表语从句
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。