结果状语从句,用来说明某事的结果时,可用结果状语从句。结果状语从句常由so… that或such…that引导。结果状语状语从句常由so与such的不同词性决定。such是形容词,修饰名词或名词词组,so是副词,只能修饰形容词或副词。
so还可与表示数量的形容词many, few, much, little连用,形成固定搭配。如:
(1)“so+adj./adv.+that”,“so+adj.(+a/an)+n.+that”;
(2)“such(+a/an)(+adj.)+n.+that”。
例句:The girl is so young that she can't go to school.
She is such a young girl that she can't go to school.
《剑桥雅思真题8》Test 1 Passage 1
The motion of a pendulum rocks this device so that it catches and then releases each tooth of the escape wheel.
钟摆的运动使这个装置摇晃,使它能抓住并释放出每个齿轮。
《剑桥雅思真题7》Test 2 Passage 3
The regional road was in such bad shape that access to the main towns was impossible for about three months of the year.
这条地区公路的状况如此糟糕,以至于每年有三个月无法进入主要城镇。
《剑桥雅思真题7》Test 4 Passage 3
It should be noted that the two groups of children had been carefully matched by the investigators so that they were comparable in age,ethnicity, race, and social class.
应该指出的是,调查人员对这两组儿童进行了仔细比对,使他们在年龄、种族、门第和社会阶层上具有可比性。
《剑桥雅思真题11》Test 1 Passage 2
This has reached such a pitch that today rail freight services are facing marginalisation.
这种情况如此严重,以至于如今铁路货运服务正面临边缘化。