【英语早间课堂】One's idea is that S ( should

【序言】

各位听众朋友，这里是可可英语早间7:00 档英语课堂。我是Juliet。在这个早间课堂上给您讲述的是最基础，最基本的英语知识从而使您拥有扎实的基本功。我们大家都知道“万丈高楼平地起”，我们所要冲击的雅思、托福英语则都是在这些最基础的最基本的东西上衍生而出的。因此，基础即是精髓，基本即是精华。

【今日主题】

This morning I am going to talk about a sentence pattern to you which is : One's idea is that somebody ( or something ) should do. 这个句式表达的意思是：某人的想法是...... ,某人想.......。

【主题详解】

Let's make a sentence to get a grasp of it. Look at this sentence: His idea is that they should lock up the house. 他的想法是把屋子锁上。

这是一个含有表语从句的复合句。主句是：his idea is, 从句是：that they should lock up the house. 这是从句成为标语从句。其中“that”是连词，有它而引导的在这个表语从句中使用了虚拟语气，即——谓语结构是：should + lock ( 动词原形) ， 其中should是可以省略的。由此可见，一个含有表语从句的复合句中的主句中的主语有“idea”这个表示“想法”的抽象性名词时，表语从句要使用虚拟语气。

Let's look at a more complex¹ sentence: His idea was that we give her a call which made her know that we were about to hit the road for her building when we left. 他想在我们离开之前打个电话给她，让她知道我们马上动身去她的住宅处了。

总的来说，这是个含有表语从句的复合句。但是表语从句中又含有状语从句，定语从句和宾语从句。When we left 是整个表语从句的时间状语从句，which made her know that we were about to hit the road for her building 是修饰表语从句中直接宾语call这个名词的定语从句, that we were about to hit the road for her building 是定语从句中谓语"made"后面的宾语"her"的宾语补足语"know"这个动词的宾语。

无论是在主句his idea was, 还是在状语从句before we left, 定语从句which made her know...... 宾语从句that we were about to ......中谓语都是一般过去式，而偏偏唯有这个重要的表语从句中的谓语是give, 是动词原形，为什么呢？这是因为本来这个谓语应该是should + give （动词原形），但是should是可以省略的。因此就是give这个动词原形了。

在这个句子中，还值得我们注意一点的是make这个动词的用法。在这个句子中它是“使役动词”，“让某人做某事”我们有多种多样的表达方式，若是要用上make的话，则结构为：make somebody do something. 因此大家看到这整个句子中的所有动词除了give, know还有动词不定时后的hit这三个动词是其原形，其他的动词都是他们的过去式形式。

在这个句子中， “hit the road”是个俚语，意思是：上路。作为俚语,它除了有“上路”的意思，还有“滚吧”的意思。Let's look at the example sentences: One day we hit the road early in the morning, going uphill. 一天早晨我们很早就上路了，沿着山路往山上爬。You've been disturbing me for a long time, you, hit the road. 你已经打搅我很长时间了，滚啦！要表达“动身去哪里，上路去哪里”可以用到这个短语：hit the road for（表示原因） somewhere. For example: Tom packed his car and hit the road for California². 汤姆装好车，然后动身前往加利福尼亚州。有些女孩子很晚才回家，或许会自言自语说“还是走大路吧，这样安全点儿。”那么“走大路”的表达则是：hit the main road.

“hit the road”不作为俚语的话，它有2个意思：1 开始流浪 2 流行起来。Look at the following sentences: Instead of getting a job after college, I decided³ to hit the road and live off the land. 大学毕业后，我没有去找工作，决心去流浪，过悠闲的生活。(注意短语：live off the land 享受悠闲生活，过悠闲生活) During wartime, the Barn⁴ Dance hit the road and performed at several state fairs around the Midwest. 战争时期，谷仓舞流行起来，在中西部的一些州的集市上都有演出。

【视野拓展——情景口语】

And some short sentences including idea is widely used in our daily conversations. Such as: 短句：他另有打算了。即是：He had other ideas. Look at the following long sentence: Her family expected her to go to university but she has other ideas. 她的家人希望她上大学，但是她另有打算。短句：或许这是明智的。即是：It might be an idea. Let's look at the following long sentence: It might be an idea to try again later. 稍后再试或许是明智的。 短句：有意无意。即是：to toy with the idea of ...。For example: We've been toying with the idea of getting a dog. 我们一直都有意无意对想着弄条狗来。短句：最流行的思想是......。即是：The latest big idea is ...。 For example: The latest big idea is to make women be interested in sport. 最流行的思想是促进妇女对体育的兴趣。我们经常说：“一失足成千古恨。” 就因为一点儿铸成终生大错。那么“铸成终生大错？怎么说呢？Look at this sentence：It seemed like a good idea at that time and then it all went horribly⁵ wrong. 在那时似乎好像是个好主意，但后来却因此而铸成大错。 （to be continued）

 

转自可可英语

1 complex   

adj.复杂的，合成的，综合的；n.联合体

参考例句：

• What he said was too complex for me to understand.他说的太复杂了，我无法了解。
• Justice is part of the complex machinery of the law.正义是复杂的法律机器的一部分。

2 California   

n.加利福尼亚(美国)

参考例句：

• He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。
• We were driving on a California freeway.我们正沿着加利福尼亚的一条快车道驾车行驶。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 barn   

n.谷仓，饲料仓，牲口棚

参考例句：

• That big building is a barn for keeping the grain.那幢大房子是存放粮食的谷仓。
• The cows were driven into the barn.牛被赶进了牲口棚。

5 horribly   

adv.可怕地；非常，极其

参考例句：

• My shoulder is playing up horribly. 我的肩膀痛得厉害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The toilets in that restaurant were horribly smelly. 那个餐馆的卫生间气味难闻。 来自《简明英汉词典》