SP 4.3.4

 

Pattern 4

S + V + that + S + V…

例：They claim that they are refugees from Cuba’s repressive political regime.

他們聲稱他們是來自古巴獨裁政權的難民。

 

說明：

這個句型的主要子句動詞為報導式動詞和認知動詞：

承認、否認：acknowledge, admit, concede, allow, confess, deny

宣稱：allege, announce, assert, claim, consider, declare, insist, maintain, proclaim, promise, pronounce, suggest, swear, pledge, vow

說明：add, argue, explain, remark, report, rumor(僅用在被動式), reveal, say, specify, state

猜測、認為、假定：assume, calculate, conceive, deem, estimate, expect, feel, forecast, foretell, guess, hold, imagine, picture, fancy, judge, perceive, predict, presume, reckon, recognize, suppose, surmise, suspect, think

知悉：discover, hear, know, learn, notice, realize, see, understand

證明：demonstrate, hint, imply, suggest, indicate, prove, show, point out, confirm, certify, ascertain

確信：agree, believe, conclude, ensure

質疑：doubt, dispute

希望：dream, hope

記憶：forget, remember

決心：decide, resolve

呼叫：exclaim, murmur, declaim, whisper

其他：boast, complain, fear, intend, mind(用在否定或疑問句), pretend, regret

 

練習

I. 替換

(表示認為和判斷的動詞如assume, believe, consider, feel, imagine, judge, presume, suppose, think, suspect, acknowledge, declare, understand, know, discover, find, prove, report)

範例：I believe that he is honest.

    à I believe him to be honest.

1. I assume the he is a German.

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2. Mark declared that he was the winner.

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3. They think there are more than 3,000 students in that school.

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4. I judge that the boy is very smart.

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5. I consider that the novel is one of his best novels.

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II.翻譯：請將下列中文句子翻成英文

1. 我們很高興宣布比爾蓋茲將蒞臨本校並與學生面對面談話。

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2. 我們保證你們的醫師實習課將提供你們有意義的經驗。

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3. 我們必須體認全球暖化是嚴重的問題。

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4. 不要懷疑一小群奉獻的市民可以改變全世界。

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5. 科學家發現蚊帳能有效避免瘧疾。

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