时间状语从句
when, while和as
When既可引导一个持续动作,也可引导一个短暂动作,可用于主句和从句动作同时发生或从句动作先于主句动作。当主句是将来时,从句的时态用现在时。(when在实际中用得最多)
I told my children when Lincoln was your age he walked twelve
miles to school everyday. But my son said, “That’s nothing. When he was your age, he was president.”
我告诉我的孩子:当林肯你那么大岁数时他每天走12英里去学校,我儿子说,“那没什么,当他你那么大岁数时已经当总统了”。
there’s a side to President Reagan that people don’t know. When he was a young man, he read complete works of Shakespeare. Of course, when Reagan was young, Shakespeare hadn’t written all that
里根总统还有一面人们并不知道,年轻时他曾读过莎士比亚全集——当然里根年轻时莎士比亚还没写那么多。
注:讽刺里根读书少,岁数大。
当when引导的时间状语从句为系表结构,而且其主语和主句的主语一致,其标语又是一个名词,就可以以as引导的省略句来代替when引导的从句。如:
As a young man, he read complete works of Shakespeare.
他年轻时读过莎士比亚全集。
When the game is finished, the king and the pawn[卒] go into to the same box.
游戏结束时,国王和士兵进入同一个盒子。
注:人生就象一场游戏,游戏结束时,亿万富翁也好,平头百姓也好都进入一样大小的棺材(或骨灰盒)。Finish为短暂动作,从句动作先于主句动作。
场景再现:在筹集善款的晚会上,可以这么调侃:
How noisy an audience can be when you ask for quiet ____ and how quiet it can be when you ask for money.
(多么令人惊奇啊,)当你要求安静时听众乱烘烘的——当你要钱时全场一片寂静。
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