months.

②Well (manage)，his business soon took off.

(2)句型转换

She runs a small shop of her own after she was out of work.

→She a small shop of her own after she was out of work.

经典句式

Some of the ships even had earth on board so that the sailors could grow their own crops for food.

有些船上甚至还带上了土，为的是船员们可以自己种植庄稼作为食物。

[归纳拓展]

句中 so that 引导目的状语从句，意为"为了，以便"。so that 的具体用法：

(1)so that "以便，为了"，引导目的状语从句，此时可与in order that换用，但so that引导的从句只能放在主句之后，而in order that引导的从句既可放在主句前也可放在主句后。从句谓语中常用情态动词may/might，can/could，should，would等；主从句之间连接紧凑，没有逗号相隔。

(2)so that "因此，所以"，引导结果状语从句，主从句之间可有逗号相隔。

[语境助记]

(1)The little boy saved every coin so that he could buy his mother a present on Mother's Day.

这个小男孩节省每一分钱以便在母亲节给妈妈买一份礼物。

(2)She had not planned her time well，so that she did not finish her homework on time.

她没把时间计划好，所以没按时完成家庭作业。

[题组训练]

(1)句型转换

In order to keep up with the times，my grandpa began to study computer at 60.

→My grandpa began to study computer at 60 he might keep up with the times.

(2)一句多译

为了能赶上早班车，他起得很早。

① he could catch the early bus, he got up early.

②He got up early he could catch the early bus.