考点3 状语从句的省略
状语从句同时具备下列两个条件:①主句和从句的主语一致,或从句主语为it;②从句主要动词是be的某种形式,从句中的主语和be动词常可省略,这样使得语言更加简洁明了。
状语从句的省略常包含如下结构:
(1)连词+名词。
He acts as if(he is)a fool. 他表现得就好像是个傻子一样。
(2)连词+形容词。
You must attend the meeting unless(it is)inconvenient to you.
除非情况对你来说不方便,否则你必须出席这次会议。
Work hard when(you are)young, or you’ll regret.
趁年轻要努力学习,要不然你会后悔的。
(3)连词+现在分词。
He fell asleep while(he was)doing his homework. 他在做作业的时候睡着了。
(4)连词+过去分词。
If(it was)untreated, it would produce a powerful poison that would kill the patient.
如果不处理它,它将产生一种导致该病人死亡的烈性毒物。
Though(they were)tired, they went on working. 虽然他们累了,但他们仍继续工作。
(5)连词+介词短语。
While(I was)at college, I began to know him, a strange but able student.
我上大学时开始认识他的,他是一个奇怪但有能力的学生。
(6)连词+不定式。
The patient opened his mouth as if(he was)to speak. 病人张开嘴巴好像要说什么。
You shouldn’t come to his party unless(you were)invited.
除非你被邀请,否则你不应该来参加他的派对。