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本課介紹關係代名詞that使用的時機, 並介紹感官動詞的用法。
1.

In fact, Australia is the only country that is also a continent.

 事實上, 澳大利亞是唯一也是個洲的國家。

本句中的that是關係代名詞, 理論上等於which, 但因之前的名詞用the only (唯一的) 來修飾, 故此處宜使用that

下列情況中必須使用that取代關係代名詞who、whom或which:

a. 在有最高級形容詞修飾的名詞之後

  : He is the best student whom I've ever
  taught. (
)

   →He is the best student (that) I've ever
  taught. (
)

    (他是我所教過最好的學生。)

  *that因作taught的受詞, 故可省略。

 

b. 在有the only修飾的名詞之後

  : He is the only boy who knows the answer.
  (
)

   →He is the only boy that knows the answer.
  (
)

    (他是唯一知道答案的男孩。)

c.在有序數詞 (the firstthe second...the last) 修飾的名詞之後

  : The last question which he asked was
  interesting. (
)

   →The last question (that) he asked was
  interesting. (
)

    (他問的最後一個問題很有趣。)

2.

It's about the size of the United States,...

=It's about as large as the United States,...

 它大約與美國一樣大……

a. 本句的about是副詞, 表示『大約』的意思, 通常用以修飾數字。

  : About thirty students passed the exam.

    (這次考試大約有三十個學生考及格了。)

b. be the size of...  與……一般大小 (一樣大)

  =be as large as...

  例: The baby's eyes are the size of a penny.

    (那個嬰兒的眼睛和一分錢的硬幣一樣大。)



3.

If it sounds like an interesting place to visit, that's because it is.

=If it sounds like an interesting place to visit, that's because it is an interesting place to visit.

如果它聽起來像是個值得走訪的好去處的話, 那是因為它的確是個值得走訪的好去處。

注意:

a. 原句because it is之後省略了an interesting place to visit, 以避免與主要子句重複。

b. sound like + 名詞  聽起來像……

  感官動詞一共有下列五個:

  sound  聽起來

  look   看起來

  feel   覺得

  taste  嚐起來

  smell  聞起來

這些感官動詞之後應置形容詞作主詞補語。

  : The idea sounds good.

                       形容詞

    (這個主意聽起來不錯。)

    The flower smells bad.

                        形容詞

    (這朵花不好聞。)

但這些感官動詞後亦可置like(), 此時like為介詞, 之後再置名詞作其受詞。

  sound like + 名詞  聽起來像……

  look like + 名詞   看起來像……

  feel like + 名詞   覺得像……

  taste like + 名詞  嚐起來像……

  smell like + 名詞  聞起來像……

  : It sounds like a good idea.

                              名詞

    (這聽起來像個好主意。)

I felt like an ugly duck before the beautiful girl.

                名詞

(在這位漂亮的女孩子面前,我覺得自己像隻醜小鴨。)



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