中考英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法：becauseof的用法

　　He lost his job because of his age. 由于年齡關(guān)系他失去工作。

　　I said nothing about it, because of his wife’s being there.

　　因?yàn)樗�妻子在那兒，我�?duì)此事一字未提。

　　He knew she was crying because of what he had said.

　　他知道她哭是因?yàn)樗�所說(shuō)的話。

　　注：請(qǐng)注意下列正誤句子

　　正：He cannot go to school because of sickness. / He cannot go to school because he is sick. 他因病不能上學(xué)。

　　誤：He cannot go to school because of (that) he is sick.

　　2. 由because of 構(gòu)成的介詞短語(yǔ)一般只用作狀語(yǔ)，而不用作表語(yǔ)。作表語(yǔ)時(shí)可用due to。如

　　誤：Tom’s absence was because of the rain.

　　正：Tom’s absence was due to the rain. 湯姆因下雨不能到場(chǎng)。

　　注：在閱讀中有時(shí)也可見(jiàn)到because of 短語(yǔ)用作表語(yǔ)，但值得注意的是，此時(shí)句子的主語(yǔ)通常中代詞而不是名詞。如

　　It is because of hard work. 那是因?yàn)閯诶鄣脑�因�?P>　　That will be because of money. 那將是因?yàn)榻疱X的緣故。