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表语从句比较简单，通常就是将从句置于系动词，尤其是is后边，请看例句：
28 It is not that the scales in the one case, and the balance in the other, differ in the principles of their construction or manner of working; but that the latter is a much finer apparatus and of course much more accurate in its measurement than the former.
妙语点睛 这里的两个that从句都用在is后边作表语，同时，not that...but that...是比较常见的并列形式。
精品译文 这并不是说面包师或卖肉的人所用的磅秤和化学家所用的天平在构造原理或工作方式上存在差别，而是说与前者相比，后者是一种更精密的装置，因而在计量上必然更准确。
29 A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is how friendly, courteous, and helpful most Americans were to them.（1997年阅读第二篇）
妙语点睛 这里的how从句用在is后面作表语。
精品译文 去过美国的人回来的一致反应是大多数美国人对他们是如何友善、有礼貌和乐于助人。
30 Women are much too preoccupied by family. Once the marriage begins to disintegrate, they're lost. That's where their unhappiness springs from and that ’ s why most divorced mothers regard themselves as victims.
妙语点睛 这里的where从句和why从句用在is后面作表语。
精品译文 妇女太专注于家庭了。一旦婚姻开始瓦解，她们就失去了方向。这就是不幸福的来源，也是为什么大多数离婚妇女都认为自己是受害者的原因。