作与主句动作同时发生,或先于主句动作;while常用来引导两个同时进行的持续时间较长的动作;as常用来引导两个动作紧接着发生,强调“同一时间”或“一前一后”。
2 |& B9 H4 h, h% q7 Z- x9 u When I meet the right chance, I will try my best.$ E" c. T/ {9 |1 P9 o0 t7 H, @
While the teacher explained the text, the students listened attentively and took notes
" m$ u: v% q1 K* M/ } He sang songs as he was taking a bath.6 `, p) M/ Z0 _1 z1 U7 l
As spring warms the earth, all flowers begin to bloom.
& z$ v$ h0 N7 ~" v3 s2 b) J8 w' A! U 注:when有时作并列连词意为“正在这时”、“突然”,在句末,不能位于句首。从句的谓语动词常用一般过去时,主句通常用过去进行时、过去完成时或be about to结构等。# t, }' n" [6 s1 O
She was about to leave when Mark arrived so she stayed a little longer.( k1 u4 G5 o: B
He had been walking under the trees when an apple fell down.
- v* S/ S- R4 J+ k3 k5 M4 ^# O& g Ⅱ) as soon as, hardly (scarcely, barely) … when… , no sooner …than… 等引导的时间状语从句,意为“ 一… 就 …”) k% X5 I" D1 Z* W" q' h
Jack had scarcely /hardly seen me when he left the room.+ C; i' S9 L7 Z+ e7 B/ n+ z& ?
The spy had no sooner returned home than he was told to go to another country.) p1 N1 u5 w1 h* m* z$ e+ A
那个间谍一踏进国门就奉命要去他国。
% Y& \# X' i9 d& |7 \( Z3 A8 | 注: 在no sooner … than, hardly … when …引导的时间状语从句中,若把no sooner, hardly, scarcely, barely 放在句首,则要用倒装结构。
/ B0 v6 K5 _" }7 P" a1 \, J No sooner had he heard the news than he fainted.' u/ h2 }. H+ I# v
Scarcely had he entered the room when the telephone rang. |