UNIT 5 LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLDSection Ⅱ Discovering Useful Structures定语从句1.关系副词引导的定语从句引导定语从句的关系副词包括 when, where, why,一般代替先行词在从句中作状语,表示时间、地点、原因
其具体用法见下表:关系副词先行词在从句中所作的成分when表示时间时间状语where表示地点地点状语why表示原因原因状语I still remember the day when/on which I first came to Beijing
我仍然记得我第一次来到北京的那一天
The factory where/in which his father works is in the west of the city
他爸爸工作的那个工厂在城市的西边
The reason why/for which he was late was that he missed the bus
他迟到的原因是他错过了公交车
[特别提示]在比较正式的用法中,可以用“介词+which”代替关系副词 when, where, why
2.关系代词与关系副词的选用定语从句的引导词用关系代词还是关系副词取决于定语从句缺少的句子成分
如果从句缺少主语、宾语、表语、定语则用关系代词;如果从句缺少状语则用关系副词
This is the factory where he used to work
这是他以前工作过的那家工厂
(work 是不及物动词,无需有宾语,从句缺状语)This is the factory that/which I visited last year
这是我去年参观过的那家工厂
(visit 是及物动词,后边缺少宾语)They planted some trees which didn'