昨天我们讲了表语从句的引导词都有哪些类型,相信你已经了解了,一共分为 5 类:that、whether、疑问代词、疑问副词和特殊引导词,如果想不起来了,可以在文章底部点击昨天的文章链接进行复习。
其中有两个引导词,看起来都是给别人一个理由的,一个是“Why”,一个是“Because”,那究竟有什么区别呢?我们今天就来讲一下:
先来看两个例句:
- Lucy did not see the film last night. That's because she had to help her little brother with his homework.
露西昨晚没有看电影,那是因为她必须帮助她的小弟弟做作业。
- Lucy had seen the film before. That is why she did not see it last night.
露西以前曾看过那部电影, 因此他昨天晚上没有去看。
发现区别了吗?仔细瞅瞅,好吧,还是没看明白?我告诉你答案吧:
Why + 结果 而 Because + 原因
还不明白?用汉语给你解释一下就很好理解了:
例1:
如果你今天上班迟到了,你告诉老板说:“路上堵车所以我迟到了”。“迟到”就是一个结果,而“路上堵车”就是原因。
- The traffic was so bad. That's why I was late this morning.
路上太堵了,所以我迟到了。(Why 后面跟结果)
- I was late this morning. That was because the traffic was so bad.
我今早迟到了,是因为路上太堵了(Because 后面跟原因)
再举个例子:
例2:
汤姆即粗心又不负责任,所以被解雇了。“粗心又不负责”是原因,而“解雇”就是结果。
- Tom is careless and irresponsible. That was why he was dismissed.
汤姆既粗心又不负责,这就是为什么他被解雇了。(Why 后面跟结果)
- Tom was dismissed. That was because he is careless and irresponsible.
汤姆被解雇了,这是因为他既粗心又不负责。(Because 后面跟原因)
最后,需要注意的是 ,当句子中有 reason 时,从句不能用 because,那样就重复了(因为 Because 就是跟原因的),而要使用that。例如:
- The reason we were late is that there was an accident on Interstate 26.
我们迟到的原因是在26号州际公路上发生了一起事故。(这里就用 that 比较好)
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