通过幽默句子学习让步状语从句

本文章由春喜在线英语于2017.5.15日编辑发布

 

 

1． Although/though（尽管，虽然），even though/even if（即使）

Although与though两者意思相同，一般可互换，都可以与yet, still或nevertheless连用，但不能和but连用。

There is no such thing as a convincing [令人信服的] argument, although every man thinks he has one.

根本就没有什么令人信服的论证，虽然每个人都认为自己可以。

注：每个人都觉得自己不会被别人说服，但自己可以说服别人。

It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians[历史学家] can.

据说尽管上帝不能改变过去，历史学家可以。

注：有些历史是历史学家编的。

Although there exist many thousands of subjects for elegant conversation, there are people who cannot meet a cripple（瘸子） without talking about feet.

尽管存在无数个优雅的话题，总有一些人遇见瘸子就谈论脚。

注：有些人说话没有水平，别人不爱听什么他就说什么。

I own I would rather choose a wife of mine to have the usual number of limbs（肢体）….and although one eye may be very agreeable, the prejudice has always run in favor of two.

我承认我宁愿选择一个四肢健全的妻子……尽管一只眼睛也很令人愉快，但世俗的偏见还是认为两只眼睛好。

注：他最终还是没有冲破世俗的偏见，选择了两只眼睛的妻子。

First, I want to thank you for that great introduction[介绍] ____ although it did confuse my wife. Half-way through she nudged （用肘轻推）me to find out who else was speaking tonight.

首先我想感谢你们这么精彩的介绍——尽管确实迷惑了我太太，她一直用胳膊肘捅我想知道今晚的演讲者还有谁。

注：演讲嘉宾听完主持人对自己全是溢美之词的介绍后这么说，意思是我太太都不知道你们介绍得是谁。

Though I am the perfect height of five-feet-nine-and-a-half I always feel depressed[沮丧的] in the presence of a man six-feet-two.

尽管我有着完美皿英尺9寸半的身高，但在身高6英尺2的人面前总感到情绪低落。

注：这是一个容易受伤但很有上进心的男人。

注意：though还可以用作副词，意为“可是，然而”，置于句末。

He said he would come; he didn't, though.

I have been a selfish human being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

我一生都很自私，只是在实践上，原则上可不是这样。

注：嘴上可不自私。

场景再现：鼓励别人勇于表达自己：

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

说出你的思想，即使你的声音在颤抖。

注：声音颤抖可能是紧张，也可能内心有不可告人的秘密，怕说错话被别人发现。

Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

我们要在力所能及的情况下愉快地生活，即使不得不借钱这样做。

注：如果有能力借钱生活，是不是也是力所能及的生活呢？

No furniture is as charming as books, even if you never open them or read a single word.

任何家具都不象书这样有魅力，即使你从来没有打开或一个字都不读。

注：有些人家里、办公室里摆了很多书，就想显着有学问，实际上他们从来不看。

 

2． As引导让步状语从句倒装

As从句一般放在主句之前，须用倒装语序。从句中的表语、状语或动词原形置于句首。若表语是名词，前置时要省略冠词。

Much as he is opposed to lawbreaking, he is not bigoted[固执的] about it.

尽管他十分反对干违法的事，但并不一根筋。

注：有一些政府官员也想遵纪守法，但有人稍微一诱惑，他们就改变了主意。

Child as he is, he knows a lot.

Try as he might, he could not find a job.

注意：though引导的从句也可象as引导的从句一样用倒装语序，但是although引导的从句只能用正常语序。注意比较下面的说法：

Smart though/as she is, she doesn't study hard.

Though she is smart, she doesn't study hard.

Although she is smart, she doesn't study hard.

不能说：

Smart although she is, she doesn't study hard.

As she is smart, she doesn't study hard.

 

3．Whether….or….（不管…..还是….）；疑问词 + ever与no matter + 疑问词（不管…..；无论….）。

What number has nothing left if you take a half from it?

The number is 8, because only 0 is left whether you take away the top half or the bottom half.

哪个数如果你拿走一半什么也剩不下？

数字8，因为不管你拿走上半部分还是下半部分只剩下0。

A man bitten by a dog, no matter whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself.

被狗咬了，不管是不是疯狗，人很容易疯。

注：“他不想被狗咬，可是被狗咬了，所以他疯了”这样的推理是否合乎逻辑？

场景再现：你每天给老板端茶倒水，老板还不满意，你抱怨说：

No matter how much you do, you can never do enough.

不管你做了多少工作，你总是做得不够。

No matter how hard you try, you can''t fall off the floor!

不管你多努力，你也从地板上摔不下去。

注：有些事情努力也做不到。

Whatever advice you give, be brief.

不管你要给我什么建议，要简短。

注：表明他不想听长篇大论的建议。

Whatever bad things people say about Him, our poor old God is unable to defend Himself.

不管人们说上帝什么坏话，我们可怜年迈的上帝都不能为自己辩护。

注：幽默思维就是从不同的角度看问题，信仰上帝的人认为上帝是万能的，这里却认为上帝可怜年迈。

注意：whoever, whatever, whomever, whichever还可以引导名词性从句。

You can take whatever you like.