在中文中,我們常常會說
「因為……,所以……」,以文法的觀點來看,就是在同一個句子裡面用了
兩個連接詞,來表達前後句子的
因果關係。然而,在英文中,有些
「連接詞」不能出現在同一個句子裡,現在就讓我們看看有哪些例子吧!
because表達
「因為……」的意思,其後接的子句用來表達「原因」;
so表達
「所以……」的意思,其後接的子句用來表達「結果」,例如:
☑
Because she was sick, she didn’t go to school.
因為她病了,所以她沒去上學。
☑ She was sick,
so she didn’t go to school.
因為她病了,
所以她沒去上學。
但不能將其表達為:
☒
Because she was sick,
so she didn’t go to school.
再舉一個例子:
☑ It is a bit cloudy,
so I take my umbrella with me.
因為有點陰天,
所以我帶了傘。
☑ I take my umbrella with me
because it is a bit cloudy.
因為有點陰天,所以我帶了傘。
但不能將其表達為:
☒
Because it is a bit cloudy,
so I take my umbrella with me.
although和
though表達
「雖然……」的意思,其後接的子句用來表達「目前的情況」;
but表達
「但是……」的意思,其後接的子句用來表達「轉折的結果」,例如:
☑
Although my father is eighty, he is still very much alive.
雖然我父親已經八十歲了,但他仍然很有活力。
☑ My father is eighty,
but he is still very much alive.
雖然我父親已經八十歲了,
但他仍然很有活力。
但不能將其表達為:
☒
Although my father is eighty,
but he is still very much alive.
再舉一個例子:
☑
Though Jack was poor, he never gave up his dream.
雖然傑克很窮,但他從未放棄過自己的夢想。
☑ Jack was poor,
but he never gave up his dream.
雖然傑克很窮,
但他從未放棄過自己的夢想。
但不能將其表達為:
☒
Though Jack was poor,
but he never gave up his dream.
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