有沒有寫過像下面這樣的句子:
“Due to growth in business, we now have the following career opportunities to offer to the right candidates.”
&“Due to expansion, we have a number of vacancies within our Singapore operation and are seeking to recruit technicians.”
這兩個常??梢砸姷降木渥佣己芎?,很清楚。我要談?wù)劦闹皇恰癲ue to”的位置問題。
嚴格地說,“due to”不管是當(dāng)“由于”或“應(yīng)歸于”解,都不放在句前,而要出現(xiàn)在句后,是在“Be”之后,如:
① The company's problems are due to bad management and staff shortage.
② Some staff came late, due to traffic congestion.
如果要“由于”出現(xiàn)在句前也行,但要用“due to”的同義詞“owing to, because of, on account of”,甚至“thanks to”。因此,文前的兩句話和下面兩句都改一改:
③ Due to their outward appearance, American Chinese are still considered Chinese. (→ Because of)
④ Due to the opening up of China's economy, many people have been going there to do business. (→On account of)
另一個本地常見的句式是:“The reason is because……”,如:
⑤ Janet cannot speak Mandarin well. The reason is because she has not learned it properly.
根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu),上面這話的主句是“The reason is”,后面的分句應(yīng)該是名詞性的才適合當(dāng)接系動詞“is”的補足語(complement)。因此,把原因副詞分句“because she has not learned it properly”改為名詞分句(noun clause):
The reason is that she has not learned it properly.
不然就要調(diào)整句式如下:
⑥ Janet cannot speak Mandarin well because she has not learned it properly.
⑦ The reason why Janet cannot speak Mandarin well is that she has not learned it properly.
最后一個漸漸見到的句式和從屬連詞(Subordinating conjunction)“because”有關(guān)。
習(xí)慣上,由“because”引發(fā)的原因副詞分句(adverb clause of reason)要在主句之后出現(xiàn),如上述第⑥句;又如:
⑧ The students carried out demonstrations because the government was corrupted.
但是用美式英語者偶爾倒過來寫:
“Because the government was corrupted, the students carried out demonstrations.”
一般上,這里的“because”可由“as, since, now that”取代,如下:
⑨ As the government was corrupted, the students carried out demonstrations.
⑩ Since Sam was the best candidate, he got the job.
(11) Now that the business has grown, we have the following career opportunities to offer to suitable applicants.
“Due to growth in business, we now have the following career opportunities to offer to the right candidates.”
&“Due to expansion, we have a number of vacancies within our Singapore operation and are seeking to recruit technicians.”
這兩個常??梢砸姷降木渥佣己芎?,很清楚。我要談?wù)劦闹皇恰癲ue to”的位置問題。
嚴格地說,“due to”不管是當(dāng)“由于”或“應(yīng)歸于”解,都不放在句前,而要出現(xiàn)在句后,是在“Be”之后,如:
① The company's problems are due to bad management and staff shortage.
② Some staff came late, due to traffic congestion.
如果要“由于”出現(xiàn)在句前也行,但要用“due to”的同義詞“owing to, because of, on account of”,甚至“thanks to”。因此,文前的兩句話和下面兩句都改一改:
③ Due to their outward appearance, American Chinese are still considered Chinese. (→ Because of)
④ Due to the opening up of China's economy, many people have been going there to do business. (→On account of)
另一個本地常見的句式是:“The reason is because……”,如:
⑤ Janet cannot speak Mandarin well. The reason is because she has not learned it properly.
根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu),上面這話的主句是“The reason is”,后面的分句應(yīng)該是名詞性的才適合當(dāng)接系動詞“is”的補足語(complement)。因此,把原因副詞分句“because she has not learned it properly”改為名詞分句(noun clause):
The reason is that she has not learned it properly.
不然就要調(diào)整句式如下:
⑥ Janet cannot speak Mandarin well because she has not learned it properly.
⑦ The reason why Janet cannot speak Mandarin well is that she has not learned it properly.
最后一個漸漸見到的句式和從屬連詞(Subordinating conjunction)“because”有關(guān)。
習(xí)慣上,由“because”引發(fā)的原因副詞分句(adverb clause of reason)要在主句之后出現(xiàn),如上述第⑥句;又如:
⑧ The students carried out demonstrations because the government was corrupted.
但是用美式英語者偶爾倒過來寫:
“Because the government was corrupted, the students carried out demonstrations.”
一般上,這里的“because”可由“as, since, now that”取代,如下:
⑨ As the government was corrupted, the students carried out demonstrations.
⑩ Since Sam was the best candidate, he got the job.
(11) Now that the business has grown, we have the following career opportunities to offer to suitable applicants.