【教材原句】Will that be of any use to you?那对你有用吗? 【句法分析】
“be of+形容词+抽象名词”=“be+副词+与该抽象名词同根的形容词”。 【归纳拓展】
(1)介词of后面接表抽象意义的名词,如value,use,help,importance,significance等,相当于该名词相对应的形容词。该名词前面可以用表程度的词加以修饰,如little,no,great,much,some等。
(2)介词of后面还可接一些表示人或物属性的名词,如size,color,height,length,age,shape,quality等,用来描述人或事物的属性,在句中作表语或后置定语。 【例句研读】
(1)What I said is of great importance.=What I said is very important.我所说的非常重要。
(2)The book is of great use to me=The book is very useful to me.这本书对我很有用。 【即时巩固】
(1)这两个房间大小一样。
The two rooms are the same in size.=The two rooms are__________. (2)这项诺贝尔奖对中国的文学很重要。
The Nobel Prize is very important to Chinese literature.=The Nobel Prize is ___________to Chinese literature. (3)他当时告诉我们的事情很重要。
What he told us then was ________________________.
【答案】(1)of the same size(2)of great importance(3)of great importance/very important