西电专业英语阅读Chapt.8Sub_clauses.pptVIP

Sec. 1 The adverbial clause ;Some special conjunctions;until;before;while While energy is the capacity to do work, power is the quantity of work in unit time. While there has been an enormous amount of literature about ATM over the past two years, many networking books have not focused on ATM itself. ;Translation; as The force of gravitational attraction between two bodies decreases as the distance between them increases. cp. with the rise in temperature;Sec. 2 The noun clause; The subject clause;It + link verb + predicative + that… ;It + passive voice + that… 众所周知: It is well known that … 人们说…；据说…: It is said that … 据报道…: It is reported that … 人们相信: It is believed that … 可以看出…: It can be seen that … 已经表明…: It has been shown that … （人们）已经发现…: It has been found that … 必须记住…: It must be remembered that … 必须指出…: It must be pointed out that … 应当注意…: It should be noted that … It must be emphasized that …: 必须强调… ;It + vi./semi-aux. + that… It remains to be shown…：有待于证明… It does not matter …: …是没有关系的 It makes no difference …: …是没有区别的 (由此)得知…: It follows (from…)that…;Translation ; The appositive clause; 有证据表明: There is evidence that … 毫无疑问: There is no doubt that… 完全有可能: There is every possibility that… 不能保证…: There is no guarantee (assurance) that … …的优点是…: …has the advantage that… …是否…这一问题: The question whether… 人们越来越认识到 ：There is a(n) growing (increasing) awareness (recognition) that…;Translation ;A mistake Chinese students often make:; What-clause;Try to translate: 重要的是…; Cases where what-clause is used: A phrase having a modifier but no antecedent Unnecessary to mention the core word To avoid repetition;Translation;Some sentence patters: What it is/was What we call (name;term; know as; refer to as);Translation;A mistake Chinese students often make：;Sec. 3 The relative clause;A writing technique; 核武器毕竟是人类制造的，它们一定会被人类所销毁。 Nuclear weapons which are after all created by man certainly will be eliminated by man.; 许多美国孩子尽管在童年时没有多少优越条件