2013年职称英语综合类重点语法解析(22) 6 l: r2 O: N- L3 ?
where : 当先行名词在从句中当"地点状语"时,用关系副词where连接 K& K: L+ Y9 N" ]
例如:
/ z/ @# [) T5 f8 Q5 H The crime rate rises in cities where the unemployment rate increases. (失业率高的城市犯罪率也高。) 句中的where = in cities, 表示行为发生的地点。 $ | _3 X r1 R: M) z U" n1 P
这里的要点是能否区分是用that (which) 还是用 where, 即:是做"主语、宾表语",还是做"地点状语",例如: 5 G! S, n) J9 q" _: y e+ F& }' q
I love the small town that we visited last week. ( {$ O2 \/ R2 q& X% Z' ]0 i! C3 z
句中"town"做动词"visited"的宾语,即"参观过的小镇",故用that连接。 * j7 k; H3 e# Q- e" }
I love the small town where I lived during my childhood.
# e ^" R1 \- t; y0 F+ u 句中"town" 是动词"lived"的地点,即"童年时住过的小镇",故用where.
) s; j5 b4 F+ N% ^ 这也是定语从句的一个考点。 % t2 Q/ W: c- a' e& d
when : 当先行名词在从句中当"时间状语"时,用关系副词when连接, 例如: 转自:考试网 - [Examw.Com]
$ ]# q$ |5 G2 n7 M' j Q( c) q) A- r July is the month when we have a lot of rain. (七月是多雨的月份。) 3 [( e! s' z5 @' t3 j( q
注意"when"定语从句后推的现象,例如:
. r+ I1 x2 y# B( i6 U; ?/ B I think (that) the day will finally come when air pollution can be put under control. (我认为空气污染得以控制的一天最终会来到。) . B i! G# m, |* W0 z
放在主句后面作非限制定语从句时(前面一般加","号),"when"一般译为"此时","那时", 例如: & S& r3 d- x4 R$ ^( D k; t* T# f
The meeting will be put off until next month, when we will have made all the preparations. (会议将推迟到下月,那时一切就准备就绪了。) |