1 I find the best way to concentrate is to make notes on what the teachers are saying.
妙语点睛 这里what引导的从句what the teachers are saying作介词on的宾语。
精品译文 我认为(上课)集中注意力的最好办法就是把老师讲的内容记下来。
2 There is disagreement among economists about what money is and how money is measured.
妙语点睛 这里what及how引导的从句what money is 和 how money is measured作介词about的宾语。
精品译文 经济学家之间对于什么是货币以及怎样计量存在分歧。
3 “The test of any democratic society,” he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column, “lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be. We won't retreat in the face of any threats.”
妙语点睛 这里有两个宾语从句,一个是how引导的how well it can control expression,另一个是whether引导的whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude,二者都是放在介词in后面作宾语。
精品译文 他在《华尔街日报》的一个专栏中写道:“对任何民主社会的检验不在于它能多有效地控制言论的自由表达,而在于它是否能最大限度地赋予思想自由和表达自由,尽管其结果有时可能会非常有争议和令人不悦。面对威胁,我们不会退缩。”
4 In recent years, the debate over whether fossil-appearing objects from Mars were, in fact, indicators of past or present life on that planet has prompted many to ask whether people are ready, psychologically, to accept the possibility of life elsewhere.
妙语点睛 这里有两个whether引导的从句,一个作介词over的宾语,另一个作动词ask的宾语,即两个都是宾语从句,但所处的位置不同。
精品译文 近几年,人们对火星上出现的类似化石的物体是否能表明火星上过去或现在存在生命有争论。此争议也让很多人不禁要问:我们是否已经在心理上准备好接受地球以外存在生命的可能性。
我们再来看下面这道四级考试真题:
5 I will give this dictionary to ______ wants to have it.
A. whomever
B. someone
C. whoever
D. anyone
正确答案 C。
妙语点睛 本题考查名词从句的引导词。很多考生因为看到介词to,就认为应该填宾格形式的连词,因此选择A。其实这是错误的,因为这里的介词to后面接的不是单独的一个连词,而是由连词引导的一个宾语从句。这里的宾语从句是 ______ wants to have it,显然从句缺主语,因此应该用主格形式的连词whoever,故C正确。所以,这道题的关键是要看到作介词to的宾语是whoever wants to have it这个宾语从句。
精品译文 谁想要这本词典,我就给谁。