I have been studying English for nearly thirty years, but Im still a learner. I often listen to BBCLearningEnglish.com. Its easy and pleasant for me.
Theres a story about bees and elephants in Kenya in the BBCs Words in the News program. One of its sentences says: This is the gentle buzz of bees in the English countryside, but the angry buzz of their fiercer cousins in Kenya is such that it terrifies the giant beasts.
Why is such? I felt that is such is expressive, but I can not explain why and I cant use the expression myself.
Could you explain it for me? It seems to me that you can explain almost everything.
My comments:
The almost in you can explain almost everything is redundant, lol.
As a matter of fact, the expressive expression you were pointing to is not is such, but such that. Is, you see, is just one form of be it can be replaced by are, or was, or were, or has been, have been, had been, etc.
Anyways, such that is used to give a reason or, if you like, an explanation for something. For instance, you couldve said: My English is such that I still feel like a beginner even though Ive been studying the language for 30 years.
Such that is considered formal and used by literary people, such as writers at the BBC. But one easy way to remember this two-word combination is to treat it as a variation of the more commonplace so that. In fact, a such that sentence can always be turned into a so... that sentence.
Or almost always.
For example, the sentence you quoted from the BBC may be rewritten this way, with such that replaced by so... that:
This is the gentle buzz of bees in the English countryside, but the angry buzz of their cousins in Kenya is so fierce that it terrifies the giant beasts.
Or this way:
This is the gentle buzz of bees in the English countryside, but the angry buzz of their cousins in Kenya is fierce, so fierce that it terrifies the giant beasts.
Or even this way:
This is the gentle buzz of bees in the English countryside, but the angry buzz of their cousins in Kenya is much fiercer, so much so that it terrifies the giant beasts.
The re-writings sound less BBC-like, but you get my drift.
Here are a few more examples of such that, just so that you may get very familiar and comfortable with these two words whenever you see them side by side. Be familiar and comfortable with them, you see, is what its about. In other words, keep studying.
1. John Tanners remarks came during an Oct. 5 panel discussion on minority voters before the National Latino Congreso in Los Angeles. Tanner addressed state laws that require photo identification for voting, saying that elderly voters disproportionately dont have the proper IDs.
Thats a shame, you know, creating problems for elderly persons just is not good under any circumstance, Tanner said, according to video posted on YouTube. Of course, that also ties into the racial aspect because our society is such that minorities dont become elderly the way white people do. They die first.
- Obama Wants Official Fired for Comments
2. The bald facts are these: Manchester United last night became the first English side in history to win the treble, beating Bayern Munich 2-1 in Barcelona to win the European Champions League. But the manner of their victory was such that no one, not their manager Alex Ferguson, nor the thousands of delirious English supporters, not even the scriptwriters of Roy of the Rovers would dare to suggest. With the stadium clock showing 90 minutes, United scored not once but twice to wipe out an early goal scored by Bayern Munich and take home the European Cup, the largest piece of silverware in world football.
- Drama at the death as United make history
3. Neil Woodford could be dubbed the UK Equity Income King. Based in Henley-on-Thames, well away from the hubbub of the City of London, he has managed Invesco Perpetual High Income fund since 1988 and the closely related Invesco Perpetual Income fund since 1990. Both have had dull patches, notably in the late 1990s. But Woodfords reluctance to join the rush into technology, media and telecommunications companies at the height of the dotcom euphoria was fully vindicated in the subsequent bear market, and the funds short and long-term success has been such that they have attracted of over 12 billion of investors money.
- The case for UK Equity
上一篇: 巧用with复合结构
下一篇: 词语辨析
国际英语资讯:67 pct of Russians likely to support Putin at presidential race: poll
《中国的北极政策》白皮书全文
The Power of Insistence 坚持的力量
一句话总结各国料理:中餐要探问星空?
国内英语资讯:China to develop six national forest city groups by 2020
国内英语资讯:Chinas Xiamen Airlines to promote UN sustainable development message with new aircraft
佛系90后掀起养蛙风:今天你的蛙儿子回家了吗?(附攻略)
国内英语资讯:Chinas judicial agencies vow to be guardians of Constitution
国内英语资讯:China, Canada pledge to further boost economic ties
国际英语资讯:European Leaders debate over EU future in WEF annual meeting in Davos
面试时被问到“为什么想来这里工作?”这样回答最讨喜
体坛英语资讯:Albanias right to host European weightlifting championship revoked
报告显示 北京青少年的睡眠严重不足
国内英语资讯:China Focus: Post-90s generation emerges as political force in China
英语美文:不要瞧不起稳定的生活
白宫公布移民改革框架
国际英语资讯:Germany likely to miss EU 2020 emission goals
研究发现 对自己乳房尺寸不满意的女性更讨厌去检查
《天线宝宝》“丁丁”扮演者去世,曾是芭蕾舞者!
国际英语资讯:UN Security Council welcomes progress in Somalia
美国制裁六名塔利班和哈卡尼激进分子
宁夏银川一中2017-2018学年高一上学期期末考试英语试卷
佛系90后掀起养蛙风:今天你的蛙儿子回家了吗?(附攻略)
宁夏银川一中2017-2018学年高二上学期期末考试英语试卷
国际英语资讯:Turkish President visits command center of Afrin operation
体坛英语资讯:Kenyas Karoki puts title on the line at RAK Half Marathon in Dubai
国际英语资讯:Brazil is back
My Lucky Day 我的幸运日
体坛英语资讯:Kaka: Coutinho can vie for Ballon dOr
国内英语资讯:Heavy snow causes havoc in parts of China