五、 what的强调形式whatever(anything that)
例14 Whatever she does is ridiculous. 她的所作所为都是谎谬的。
例15 Take whatever magazines you want to read. 任何你想读的杂志都可以取阅。
六、有关what的某些习语
1. What about…？(表建议或征求对方意见) ……怎么样?
例16 What about going to the movies ?
2. What for? (=why) (口语) 为何,为什么 ？
例17 ---Susan, will you please go and empty that drawer?
---What for ?
3. So what？ (表示不感兴趣或认为不重要) 那又怎么样? (口语)
4. what if…?/what though (表示建议或疑虑等) 倘使……将会怎么样; 即使……又怎么样?
例18 --- What if I move the picture over here?
--- I suppose it will look better.
5. What with… and (what with ). ……部分因为……, 部分因为……(后面通常接不好的事情)。
例19 What with overwork and what with hunger, he became sick at last. 一半由于工作过度，一半由于饥饿，他终于病倒了。
【高考链接】
1. The other day , my brother drove his car down the street at _____ I thought was a dangerous speed.（2004上海春季）
A. as B. which
C. what D. that
2. It is pretty well understood ____ controls the flow of carbon dioxide in and out the atmosphere today. （2003上海）
A． that B. when
C. what D. how
3. ---Are you still thinking about yesterday’s game ?
---Oh, that’s_____.（NMET2003北京春季）
A. what makes me feel excited
B. whatever I feel excited about
C. how I feel about it
D. when I feel excited
4. _____ made the school proud was______ more than 90％ of the students had been admitted to key universities. （2003上海春季）
A. What; because B. What ; that
C. That ; what D. That ; because
5. Perseverance is a kind of quality --- and that’s ____ it takes to do anything well. （2002上海）
A. what B. that
C. which D. why
6. ---I think it’s going to be a big problem.
---Yes, it could be.
---I wonder _____ we can do about it. （2002北京春季）
A. If B. how
C. what D. that
7. When you answer questions in a job interview, please remember the golden rule: Always give the monkey exactly _____ he wants. (2002上海春季)