<例句>
I met someone who said he knew you.
我遇到一個人,他說他認識你。
<語法分析>
關系代詞 who 代表 someone,又引導從句修飾它,同時又在從句中擔任主語。關系代詞 who, whom, whose, that和 which可以用來引導定語從句,這類代詞都起著三重作用,一是代表前面的名詞,二是把從句和它所修飾的詞連接起來,三是在從句里也擔任一個成分。who 和 whom 都代表人,who 在從句中作主語,whom在從句中作賓語或介詞賓語。whose在從句中可以作定語。that可以代表人或物,which 只能代表物在從句中可充當主語、賓語或介詞賓語等。
<觸類旁通>
(1) The noise that she made woke everybody up.
她弄出的聲音把大家都吵醒了。
語法分析:that 代表 noise,又引導從句修飾它,在從句中擔任 made 的賓語。
(2) She saw something in the paper which might interest you.
她在報紙上看到的一些消息,或許會使你感興趣。
語法分析:which 代表 something, 又引導從句修飾它,在從句中擔任主語。
(3) The girl with whom I was travlling didn't speak English.
和我一起旅行的那個女孩不會講英語。
語法分析:whom 代表人,在從句中作賓語或介詞賓語。
(4) I saw a film whose name I have forgotten.
我看了一部電影, 名字卻忘了。
語法分析:whose 有時指無生命的東西。
(5) Who's the man (that) you were talking to?
剛才和你講話的人是誰?
語法分析:在從句作賓語時,that常可以省略。
(6) The situation in which she found herself was very difficult.
她的處境非常困難。
語法分析:在緊跟介詞時,只能用which,不能用that,而且不能省略。
<鞏固練習>
1. The man _____ robbed her has been arrested.
2. The man _____ I saw told me to come back tomorrow.
3. I know a girl _____ mother is an acrobat.
4. He _____ would eat the fruit must climb the tree.
5. The dog _____ was lost has been found.
6. She invited us to dinner, ______ was very kind of her.
7. My dog, ______ temper is very uncertain, often bites judges at dog show.
8. The man from ______ I brought it told me to read me instructions.
<參考答案>
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