文档介绍：The Appositive Clause
Analyze the following sentences
Mike told me his idea that we’d
better turn to the teacher for help.
The idea that Mike told me just
now was very good.
that we’d
better turn to the teacher for help
that Mike told me just
now
The Appositive Clause
The Relative Clause
同位语从句与前面的名词是同位关系,即说明它前面名词的内容;而定语从句与前面的名词是修饰与被修饰关系,即限定它前面的名词范围,或补充一些情况。
The news that l have passed the exam is true.
What is the news?
The news is that I have passed the exam
“that I have passed the exam”是the news 的具体内容。
The news that he told me just 
now is true.
Which news is true?
The news that he told me.
“that he told me”是修饰限制the news的,限制不是别的消息,是他告诉我的那个。
连词“that”引导同位语从句与定语从句的区别
引导从句
that
从句中的作用
可否省略
同位语从句
连接词
不担任成分
不省略
定语从句
关系代词
主语和宾语
作宾语
时可省略
Look at the following sentences and tell which is the relative clause and which is the appositive clause:
Appositive Clause
Relative Clause
2. Have you heard the news that was reported from the front?
1. Have you heard the news that our team won the game?
3. The news that there are no lives
on the moon is known to us all.
4. The news that you heard is not
true.
Appositive Clause
Relative Clause
5. Is there any hope that they will be home in time?
problem that you referred to doesn’t exist at all.
Appositive Clause
Relative Clause

一般疑问句充当同位语从句
特殊疑问句充当同位语从句
陈述句充当同位语从句
疑问代词疑问副词
that
whether