托福写作中状语从句的应用

托福写作中状语从句的应用

状语从句指句子用作状语时，起副词作用的句子。它可以修饰谓语、非谓语动词、定语、状语或整个句子。根据其作用可分为时间、地点、原因、条件、目的、结果、让步、方式和比较等从句。状语从句一般由连词(从属连词)引导，也可以由词组引起。从句位于句首或句中时通常用逗号与主句隔开，位于句尾时可以不用逗号隔开。

时间状语从句，多由连词引起：

When we lived in town we often went to the theatre.

We must strike while the iron is hot.

Now that we have decorated the house, we can move in.

Directly he uttered these words, there was a dead silence.

地点状语从句主要由where, wherever, anywhere等引起：

The church was built where there had once been a Roman temple.

Where the money is, there is power.

Avoid structures of this kind wherever possible.

方式状语从句主要由as、as if(though)引起：

I have changed it as you suggest.

I feel just like I did when I was a boy.

I remember the whole thing as if it happened yesterday.

They tried to conceal this fact much as I did last year.

As expected, the afforestation movement rapidly spread.

It usually happens as described above.

原因状语从句，主要由because, as, since 引起：

He was angry because we were late.

As the soup was very salty, we were thirsty afterwards.

She ought to come down just in case anything happened.

He was ashamed that he had done such a thing.

条件状语从句，主要由if, unless引起：

If you do that I shall be very pleased.

Nobody will get anything unless they ask for it.

If anybody had asked me, I could have told them what happened.

让步状语从句，主要由although, though, even though, while, whereas等连词引起，表示“虽然”，“尽管”这类意思：

Although he had no qualifications he got the job.

Some praise him, whereas others condemn him.

Much as I like Venice, I couldn’t live there.

目的状语从句和结果状语从句

I have given him a key so that he can get into the house whenever he likes.

So that I shouldn’t worry, he phoned me on arrival.

We have so arranged matters that one of us is always on duty.

There was so much to lose (that) we couldn’t see the faces of his companions.