Daily Wisdom

Labour breeds our body, learning breads our soul.

                                                          – Smith

劳动教养了身体，学习教养了心灵。

                             ----史密斯

Noun Clauses

名词性从句的功能相当于名词词组。按其句法功能，名词性从句可以分为主语从句、宾语从句、表语从句和同位语从句。引导名词性从句的有连接词that, whether 和if，关系代词who, whom, whose, what, which, whatever, whichever, whatever以及关系副词when, where, how。

（1）主语从句

That he is a doctor is true.=It is true that he is a doctor.

（that 不可以省略；谓语动词用单数）

When we arrive doesn’t matter.

(when在从句中充当成分)

( 2 ) 宾语从句

 ①引导宾语从句的that可以省略，但it 做形式宾语时，引导宾语从句的that不能省略。

②引导宾语从句得whether通常可以换作if，但是，在与or not连用或者做介词的宾语时，只能用whether.

 It depends on whether they will go.(这要看他们去不去了。)

 I don’t know whether or not he was coming.

( 3 ) 表语从句

①接表语从句的系动词：be, look, remain, seem, appear

②主句的主语是reason时，表语从句要用that,不能用because.

 The reason is that…

( 4 ) 同位语从句

同位语从句一般跟在一些抽象名词之后，如：fact, idea, message, news, hope, belief, thought, information, possibility, question, doubt等，对这些名词进行说明或对其内容进行解释。

The news___A___ the Chinese football team had won the match excited all of us.

A. that   B. which   C. what,    D. as

Listening & Speaking Practice

1. Watch the video about Cosmetics.

 2. Enjoy the video clip Scarf.