【正文】 ’t say a word at the prizeawarding ceremony he was too nervous. Example: A: Can you move the refrigerator to the other end of the moon? B: Sorry, it is too heavy. A: Do you mean the refrigerator is so heavy that you can’t move it? B: I’m very sorry for that. In ―the refrigerator is so heavy that you can’t move it‖, the connective so…that introduces an adverbial clause of result. A sentence containing an adverbial clause of result introduced by so… that can be expressed by the too…to construction. So the above sentence can be reworded as: The refrigerator is too heavy for you to move. B. Cues: I can finish reading the article in ten minutes because it is easy. John can put the heavy trunks onto the luggage van all by himself he is strong. Example: A: I don’t suppose you can finish reading the article in ten minutes. B: No, I can do it. A: Is it so easy that you do it in ten minutes? B: Yes, I am sure. ―Is it so easy that you do it in ten minutes?‖ is also an adverbial clause of result. This sentence can be reworded by using the ―adjective+ enough+ infinitive‖ construction thus: Is it easy enough for you to do in ten minutes? More examples: The moral of the story is clear enough for everybody to see. The moral of the story is sp clear that everybody can see it. III. Cues: I can stand the injection even though though although it’s very painful. Tom sill go and look for Frank he doesn’t really know where Frank is. James will go and hold a talk with the student representatives nobody knows what will happen. Example: ? A: Are you afraid of being injected. ? B: Oh, yes, I think so. ? A: But you can stand it. ? B: It’s all right. No matter how painful it is, I can stand it. / I can stand it even if it’s very painful. The connectives no matter and even if introduce adverbial clauses of concession. The above two sentences, with one using no matter and the other even if, mean the same thing. More examples, No matter how difficult the task id, we will carry it out. Even if the ask is difficult, we will carry it out. IV. Cue: 1. The English conversation tape we listened to yesterday awful, indistinct, clear 2. The film that’s showing at Rialto dreadful, boring, interesting 3. The pop music tape they played in their room horrible, unpleasant, enjoyable Example: ? A: What’s wrong with the English conversation tape? I’ve never listened to anything more indistinct. ? B: It is awful. It was much worse than I had ever imagined. ? A: Is there any clear section? ? B: There’s bound to be something better. ―It was much worse than I had ever imagined.‖ Is a sentence containing an adverbial clause of parison, with which you are quite familiar. But so far you have only learned to make parisons between two different subjects doing the same thing. It is not so with sentence given here, in the above sentence, the parison is made according to a person’s views. Another example, Rosie sang more beautifully than I thought. V. Cues: ? 1. Practice speaking English often and speak English well. ? 2. Study the poem intently and understand it thoroughly. ? 3. Spend little time watching TV and get a lot of work done. Example: ? A: Does he practice English often? ? B: No, not very often. ? A: Well, if he wishes to speak it well, he must practice as often as possible. ? B: Thank you for your suggestion. I’ll tell him that the more often he practices speaking English, the better he’ll speak it. ? ―the more often he practices speaking English, the better he’ll speak it‖The sentence of parison uses the ht e more…, the more… construction. The meaning of the above sentence is: ―if he practices… more often, he’ll speak… better.‖ Generally speaking, the first clause is the subordinate clause and the second one the mian clause. This construction can be elliptical, ., The sooner, the better. ? DIALOGUE I Work Ethics ? A: Do you think a telephone operator should be concerned about the worries of callers? ? B: Well, it’s not her job. At least I wouldn’t interfere in other people’s business. ? A: What if it’s something very urgent? ? B: I don’t see how a telephone operator can relieve anybody’s worries ―in the air‖. ? A: Well, I wouldn’t, either, if I hadn’t read about a Xi’an operator who did much to save the life of a writer. ? B: Really? That’s unusual. What did she do? ? A: One evening the operator put through a call from a small town in Qinghai to the office of the Xi’an branch of the Chinese Writer’s Association, but there was no answer. It was such a late hour that apparently nobody was around at the other end of the line. ? B: That office was closed then? ? A: Yes, it was too late. The operator asked the called to try the next day, but the caller sounded very worried, and there was a pleading tone in his voice. ―Please help me,‖ he moaned, ―This is an emergency.‖ ? B: But there was nothing the operator could do. ? A: The operator didn’t think so. She asked about the problem. ? B: What was the problem? ? A: What happened was that a traveling writer of children’s stories was down with a serious stroke when he arrived at this small town in Qinghai. He had to be sent to Guangzhou for a surgical operation. Since Xi’an was the nearest location with an airport, the writer would have to be sent there by railway first, and hopefully he would get some preliminary treatment in Xi’an. ? B: So that was why the caller tried to contract the Xi’an office of the Writers’ Association. He wanted their help. ? A: Exactly. ? B: All this was very plicated. How could the operator have the patience to listen to the call