Section Ⅳ Discovering Useful Structures——限制性定语从句(2)一、关系副词引导的定语从句1
when 引导定语从句[合作探究]I will never forget the day when I first saw you
→I will never forget the day on which I first saw you
我永远不会忘记第一次见到你的日子
[自主发现 1] when 引导定语从句时,从句的先行词为表示时间的名词,when 在从句中作时间状语,相当于“介词 in/at/on/during
+which”结构
where 引导定语从句[合作探究] After living in Paris for fifty years he returned to the small town where he grew up as a child
→After living in Paris for fifty years he returned to the small town in which he grew up as a child
在巴黎生活了 50 年后,他回到了儿时成长的那个小镇
The accident has reached to the point where both their parents are to be called in
事情发展到如此地步,不得不请双方家长来一趟了
[自主发现 2] (1)where 引导定语从句时,从句的先行词为表示地点的名词,where 在从句中作地点状语,相当于“介词 in/at
+ which ”结构
(2)关系副词 where 表示“地点的模糊化”
当先行词表示某人/物的 situation,或某事发展的 stage,或表达某事的某个方面时都可用关