涉及状语从句的几种特定时态 1
“主将从现”原则 即若主句为一般将来时,时间和条件状语从句通常要用一般现在时表示将来,而不能直接使用将来时态
如: I’ll give her the telex when she comes
她来时把电传交给她
I’ll return the book as soon as I have read it
这书一看完我就送还
He’ll have four years at university after he leaves school
他中学毕业后要上四年大学
since 与完成时 since 引导时间状语从句时,其主句通常要用现在完成时,有时也用现在完成进行时
如: She has had another baby since I saw her last
从上次我见到她以来,她又生了一个孩子
He has grown an inch since I saw him
我上次见到他以后他已长高了一英寸
注:当主句为“It + be + 一段时间”时,则通常用一般现在时代替现在完成时
如: It’s more than three years now since I saw her last
我们已有三年多没见面了
特定句式的时态 由 no sooner
than, hardly [scarcely]… when 引出的时间状语从句,其主句通常用过去完成时,从句通常用一般过去时
如: Hardly had he arrived when she started complaining
他刚到她就抱怨起来
No sooner had he gone to sleep than the telephone rang
他刚睡着电话铃就响了
We had no sooner set out