英語早間課堂:One's idea is that S (should)
各位聽眾朋友，這里是可可英語早間7:00 檔英語課堂。我是Juliet。在這個(gè)早間課堂上給您講述的是最基礎(chǔ)，最基本的英語知識從而使您擁有扎實(shí)的基本功。我們大家都知道“萬丈高樓平地起”，我們所要沖擊的雅思、托福英語則都是在這些最基礎(chǔ)的最基本的東西上衍生而出的。因此，基礎(chǔ)即是精髓，基本即是精華。
【今日主題】
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. 這個(gè)句式表達(dá)的意思是：某人的想法是...... ,某人想.......。
【主題詳解】
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. 他的想法是把屋子鎖上。
這是一個(gè)含有表語從句的復(fù)合句。主句是：his idea is, 從句是：that they should lock up the house. 這是從句成為標(biāo)語從句。其中“that”是連詞，有它而引導(dǎo)的在這個(gè)表語從句中使用了虛擬語氣，即——謂語結(jié)構(gòu)是：should + lock ( 動(dòng)詞原形) ， 其中should是可以省略的。由此可見，一個(gè)含有表語從句的復(fù)合句中的主句中的主語有“idea”這個(gè)表示“想法”的抽象性名詞時(shí)，表語從句要使用虛擬語氣。
Let's look at a more complex 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. 他想在我們離開之前打個(gè)電話給她，讓她知道我們馬上動(dòng)身去她的住宅處了。
總的來說，這是個(gè)含有表語從句的復(fù)合句。但是表語從句中又含有狀語從句，定語從句和賓語從句。When we left 是整個(gè)表語從句的時(shí)間狀語從句，which made her know that we were about to hit the road for her building 是修飾表語從句中直接賓語call這個(gè)名詞的定語從句, that we were about to hit the road for her building 是定語從句中謂語"made"后面的賓語"her"的賓語補(bǔ)足語"know"這個(gè)動(dòng)詞的賓語。
無論是在主句his idea was, 還是在狀語從句before we left, 定語從句which made her know...... 賓語從句that we were about to ......中謂語都是一般過去式，而偏偏唯有這個(gè)重要的表語從句中的謂語是give, 是動(dòng)詞原形，為什么呢?這是因?yàn)楸緛磉@個(gè)謂語應(yīng)該是should + give (動(dòng)詞原形)，但是should是可以省略的。因此就是give這個(gè)動(dòng)詞原形了。
在這個(gè)句子中，還值得我們注意一點(diǎn)的是make這個(gè)動(dòng)詞的用法。在這個(gè)句子中它是“使役動(dòng)詞”，“讓某人做某事”我們有多種多樣的表達(dá)方式，若是要用上make的話，則結(jié)構(gòu)為：make somebody do something. 因此大家看到這整個(gè)句子中的所有動(dòng)詞除了give, know還有動(dòng)詞不定時(shí)后的hit這三個(gè)動(dòng)詞是其原形，其他的動(dòng)詞都是他們的過去式形式。
在這個(gè)句子中， “hit the road”是個(gè)俚語，意思是：上路。作為俚語,它除了有“上路”的意思，還有“滾吧”的意思。Let's look at the example sentences: One day we hit the road early in the morning, going uphill. 一天早晨我們很早就上路了，沿著山路往山上爬。You've been disturbing me for a long time, you, hit the road. 你已經(jīng)打攪我很長時(shí)間了，滾啦!要表達(dá)“動(dòng)身去哪里，上路去哪里”可以用到這個(gè)短語：hit the road for(表示原因) somewhere. For example: Tom packed his car and hit the road for California. 湯姆裝好車，然后動(dòng)身前往加利福尼亞州。有些女孩子很晚才回家，或許會(huì)自言自語說“還是走大路吧，這樣安全點(diǎn)兒。”那么“走大路”的表達(dá)則是：hit the main road.
“hit the road”不作為俚語的話，它有2個(gè)意思：1 開始流浪 2 流行起來。Look at the following sentences: Instead of getting a job after college, I decided to hit the road and live off the land. 大學(xué)畢業(yè)后，我沒有去找工作，決心去流浪，過悠閑的生活。(注意短語：live off the land 享受悠閑生活，過悠閑生活) During wartime, the Barn Dance hit the road and performed at several state fairs around the Midwest. 戰(zhàn)爭時(shí)期，谷倉舞流行起來，在中西部的一些州的集市上都有演出。
【視野拓展——情景口語】
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學(xué)，但是她另有打算。短句：或許這是明智的。即是：It might be an idea. Let's look at the following long sentence: It might be an idea to try again later. 稍后再試或許是明智的。 短句：有意無意。即是：to toy with the idea of ...。For example: We've been toying with the idea of getting a dog. 我們一直都有意無意對想著弄條狗來。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. 最流行的思想是促進(jìn)婦女對體育的興趣。我們經(jīng)常說：“一失足成千古恨。” 就因?yàn)橐稽c(diǎn)兒鑄成終生大錯(cuò)。那么“鑄成終生大錯(cuò)?怎么說呢?Look at this sentence：It seemed like a good idea at that time and then it all went horribly wrong. 在那時(shí)似乎好像是個(gè)好主意，但后來卻因此而鑄成大錯(cuò)。 (to be continued)
