我們再看一些具體例子(這些名詞從句包括“that + 完整句”形式和準疑問句形式):
It’s possible?that he has?not received the letter.(主語it保留下來了)
可能他還沒有收到那封信。
It happened?that she was out?when we called.(主語it保留下來了)
我們打電話時她剛巧不在家。
?
It doesn’t matter?what you?say.(主語it保留下來了)
你說什么不重要。
(matter要緊)
It was unclear?what they?would do.(主語it保留下來了)
還不清楚,他們想干什么。
I find it sad?that he doesn’t?know the answer.(賓語it保留下來了)
我覺得很難過,他不知道答案。
I find it amazing?that they’re still together.(賓語it保留下來了)
他們還在一起,這使我大吃一驚。
I like it?when?she comes to visit.(賓語it保留下來了)
我喜歡她來看我。
I hate it?when he does that. (賓語it保留下來了)
我最討厭他那樣做了。
(《新概念》2-51)
It was obvious?that he was very embarrassed. (主語it保留下來了)
顯然他感到很尷尬。
(《新概念》4-20)
How it came about?that snakes manufactured poison?is a mystery.(主語it保留下來了)
蛇產生毒液這個現(xiàn)象是怎么出現(xiàn)的,這是一個謎。
??? (come about出現(xiàn)、manufacture制造、poison毒、mystery謎)
句中的it和that snakes manufactured poison是指同一件事。即問how it came about(它是怎么出現(xiàn)的)等于問how [that snakes manufactured poison] came about(【蛇產生毒液這個現(xiàn)象】是怎么出現(xiàn)的)。
(電影《盜夢空間》)
How can it not matter to you?where that train will take you?(主語it保留下來了)
你怎么能不在乎那列火車會把你帶到哪里?
(matter要緊)
句中的it和where that train will take you是指同一件事。即問how can it not matter to you(它怎么會對你不重要)等于問how can [where that train will take you] not matter to you(【火車會把你帶到哪里】怎么會對你不重要)。
(《新概念》4-45)
Itis a strange thought, but I believe a correct one,?that twenty or thirty pages of ideas?and information would be capable of turning the present-day world upside down, or even destroying it.(主語it保留下來了)
二、三十頁的計劃和情報就能使當今世界發(fā)生翻天覆地的變化,甚至毀滅這個世界,這是個離奇的念頭,但我認為它是正確的。
(thought念頭)
句中的it就是指that twenty or thirty pages of ideas and information would …那一長段話。即:[That twenty or thirty pages of ideas and information would …] is a strange thought, but I believe a correct one.(【二、三十頁的計劃和情報……】是個離奇的念頭,但我認為它是正確的。)