结果状语从句的从句部分是补充说明主句中谓语动词发生的结果的,通常位于主句之后。结果从句中通常不用情态助动词,但must,can,could除外。so要用在形容词/副词之前,so that可以引导目的状语从句, 也可以引导结果状语从句。
例如:It was very cold, so that the river froze.
天气寒冷, 河水都结冰了。
1.so+形容词+that
如:Some people were so moved by the sight that they began to cry.
一些人对此情景如此感动,以致开始哭了出来。
2.so+副词+that
如:The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water.
球重重地打在了他身上,使他几乎落到水里去。
3.so+形容词+a+单数名词+that
如:It was so hot a day that they wanted to go swimming.
天那么热,他们想去游泳。
4.so+many/few(+复数名词)+that
如:There are so many picture-story books that the boy won't leave.
有那么多连环画书,小孩都不想离开了。
5.so+much/little+单数不可数名词)+that
如:There is so much contradictory advice about exercising that you become confused.
对于锻炼有那么多互相矛盾的意见,以致都把你给弄糊涂了。