Lesson 57 名词/形容词/副词/动词原形+as/though……,+主句
倒装语序的as从句,既可以表让步,也可表原因。被倒装的名词前不加任何惯词。被倒装的动词原形常与“may、might、will、would”这几个词连用,而这几个词都要保留在原来的位置上,倒装在句首的动词原形一般多为不及物动词。本句型多表示“尽管”的意思。
征服句型
●Hot as the weather is, we still work outside.
尽管天气这么热,我们仍然要在外面工作。
●Child as Tom is, he has sold papers in the street.
尽管汤姆是个孩子,他已经在街边卖报纸了。
●Little as I liked it, I accepted it.
尽管我不喜欢,我还是接受了。
●Try as she might, Mary could not find her dream lover.
尽管她非常努力,玛丽还是找不到她的梦中情人。
●Hard as he studies, he can’t catch up with the others.
尽管他学习很刻苦,他还是追不上别人的成绩。
征服对话
●Cold though the weather was, my child still bought an ice cream.
●So was my son.
尽管这么冷,我的孩子还是买了冰淇淋。我儿子也是。
●Tired as I am, I have to go on working.
●You can have a rest for a while.
尽管我很累,我不得不继续工作。你可以先休息一会儿。
●What are you worried about?
●Beautiful that my daughter is, she is already 40 years old.
●What is the relation between the two things?
●The relation is that she has not married.
你担心什么?
尽管我女儿漂亮,但她已经40岁了。
这两件事有什么联系吗?
联系就是她还没有结婚。