东莞2021年4月自考英语(一)复习（38）

6No matter if it is young or old， large or small traditional or modern， every family has a sense of what a family is.

no matter if 连接让步状语从句，更常见的是用no matter whether.除了no matter whether以外，no matter wh-引导的让步状语从句还有：no matter what， no matter who， no matter whose， no matter which， no matter when， no matter where， no matter how等等。而用wh-ever引导让步从句也是十分常见的。请看下面的例句：

1) No matter what happens， please let me know(无论发生什么事，请让我知道。)

2) No matter who telephones， tell him I'm out(无论谁来电话，告诉他我出去了。)

3) No matter how hard I tried， I couldn't succeed(无论我多努力，我总不能成功。)

4) No matter whether you believe it or not， it's truth(无论你信不信，那总是事实。)

5) No matter where you go， I will follow you(无论你去哪里，我都跟着你。)

6) No matter which book you like you can have it(无论你喜欢哪本书，你都可以拿去。)

7) No matter whose money it is， we can't spend it so carelessly(无论是谁的钱，我们都不能这样随意地花)

上述某些句子可以用wh-ever表述如下：

1) Whatever happens， please let me know.

2) Whoever telephones， tell him I'm out.

3) However hard I tried， I couldn't succeed.

4) Wherever you go， I will follow you.

5) Whichever book you like， you can have it.

7It is that feeling of belonging， of love and security that comes from living together， helping and sharing.

本句中的it代指课文前一句中的a sense of what a family isfeeling of belonging 意思为“归属感”。

security 是一个名词，意思是“安全”。

that comes from living together， helping and sharing 是定语从句，修饰that feeling of belonging， of love and security.

8However， with the change from an agricultural to an industrial society， many nuclear families moved away from the family home in order to find work.

本句中的however是一个表示转折意味的副词，有承接上文的作用，可以使这个句子和前面的句子连接得更紧密，有些接近连词。

句中的with是一个介词，意思是“随着”

句子中的in order to find work做目的状语，除了用in order to 以外，还可以用so as to，也可以把in order，so as省去，只用不定式

9Therefore we can say that the nuclear family becomes more important than the extended family as the society industrializes

句子中的therefore是一个副词，通常用来表示后面将要表述的内容是前面已经表述的内容的结果，也可以用来引导一个结论。类似的表达还有：so，consequently，as a result 等等

as the society industrializes随着社会的工业化。as是一个连词，表示“当…时”。