3. 当先行词为time表示 “次数”时,常用关系词that或省去关系词,而不用when来引导定语从句。如:
This is the first/last time that I shall give you a lesson.
这是我第一次/最后一次给你们上课。
4. 当point, situation等词作先行词表抽象的地点,其后常由where引导定语从句, where在定语从句中作地点状语。
Can you think out a situation where this word can be used? 你能设想这个单词被使用的场合吗?
Her illness has developed to the point where nobody can cure her. 她的病发展到没人能治的地步。
巩固练习:
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可填入空白处的选项。
1. I work in a business ______ almost everyone is waiting
for the great chance.(湖南2004)
A. how B. which C. where D. that
2. We are living in an age _______ many things are done
on computer.(北京2003春)
A. which B. that C. whose D. when
3. The film brought the hours back to me _______ I was
taken good care of in that far-away village.(NMET 2001)
A. until B. that C. when D. where
4. Is this the reason _____ at the meeting for his careless-
ness in his work? (上海2002春)
A. he explained B. what he explained
C. how he explained D. why he explained
5. After living in Paris for fifty years he returned to the
small town ______ he grewup as a child. (NMET 1996)
A. which B. that C. where D. when
Key 1: 1-5CDCAC