6No matter if it is young or old， large or small traditional or modern， every family has a sense of what a family is.

no matter if 連接讓步狀語從句，更常見的是用no matter whether.除了no matter whether以外，no matter wh-引導的讓步狀語從句還有：no matter what， no matter who， no matter whose， no matter which， no matter when， no matter where， no matter how等等。而用wh-ever引導讓步從句也是十分常見的。請看下面的例句：

1) No matter what happens， please let me know(無論發生什么事，請讓我知道。)

2) No matter who telephones， tell him I'm out(無論誰來電話，告訴他我出去了。)

3) No matter how hard I tried， I couldn't succeed(無論我多努力，我總不能成功。)

4) No matter whether you believe it or not， it's truth(無論你信不信，那總是事實。)

5) No matter where you go， I will follow you(無論你去哪里，我都跟著你。)

6) No matter which book you like you can have it(無論你喜歡哪本書，你都可以拿去。)

7) No matter whose money it is， we can't spend it so carelessly(無論是誰的錢，我們都不能這樣隨意地花)

上述某些句子可以用wh-ever表述如下：

1) Whatever happens， please let me know.

2) Whoever telephones， tell him I'm out.

3) However hard I tried， I couldn't succeed.

4) Wherever you go， I will follow you.

5) Whichever book you like， you can have it.

7It is that feeling of belonging， of love and security that comes from living together， helping and sharing.

本句中的it代指課文前一句中的a sense of what a family isfeeling of belonging 意思為“歸屬感”。

security 是一個名詞，意思是“安全”。

that comes from living together， helping and sharing 是定語從句，修飾that feeling of belonging， of love and security.

8However， with the change from an agricultural to an industrial society， many nuclear families moved away from the family home in order to find work.

本句中的however是一個表示轉折意味的副詞，有承接上文的作用，可以使這個句子和前面的句子連接得更緊密，有些接近連詞。

句中的with是一個介詞，意思是“隨著”

句子中的in order to find work做目的狀語，除了用in order to 以外，還可以用so as to，也可以把in order，so as省去，只用不定式

9Therefore we can say that the nuclear family becomes more important than the extended family as the society industrializes

句子中的therefore是一個副詞，通常用來表示后面將要表述的內容是前面已經表述的內容的結果，也可以用來引導一個結論。類似的表達還有：so，consequently，as a result 等等

as the society industrializes隨著社會的工業化。as是一個連詞，表示“當…時”。