It does not matter if your friends are in beds when you send e-mail to them,or you are seeing a movie at the theater when they send e-mail back 。麻烦老师帮我剖析一下成分再翻译一下。

第一确定,这里 if 表示条件,不是 whether 之意(是不是)。也就是说,if 从句不是名词性从句(即主语从句),那样,句首 it 就不是“形式主语”,而是代词,指代 if 从句的内容。

if 是个状语从句,表示条件定义。本句,it 是“前照应指代”,大家可以变成“后照应指代”,如此更说明 it 是人称代词。比如:

If I can get home by eight o’clock, I callitgood luck.

If you could keep it to yourself I’d appreciateit.

it 除去充当主句的宾语,还可以充当主句的主语。如此,就跟网友的例句完全相同了。比如:

Itwould be awful if he found out the truth.

Itwould be a shame if you lost it.

If you came earlier,itwould be better.


if 从句包括两个 when 引导的时间状语从句。your friends are in beds:这句话很好,不是“生病卧床不起”,而是“躺在床上,没起床”。

It does not matter if your friends are in beds when you send e-mail to them,or you are seeing a movie at the theater when they send e-mail back.

【翻译】假如你给朋友发邮件时他们正躺在床上,或者假如他们回邮件时你在电影院看电影,这都没关系。