三、 學習中應(yīng)注意的問題
1、 復合名詞變復數(shù)的規(guī)則:
(1)將復合名詞里面所包含的主體名詞變?yōu)閺蛿?shù)。
例:son(s)inlaw 女婿
looker(s)on 旁觀者
passer(s)by 過路人
filmgoer(s)?措娪暗娜
toothbrush(es)牙刷
35yearold worker(s)35歲的工人
grandchild(ren)孫兒
armyman(armymen)軍人,但grownup(s) 例外。
(2)復合名詞里面找不到主體名詞時,只在詞末加復數(shù)詞尾。
例:gobetween(s)中間人 drawback(s)缺陷
(3)由man和woman構(gòu)成的合成詞,里面所含的成份全部要變?yōu)閺蛿?shù)。
mandoctor(mendoctors) 男醫(yī)生
womanworker(womenworkers) 女工人
(4)由boy和girl構(gòu)成的合成詞,只在后面名詞上加復數(shù)詞尾
boystudent(boystudents) 男生
girlstudent(girlstudents) 女生
2 、定語從句中只用that不用which的情況
定語從句中which與that在一般情況下可以互換使用, 但在下列情況之下,通常只用that(有時可省略)。
(1)先行詞為all,everything,nothing,anything,little,few,much等不定代詞時
例:I’m sure there is nothing that a woman can’t do. 我相信沒有女人做不了的事。
(2)先行詞被all,every,each,few,no,some等詞修飾時
例:There are some jobs that men can’t do very well. 有些工作男人無法做好。
(3)先行詞被序數(shù)詞或形容詞最高級修飾時
例:That’s the best book that I’ve ever read. 那是我所讀的書中最好的一本。
(4)先行詞受到the only,the very,the same,the last 等詞修飾時
例:Corn was not the only food that was taken to Europe. 玉米并不是唯一的一種被帶往歐洲的食物。
(5)先行詞中既有人又有物時
例:We were talking about the things and people we remembered in school. 我們當時正在討論我們記得的在學校里發(fā)生的人和事。
(6)當主句是以who或which開頭的疑問句時
例:Who is the man that was invited to the ball? 受邀請參加那次舞會的人是誰?
3 、在學習不定式作目的狀語時,我們應(yīng)注意,不定式短語通?捎胹o that引導的目的狀語從句互換。
例:The doctor asked him to remove his trousers so that he could examine his legs.
The doctor asked him to remove his trousers in order to (so as to)examine his legs. 醫(yī)生請他把長褲脫了,以便檢查他的雙腿。
4 、在it seems that/as if...句型中, seems ?梢杂蒷ooks, appears替換,looks后常接as if... 從句;appear之后常接that...從句。
例:①It looks as if it is going to rain. 天看上去似乎要下雨了。
、贗t seemed(looked)as if the fisherman would have nothing to take home that morning. 那天上午,漁夫似乎沒有什么東西能帶回家。