新东方白易礼：英语四级考试语法笔记(七)

　　Tired as/though he was, he went on working.

　　(=Although he was very tired, he went on working.)

　　虽然他很累，他还是接着工作。

　　Cold as/though it was, we went out. 虽然天气冷，我们还是出去了。

　　Child as/though she is, she knows a great deal.

　　她虽然是个孩子，但她懂得很多。

　　Teacher as he is, he knows little about teaching.

　　尽管他是个老师，但不懂什么教学。

　　Pilots as he claims he is, no one has ever seen him fly a plane.

　　尽管他声称是个飞行员，但谁也没见过他非飞机。

　　注意后四句是可数名词单数作表语并提前，习惯上不用冠词。

　　翻译练习：

　　尽管他自己受伤了，但他还是尽力帮助别人脱险。

　　→Wounded as he himself was, he still tried to help others to safety.

　　尽管他很有名，但他很平易近人。

　　→Famous as he is, he is easy going.

　　尽管他是囚犯，他行为举止仍像个国王。

　　→Captive as he is, he still behaves as if he were a king/behaves like a king.

　　4.虚拟语气条件从句中的if 被省略时，要把从句中的were, had 或should 移到主语之前。(if 的省略、倒装只限于从句中有were, had 或should这三个词时。)

　　例如：

　　If I had been in your place, I wouldn’t have given it up so early.

　　=Had I been in your place, I wouldn’t have given it up so early.

　　如果我在你的位置，我不会这样早放弃。

　　If he were to succeed, the sun would rise from the west.

　　=Were he to succeed, the sun….

　　如果他能成功，太阳就会从西边出来。

　　If you should be asked about this, say that you know nothing.

　　=Should you be asked about this, say……

　　如果有人问起你这件事，你就说你什么也不知道。

　　Were there no air or water, there would be no life on the earth.

　　如果没有空气和水，地球上就不会有生命。

　　Had you been more careful, you might have avoided the mistake.

　　如果你再细心点，本来事可以避免这个错误的。

　　5.以so开头的，表示“也一样”，“也这样”的句子要倒装。So 用于肯定句，代替上文中的形容词、名词或动词，通常指前面所说的肯定情况也适用于其他人或物。结构是“so + be (do, have 其他助动词或情态动词)+主语”。

　　如：

　　Production is going up, so is the people’s standard of living.

　　生产不断发展，人们的生活水平也一样。