4.关系代词的格应与它在从句中充当的成分一致。特别要注意插入语,
3 h4 T2 ~ g5 `' I6 N6 C) X4 U 如:Peter is the one who everybody believes will fail to bring off the contract. Peter 是那个人人都认为不能完成合同的人。(everybody believes 是插入语)& p7 v; T6 G3 ?$ R
At the election I voted for the man whom I believed to be the most suitable.
* ~0 a6 b+ D! v; D: ` 在选举的时候我投了我认为最合适的那个人的票。
: n- C; z9 m3 u% b6 x/ A 5.关系代词作从句的主语时,从句的动词必须和先行词的人称和数一致:
D# d; B2 ^( T1 g. i# q, t- o3 Z 例:These are the operating instructions that/which are written in English 。
' ]3 w4 m8 N( U) L# ? 这就是用英文写成的使用说明。
: k' L! v8 k0 [8 P8 B3 X; ?( R2 e Are you staying at the white house which/that is newly completed and which /that has 15 bedrooms, 3 kitchens and 4 toilets?
: c4 f8 S' I1 ^, [. z 你是住在那幢刚刚竣工、有15个卧室、3个病房和4个卫生间的白色房子里吗?4 l. S% s5 u7 O
So far as I know, there are many VIPs who are going to attend the reception.. x |4 G2 }, Z
就我所知有很多达官贵人将出席这个招待会。
1 i9 J4 K! U* C# H$ i 6.非限定性定语从句不用that,只用who(whose, whom)和which代表人和物;, e! |; g1 M/ k5 y1 ^
例:Her brothers, both of whom work in America, ring her up every week。0 w% v. }9 s$ z
她的兄弟们??两个人都在美国工作??每个星期都给她打电话。1 w/ s, p. T/ f1 S
The buses, most of which were already full, were surrounded by an angry crowd,. b: _+ |1 O: b2 E) e. t
那些公共汽车??大多已经坐满了人??被一群愤怒的人围着。
- t4 M v# |+ x' {; } That tower block, which cost five million dollars to build, has been empty for five years.
4 X- w5 [+ H9 A6 D- P1 J! J! ] 那个塔楼空着已经5年了。建它花了500万美元。0 d. f" a, _6 O2 m2 C
Cricket, which I know very little about, is a very popular sport in England。, O5 p" P9 R* C; a, J) ~7 g
板球是英格兰非常流行的体育活动,我对它知之甚少。
+ @! f* k6 Y: N+ x7 G8 s& g X% P The accounts of the company ,which I’ve been paying great attention to, are in balance.
& J9 V" r. o; w/ q5 P 公司的账目是保持平衡的。我一直非常注意这些账目。: c, g* m( X, k# H% C
7.关系副词(=介词+关系代词): 关系副词
5 C+ j0 {8 M" z先行词
0 q9 ]+ Z- f! A在从句中的作用
. J( r8 O v; P' Q7 g7 ]说明
' I H) s$ I" Iwhen(=at / on / in / during which)' d9 I5 ?- J8 `4 H& b/ a
时间名词
+ U. @9 P) |+ C, b0 z2 [时间状语; D, S. f! {. e" p$ I
非正式文体中,有时用that代替关系副词
5 L; M* X5 |& J; R. Ewhere(=in / at which)- A9 Z5 [& R& w2 U) E4 _6 |
地点名词! I5 Y) \) e, J+ n0 J9 ]7 N
地点状语; D4 `+ B8 ]* j. {
why=(for which)
5 [/ X: ~5 N* u3 R$ D2 _只有reason
! G. N/ M+ ?5 X7 W原因状语
0 z+ }( o6 `& D4 T6 m 例:I shall never forget the day when (=on which) we first met./ D; l$ y; t7 }' [
我永远也不会忘记我们第一次见面的那一天。
, z- }6 \6 s( @/ [* U The rain came at a time when (=at which) it was not needed.
/ Q: b+ b7 t8 o$ j 雨下得不是时候。
. d: h$ b7 n9 [7 p( c This is the computer where (=by/on which) he has stolen top-secret documents.
: g! F% r% U, |% |5 c 这就是他用来盗窃绝密文件的计算机。
- V, A5 U, O1 }, e- a; b1 i Here is the place where (=at which) the murder took place.7 r# i. B) r2 G4 Y2 P5 D7 C. C
这就是谋杀发生的地方。
, t6 l! {; `8 W" H. |/ j He didn’t give any reason why (=for which) I had been fired.
! K* j# ]! v# h7 h 他没给任何解雇我的理由
5 f0 z" v$ y6 `* V This is the house in which (=where) my parents used to live.& O5 M) y- V9 h$ |( D
这就是我父母以前住过的房子。 |