What is it made of
它是因为在当代世界里,英语在国家之间的商业事务中得到非常广泛的应用。
because引导的是表语从句,表语从句的引导词还有why, what, if (whether)等。例如:
That is why she is so happy.
那就是她为什么如此高兴的原因。
This is what they want.
这正是他们所要的。
The question is whether we can arrive there in time.
问题是我们能否及时到达那儿。
7. When a German buys something from a Japanese, or an Indian sells something to a Frenchman, they often use English.
当一个德国人从一个日本人那儿买东西,或者一个印度人把东西卖给一个法国人时,他们常使用英语。
German, Japanese, Indian, Frenchman分别表示四个国家的名词,现将我们学过的国名和国家的名词归纳如下:
China Chinese(中文) a Chinese(国人单数) Chinese(复数)
America an American Americans
Canada a Canadian Canadians
England an Englishman Englishmen
France a Frenchman Frenchmen
India an Indian Indians
Russia a Russian Russians
Italy an Italian Italians
Australia an Australian Australians
Germany an German Germans
Japan a Japanese Japanese
8. Three quarters of the world’s books and newspapers are written in English.
世界上有四分之三的书报是用英语写的。
three quarters of … 四分之三的……
quarter为“四分之一”的意思,three quarters即为“四分之三”。three quarters of…或a quarter of…结构中of后的名词可为可数名词,也可以是不可数名词。当他们作主语时,谓语动词的单复数形式由of后所跟名词的形式来决定。例如:
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