考研英语之表语从句的辨析

表语从句位于主句的连系动词之后，在非正式文体中引导词that可以省略。如：

　　That’s not what I want. 那不是我要的。

　　That’s why I have come. 那就是我为什么来了。

　　My opinion is that things will improve. 我的意见是事情会好起来的。

　　One advantage of solar energy is that it will never run out. 太阳能的一个优点是永远也不会枯竭。

　　The truth is that he didn’t really try. 实际情况是他没有真正努力。

　　The problem is who is to pay and when we can start. 问题是谁来付帐、我们又何时开始。

　　The fact is that he didn’t notice the car until too late. 事实是他注意到车时已经太晚了。

　　What surprised me was that he spoke English so well. 使我感到吃惊的是他英语讲得那么好。

　　All I can say is that I have nothing to do with it. 我能说的就是我与此事没有关系。
　　What I want to know is where we shall go and whether she will join us. 我想知道的是我们要去什么地方以及她是否加入我们。

　　The fact is that he didn’t notice the car until too late. 事实是他注意到车时已经太晚了。

　　What surprised me was that he spoke English so well. 使我感到吃惊的是他英语讲得那么好。

　　All I can say is that I have nothing to do with it. 我能说的就是我与此事没有关系。

　　What I want to know is where we shall go and whether she will join us. 我想知道的是我们要去什么地方以及她是否加入我们。

　　此外，表语从句还可由as if (好像)引导。如：

　　It looked as if it was/were going to rain. (虚拟语气) 看起来好像要下雨了。

　　翻译练习：

　　这就是她昨天请一天假的原因。

　　That is why she had a day off yesterday.

　　我的想法是，个人的权利应该得到充分尊重。

　　My idea is that individual rights should be fully respected.

　　问题在于上帝是否真的存在。

　　The question is whether the God really exists.

　　我想知道的是，他是如何在这么短的时间内完成这个项目的。

　　What I want to know is how he managed to complete the project in such a short time.

　　形容词后的that 从句

　　that 引导的名词性从句还可以用在一些形容词后面。这种句型一般都用人作主语，所用的形容词都是表示思想状况或感情色彩的形容词，如certain, sure, positive, afraid, convinced, anxious, disappointed, worried, glad, happy, sorry, amazed, surprised, aware, doubtful, confident等等。如：

　　I am sure/certain that he’s at home now. 我肯定他现在在家。

　　He became angry that you made the same mistake. 你犯了同样的错误，他生气了。

　　He remains confident that he will win. 他仍然自信他会赢

　　She is aware that I can’t help her. 她知道我帮不了她的忙。

　　I am glad that you’ve come. 你来了我很高兴。

　　He appeared/seemed surprised that I said “no”. 我说不，他似乎很吃惊。

　　I am afraid that I can’t promise you anything. 恐怕我不能向你保证什么。

　　We were rather disappointed that you were not able to come yesterday. 昨天你没能来我们有点失望。

　　I am a bit worried that she will not be able to make it. 我有点担心她做不成这件事情。

　　what 从句的小结

　　1.意思是“所….的事/物”, 相当于the thing(s) that…, that which…, 或those which… 可以用于以下情况：

　　(1) 引导主语从句。如：

　　What she saw frightened her. 她看到的事情吓了她一跳。

　　What was once regarded as impossible has now become a reality. 曾经被认为不可能的事情，现在已经变成了事实。