有一读者问： 有这样一句话：
(1)That you may catch the full flavor of my little story, I must tell you to begin with that I am a very pretty woman.
有两个问题： 一是如何理解句首的that从句？ 二是如何理解to begin with that...?
句首的that从句实际上相当于一个表示目的的由so that引导的状语从句，只不过较为正式而已。再如：
(2)That I might share the joke , they pointed one out to me who had been sitting there three years.
(3)That she might have some sanctuary , she forbade me to enter this virginal bower, which became to me an object of harrowing curiosity.
(4)That she may have her story complete , she is occasionally reduced to listening at the keyhole.
顺便说一下，这种比较正式的that从句更常用于句末，如：
(5)We eat that we may live .
(6)They set off half an hour earlier that they might get there in time .
关于to begin with that，你误解了。to begin with是一插入语，意为“首先”，其前后如各加一逗号就更清楚了。其后的that从句是前面tell you的直接宾语，与to begin with没有直接语法关系。
