| 一、英语无生命主语句特点
从充当句子主语的词语来看英语无生命主语句大致有下列几种类型
A. 以时间、地点等名词做主语的句子
1_ 1949 saw the founding of the People's Republic of China.
1949年中华人民共和国成立了。
2 The minutes slipped by quickly.时间一分钟一分钟地溜过去了。
3 Rome witnessed many great historic events.
在罗马城发生过许多伟大历史性事件。
B. 表示生理、心理状态的名词和表示某种遭遇的名词做主语
1His illness prevented him from attending the conference.
他因病未能参加会议。
2Bitterness fed on the man who had made the world laugh.
这位曾使全世界发出笑声的人自己却饱受辛酸。
3Astonishment, apprehension, and even horror oppressed her.
她感到心情抑郁甚至惊恐不安。
C. 具有行为和动作意义的名词作主语
1The very sight of it makes me feel nervous.
一见到它 我就感到紧张。
2The shortest cut would take us five hours to get there.
抄近路也要5 小时才能到那里。
3That night sleep eluded him.那天夜里他没睡好。
4The fresh sunlit January morning filled the young teacher with happy thought. 一月的早
晨清新晴朗令年轻教师心中充满了愉快的感想。
D. 其他类型
1The matter asks immediate attention.这件事需要立即予以注意。
2Well, Colonel Fitzwilliam, what do I play next? My fingers wait your orders.噢菲兹威
廉上校接着弹个什么曲子我在听您吩咐呢。
62 3Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.她的心里的确嘀咕为了我他才这
么做的。 | 
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