But now that he's dead, he has a chance of becoming a father.

但如今他雖然死了, 他卻有機會做爸爸。

注意:

a. now that是副詞連接詞, 譯成『既然』或『現在』, 引導副詞子句, 修飾主要子句, 且因受now的影響, 此副詞子句中之時態須為現在式或現在完成式。

例: Now that Don has a job, he isn't so worried about money.

　(既然唐有了份工作，他就不再那麼擔心錢的問題了。)

　Now that Bill has graduated, he's looking for a job.

　(現在比爾已經畢業了，他正在找工作。)

b. since亦可表『既然』, 但其後可接各種時態的子句, 而不受現在式或現在完成式之限制。

例: Since the plane was delayed, we went to the airport bar for a drink.

　(既然飛機誤點，我們便到機場的酒吧去喝了一杯。)

　Since we don't have much money, we can't afford to buy a house.

　(既然我們沒什麼錢，我們便買不起房子。)

If that is so, wouldn't that make her husband her son?

如果真是那樣的話, 那她先生不就變成她兒子了嗎？

上列句中的make是不完全及物動詞, 加受詞her husband後, 再接名詞her son作受詞補語。

注意:

a. make作不完全及物動詞時, 譯成『使……成為……』, 加受詞後, 可接名詞或形容詞作受詞補語。句型如下:

　make + 受詞 + 名詞/形容詞　　使……成為……

例: Marrying Prince Charles made Diana a princess.

　(和查爾斯王子結婚使黛安娜成為王妃。)

　We tried to make Father happy on his birthday.

　(我們設法在爸爸生日那天讓他快樂。)

b. make作不完全及物動詞時, 加受詞後, 亦可接原形動詞作受詞補語, 此時的make稱使役動詞, 譯為『使……』。句型如下:

　make + 受詞 + 原形動詞　　使……

例: Writing an English teaching book makes me feel good.

　(撰寫英語教學書籍讓我感覺很好。)

　Father makes me do my homework before I go to bed every day.

　(每天我上床睡覺前爸爸都會叫我做家庭作業。)

注意:

雖然make加受詞之後可接原形動詞作補語, 但由於make之後的受詞亦可直接接名詞或形容詞作補語, 故不必造出下列的句子:

　　Marrying Prince Charles made Diana be a princess.  (╳)

　→Marrying Prince Charles made Diana a princess.  (○)

　　We tried to make Father be happy on his birthday.  (╳)

　→We tried to make Father happy on his birthday.  (○)