【问】 So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves，that we are becoming increasinglyless dependent on specialized labour. (New Concept English，Book 3，L. 46)

请问上面句子的主语our passion和谓语is为什么要倒装?

【答】 这是英语的一个常见的句型：

so+形容词(或副词)++that从句(结果状语从句)

1.{So absurd was his manner that everyone stared. So absurd had been his manner that everyone stared. (CGEL)

他的举止非常可笑，使每个人都盯盯地瞧着他。

2. So vigorously did he protest that the authorities reconsidered his case. (CGEL)

他的抗议如此强烈有力，以致于当局重新考虑了他的案件。

3. So absurd did he look that everyone stared at him. (GCE)

他显得很可笑，大家都注视他。

应当注意，这种句型只用于正式语体，而且是极富情感的场合。

上述句型是托福考题考核的一个内容：

1. _______at conveying her underlying message through topical plots and contemporarycharacters that by 1940 her book had sold some three million copies.

A. So successful，Grace L. Hill B. So successful was Grace L. Hill

C. Grace L. Hill，so successful D. Because Grace L. Hill was so successful(1983.8)

2. So involved with their computers____that leaders at summer computer camps oftenhave to force them to break for sports and games.

A. the children become B. become the children

C. the children do become D. do the children become(TOEFL)

(参见 word order⁶)