Unit 2 A life’s work表语从句在复合句中,位于系动词之后作表语的从句称为表语从句
一、that,whether 引导的表语从句[观察例句]1.The trouble is that I have lost his address
2 . What he wants to know is whether we can finish our work by tomorrow morning
[归纳用法]1.连接词 that 在从句中只起到连接作用,不作任何成分
2.连接词 whether 起连接作用,意为“是否;究竟;到底”,在句中不作任何成分
二、as if/though,because,why 引导的表语从句[观察例句]1.It sounds as if/though someone is knocking at the door
2.That's because he didn't understand me
3.That's why he got angry with me
[归纳用法]1.as if 引导表语从句时,可以和 as though 互换
2.as if/though 引导的表语从句常置于系动词 look,seem,sound,be,become 等后面
3.That's because
强调原因;That's why
[名师点津]reason 作主语时,后面的表语从句表示原因时要用 that 引导,不宜用 because
[即学即练 1] 单句语法填空①The reason why I was sad was that he didn't understand me
②What cost him his life was that he was too care