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⊙ 重庆七中 张少均
句子是构成篇章的基本单位。要读懂一篇文章,首先要理解每个句子。同样,要写出一篇文章,首先要写好每个句子。一个句子最短的基本成分是“主+谓”,最长的基本成分是“主+谓+宾+补”。基本成分的修饰语为附属成分:定语—修饰限制名词或代词的单词﹑短语或从句;状语—修饰限制谓语﹑句子或句子里一部分的单词﹑短语或从句。
一、附属成分作定语
英语中的定语可分为限制性定语和非限制性定语。用来作定语的有:名词﹑数词﹑形容词﹑代词﹑副词﹑介词短语﹑非谓语动词和定语从句等等。
1. 限制性定语:单个词放在被修饰的词前面,短语和从句放在被修饰的词后面。
(1)名词﹑形容词﹑副词﹑数词﹑代词或介词短语等;
①She worked in a shoe factory.
②Please don’t be so cruel to a ten-year-old child like that.
副词作定语一般放在被修饰的词后面, 以表示位置的居多。如:
③Do you know the man over there?
④Poor Jack tottered toward a hospital nearby.
present, absent, a-开头的形容词和形容词短语作定语放在被修饰的词之后。可以理解成which /that / who +is(was) / are(were)引导的定语从句的省略。如:
⑤All the people present at the party were his supporters.
⑥I think he is the oldest man alive in the small town.
(1)非谓语动词(短语),一般可转换成限制性定语从句。
①Let’s find a restaurant to have lunch in.
句中黑体部分可改为:where/in which we can have lunch
②The repairs cost a lot, but it’s money well spent.
句中黑体部分可改为:that/which was well spent
【注】 -ing形式作定语时只能用一般式, 表示与谓语动词动作同时发生,不可使用其完成式。如:
③Suddenly, a tall man driving a golden carriage seized the girl and took her away, disappearing into the woods.
句中黑体部分可改为:who/that was driving a golden carriage
④The flowers smelling sweet in the botanic garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature.
句中黑体部分可改为:that/which smell sweet in the botanic garden
(3)限制性定语从句。
①We are living in an age when/in which many things are done on computer.
②Many people who had seen the film were afraid to go to the forest when they remembered the scenes in which people were eaten by the tiger.
2. 非限制性定语,一般放在后面,对中心词起修饰作用,而不对其进行限制。省略之后对句子意思的表达影响不大。
(1)名词﹑数词﹑形容词等短语,可理解为一个省略的非限制性定语从句。
①David, our English teacher, appreciated your idea much.
句中黑体部分可改为:who was our English teacher
②He was sent to France, a European country.
句中黑体部分可改为:which was a European country
(2)非谓语动词(短语),一般可转换成非限制性定语从句。如:
The manager, making it clear to us that he didn’t agree with us, left the meeting room.
句中黑体部分可改为: who made it clear to us that he didn’t agree with us
(3)非限制性定语从句,常可转换成分词或并列句。如:
①John said he’d been working in the office for an hour, which was true.
句中黑体部分可改为:and it was true
②The famous basketball star, who tried to make a comeback, attracted a lot of attention.
句中黑体部分可改为:trying to make a comeback
【注】 as引导的非限制性定语从句常可提前,但and引导的并列句应在前一个分句后。如:
As is often the case, we have worked out the production plan.
可改为:We have worked out the production plan and it is often the case.
二、附属成分作状语
状语是用来修饰限制谓语﹑整个句子或句子里的一部分。常用来作状语的有:形容词﹑副词﹑介词短语﹑非谓语动词和状语从句等等。状语和句子间的逻辑关系各有不同,可以分成不同的状语:原因状语、时间状语、条件状语、结果状语、让步状语、伴随状语、目的状语、结果状语等等。
(1)形容词﹑副词和介词短语等作状语。如:
①Thirsty, he went into a tea house. (thirsty 是形容词,可看成是分词短语being thirsty的省略,对主语he进行补充说明)
②She sat quietly in her seat.(quietly是副词,修饰动作sat)
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