同位語從句

在復(fù)合句中用作同位語的從句稱為同位語從句 (appositive clause)。同位語從句的形式和定語從句相似。兩者之前都有先行詞，但是與先行詞的關(guān)系不同：同位語從句與先行詞同位或者等同，定語從句則與先行詞是修飾關(guān)系。同位語從句的先行詞多為news, fact, idea, thought, question, reply, report, remark等，關(guān)聯(lián)詞多用連詞that。如：

★ The assumption that robots will make humans redundant and replaceable is groundless.

認(rèn)為機(jī)器人將令人類變得多余和可取代的假設(shè)是站不住腳的。

★ We should not lose sight of the fact that significantly fewer women apply for senior positions in comparison with men.

我們不應(yīng)該忽略這一事實(shí)和男性相比更少的女性申請(qǐng)上級(jí)職位。

關(guān)聯(lián)詞that在非正式文體中可以被省去。如：

★ He grabbed his suitcase and gave the impression he was boarding the London plane.

他拿起了手提箱，給人的印象是他要登上飛往倫敦的飛機(jī)了。（同位語從句he was boarding…省去了關(guān)聯(lián)詞that）

同位語從句偶爾用關(guān)聯(lián)詞whether引導(dǎo)。如：

★ He was tortured by the doubt whether or not he should venture to go south.

他為他是否可以冒險(xiǎn)去南方這種疑慮所折磨。

疑問代詞who, which, what和疑問副詞where, when, why, how亦可引導(dǎo)同位語從句。如：

★ The question who should be responsible for this requires consideration.

誰該為此負(fù)責(zé)，這個(gè)問題需要考慮。

★ We should settle the question where we should dispose of the waste immediately.

我們需要馬上解決在哪里處理那些垃圾的問題。

★ It is a question how it has been achieved.

那是一個(gè)它如何被實(shí)現(xiàn)了的問題。

同位語從句一般緊跟在其先行詞之后，但有時(shí)也可以與先行詞分開，置于句末。如：

★ The suggestion came from the public that the new policy should be implemented.

實(shí)施新政策的建議是公眾提出來的。

在雅思閱讀考試的文章中，這些名詞性從句是和其他從句，如狀語從句和定語從句等結(jié)合使用的，下面朗閣專家給考生們介紹一下在雅思閱讀文章中這些名詞性從句的使用。

1.    The problem of how health-care resources should e allocated or apportioned, so that they are distributed in both the most just and most efficient way is not a new one.

分析：“how health-care resources should e allocated or apportioned, so that they are distributed in both the most just and most efficient way”為句子中介詞of的賓語。而“so that they are distributed in both the most just and most efficient way”為介詞賓語中so that引導(dǎo)的目的狀語從句。

2.    Looking back, it now seems quite incredible that in the national health systems that emerged in many countries in the years immediately after the 1939-45 World War, it was assumed without question that all the basic health needs of any community could be satisfied, at least in principle.

分析：“that in the national health systems that emerged in many countries in the years immediately after the 1939-45 World War, it was assumed without question that all the basic health needs of any community could be satisfied, at least in principle”為that引導(dǎo)的主語從句，“it now seems”中的it為形式主語；“that emerged in many countries in the years immediately after the 1939-45 World War”為that引導(dǎo)的定語從句，其先行詞為the national health systems；“that all the basic health needs of any community could be satisfied, at least in principle”為that引導(dǎo)的主語從句，it為形式主語。

3.    However, at exactly the same time as this new realization of the finite character of health-care resources was sinking in, an awareness of a contrary kind was developing in Western societies: that people have a basic right to health-care as a necessary condition of a proper human life.

分析：“as this new realization of the finite character of health-care resources was sinking in”為as引導(dǎo)的定語從句，其先行詞為the same time；“that people have a basic right to health-care as a necessary condition of a proper human life”為that引導(dǎo)的同位語從句，其先行詞為an awareness of a contrary kind.

4.    Although the language of ‘right’ sometimes leads to confusion, by the late 1970s it was recognized in most societies that people have a right to health-care (though there has been considerable resistance in the United States to the idea that there is a formal right to health-care).

分析：“Although the language of ‘right’ sometimes leads to confusion”為although引導(dǎo)的讓步狀語從句；“that people have a right to health-care”為that引導(dǎo)的主語從句，it為形式主語；“though there has been considerable resistance in the United States to the idea that there is a formal right to health-care”為though引導(dǎo)的讓步狀語從句；“that there is a formal right to health-care”為that引導(dǎo)的同位語從句，其先行詞為the idea。

5.    It is a