Chapter 4 状语从句
4.5 结果状语从句
4.5 结果状语从句
4.5.1 常见连词的用法
常用的引导结果状语从句的连词有：so…that和such…that。下面将详细讨论它们的用法。注意，结果状语从句都要放在主句之后，而不能提到句首。
一、连词so…that的用法
多数结果状语从句是由so…that引导的，so后面接形容词或副词。请看例句：
1. 接形容词
1 Sensible Sam: I saw you pushing your bicycle to work this afternoon.
Foolish Fred: Yes, I was so late that I didn’t have time to get on it.
妙语点睛 这里so…that引导结果状语从句，so的后面接了形容词（late）。
2 A geography teacher once told her class,“The moon is so large that several million people could live there.”One boy started laughing,“It sure must get crowded when it’s a crescent moon.”
妙语点睛 这里so…that引导结果状语从句，so的后面接了形容词（large）。
请再看下面这句话：
3 The food in our school canteen is so bad that flies go there to lose weight.
2. 接副词
4 He has put forward unquestioned claims so consistently that he not only believes them himself, but has convinced industrial and business management that they are true.
妙语点睛 这里so…that引导结果状语从句，so的后面接了副词（consistently）。
5 The newly described languages were often so strikingly different from the well studied languages of Europe and Southeast Asia that some scholars even accused Boas and Sapir of fabricating their data.
妙语点睛 这是一道考研真题。这里so…that引导结果状语从句，so的后面接了副词（strikingly）。
二、连词such…that的用法
可以用such…that来引导结果状语从句，such后面要接名词（短语）。请看例句：
6 Diplomats and crabs are creatures who move in such a way that it is impossible to tell whether they are coming or going.
妙语点睛 这里such…that引导结果状语从句，such的后面接了名词（短语）（a way）。
请比较：
7 1） He is such a good teacher that everyone likes him.
2） He is so good a teacher that everyone likes him.
妙语点睛 注意这里冠词a的位置：a要紧跟在such的后面。
4.5.2 结果状语从句的倒装
在英文中，such/so…that引导结果状语从句，为了强调，还可以将主句中的so或such引导的部分置于句首从而构成倒装结构。请看例句：
1 So fast does light travel that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.
妙语点睛 这句话的正常语序为“Light travels so fast that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.”。
2 So terrible was the storm that the roofs were all ripped off.
妙语点睛 这句话的正常语序为“The storm was so terrible that the roofs were all ripped off.”。
3 ______ that the pilot couldn’t fly through it.
A. So the storm was severe
B. So severe was the storm
C. The storm so severe was
D. Such was the storm severe
正确答案 B。
妙语点睛 这是一道四级真题。正确的倒装结构应该是B，这句话的正常语序为“The storm was so severe that the pilot couldn’t fly through it.”。
我们下面来看一个such…that引导的结果从句变为倒装结构的例句：
4 Such a fool was he that he believed her.
妙语点睛 这句话的正常语序为“He was such a fool that he believed her.”。
思维训练4.5 Key
一、请用so…that 和/或such…that合并句子。
1. This tea is good. I think I’ll have another cup.
2. The car was expensive. We couldn’t afford to buy it.
3. I had to wear my coat. It was a cold day.
4. I don’t feel like going to class. We’re having beautiful weather.
5. She talked too fast. I couldn’t understand her.
6. The black leopard is very dark. Its spots are difficult to see.
7. I’ve met too many people in the last few days. I can’t remember all of their names.
8. It took us only ten minutes to get there. There was little traffic.
9. There were few people at the meeting. It was cancelled.
10. I have too much trouble. I need your help.
11. The classroom has comfortable chairs. The students find it easy to fall asleep.
二、请选择最佳答案填空。
12. So involved with their computers ______ that leaders at summer computer camps often have to force them to break for sports and games.
A. became the children
B. become the children
C. had the children become
D. do the children become
13. It is ______ weather that I would like to go to the beach.
A. so nice
B. such nice
C. such a nice
D. so nice a
14. She told us ______ stories that we all laughed.
A. so funny
B. such funny
C. funny such
D. so fun
15. The music at the party was ______ that the neighbors complained.
A. so loud
B. such loudness
C. so loudly
D. such a loud
16. He’s ______ man that everyone loves him.
A. so kind
B. such a kind
C. such kindness
D. so kindly