华慧考博-考博英语两个复杂句子的结构分析(三十三)
1. Whatever the reaction to the birth of a child, it is obvious that the shift from the role of husband to that of father is a difficult task.
【结构分析】句子主干为:it is obvious that…,这里it为形式主语,而that引导其后的部分充当真正的主语;“Whatever the reaction to the birth of a child”为让步状语。
2. But the material progress made in the last decades allows us to hope that our system might eventually produce a materially affluent society.
【结构分析】句子主干为:the material progress allows us to hope that our system might eventually produce a materially affluent society,that引导其后的部分充当“hope”的宾语;“made in the last decades”为分词短语来充当“the material progress”的后置定语。