名词从句
名词从句可分为主语从句、宾语从句、同位语从句和表语从句四种,它们在句中起名词的作用。对于这类句子,在阅读时可先不理会从句的内容,只将其视为一个名词,在确定主句的主干部分(即主、谓、宾结构)之后,再来确定这一层次的内容。
【2005年Text 1】l However, whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans, orwhether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.
然而,这种公平意识是独立地从人或卷尾猴身上进化而来的,还是源于二者3500万年前共同的祖先,目前还不得而知。(whether引导的两个并列主语从句作句子的主语)
【2011年Text 4】l But it's interesting to wonder if the images we see every week of stress-free, happiness-enhancing parenthood aren't in some small, subconscious way contributing to our own dissatisfactions with the actual experience, in the same way that a small part of us hoped getting "the Rachel" might make us look just a little bit like Jennifer Aniston.
但是,我们每周看到的那些无忧无虑的、幸福感越来越强的父母形象,是不是在以一种不明显的、无意识的方式不让我们对养育孩子的实际情形感到不满,就像我们中的少数人希望剪个瑞秋式的发型可能会使我们看起来有一点儿像珍妮弗o安妮斯顿一样,想想这些,确实非常有趣。(if引导的宾语从句作动词wonder的宾语)