1、Verbless clausesVerbless clauses无动词分句无动词分句 MaryLuluWhat is Verbless clauses?n无动词分句是一种省略了主语和谓语动词的分句结构。n这种结构通常出现在句首,也可出现在其他位置。n它的被省略的主语通常也就是主句的主语n被省略的动词通常是系动词beFor example:nAs close to the urban areas,this farm mainly does market gardening 由于靠近市区,这个农场主要生产商品蔬菜。nAs close to the urban areas =As it is clo
2、se to the urban areas;For example:nAs science reporter,Jim has a wide range of knowledge n吉姆是一位科学新闻记者,所以知识面广。nAs science reporter =As he is a science reporter The types of Verbless clausesn1不带从属连词的无动词分句n2带从属连词的无动词分句n3带有自身主语的无动词分句n n1不带从属连词的无动词分句不带从属连词的无动词分句 (这类无动词分句通常只由形容词这类无动词分句通常只由形容词词组或名词词组构成词组或名
3、词词组构成)Speechless,Henry nodded and sat on a folding seat 亨利一言不发,点点头,坐在折椅上。As an excellent speaker,he was never at a loss for a word 作为一位卓越的演讲家,他从来不会无话可说。n n2 2带从属连词的无动词分句带从属连词的无动词分句带从属连词的无动词分句带从属连词的无动词分句(从属连词有:从属连词有:从属连词有:从属连词有:when(ever),if ,while,wherever,whetheror,although,though,as if,even if,onc
4、e,unless,until,however,no matter what等等)When still a boy of six,Bob was sent away from home 当鲍还是个六龄儿童的时候,就被打发出门。n n这类无动词分句还可以是这类无动词分句还可以是“从属连词从属连词+介词介词词组词组”,或者,或者“从属连词从属连词+副词词组副词词组”。nWhen in Rome,do as the Romans do 入乡随俗.He spoke ungraciously if not rudely 他讲话的口气尽管不算粗鲁却也没有礼貌。n n3带有自身主语的无动词分句带有自身主语的无
5、动词分句 (以上两类无动词分句均以主句主语作为自以上两类无动词分句均以主句主语作为自己的逻辑主语,从而不须表示出来。带主己的逻辑主语,从而不须表示出来。带主语的无动词分句便成为一种所谓的语的无动词分句便成为一种所谓的“独立独立结构结构”)Two hundred people died in the accident,many of them were children两百人在事故中丧生,其中大多数是儿童。n n带主语的无动词分句有时并不与主句的主带主语的无动词分句有时并不与主句的主语发生关系,而是与宾语发生关系。语发生关系,而是与宾语发生关系。nShe talked about her friends,all of them are television stars 她谈论她的朋友们,尽是些电视明星。