每课一句:新概念英语第1册第123课
【往期回顾】
接下来,我们就来看看第123课的“每课一句”。
一、课文原文
Lesson 123 A trip to Australia
Look, Scott. This is a photograph I took during my trip to Australia.
Let me see it, Mike.
This is a good photograph. Who are these people?
They’re people I met during the trip.
That’s the ship we travelled on.
What a beautiful ship!
Who’s this?
That’s the man I told you about. Remember?
Ah yes. The one who offered you a job in Australia.
That’s right.
Who’s this?
Guess!
It’s not you, is it?
That’s right.
I grew a beard during the trip, but I shaved it off when I came home.
Why did you shave it off?
My wife didn’t like it!
——选自《新概念英语》第一册,外语教学与研究出版社,1997年10月第1版
二、每课一句
This is a photograph I took during my trip to Australia.
本课继续学习定语从句的用法,本课侧重的是关系代词的省略用法。
关于定语从句的基本用法,大家可以先参看之前我在第121-122课里的分享:
每课一句:新概念英语第1册第121课
关于关系代词的省略,首先要注意其省略的前提条件是:
先行词在定语从句中作宾语
比如上句中的先行词为a photograph,其后的定语从句为I took during my trip to Australia。先行词a photograph就在从句中用作took的宾语,所以原本photograph后面应该有个关系代词which或that的,但在此被省略了。
本课中同样的用法的句子还有:
They’re people I met during the trip.
That’s the ship we traveled on.
That’s the man I told you about.
以上三句话中定语从句的关系代词都被省略了,就是因为先行词都在从句中作宾语,其完整原形应该是:
They’re people who/whom I met during the trip.
That’s the ship which/that we travelled on.
That’s the man who/whom I told you about.
【注意】
如果先行词在定语从句中作宾语,但如果先行词是作介词的宾语,且该介词被提到了句首开头时,关系代词是不能省略的。而且,要注意,who和that不能再直接跟在介词后面。比如:
That's the ship on which we traveled.
That’s the man about whom I told you about.
三、更多拓展
The one who offered you a job in Australia.
注意这句话也使用了定语从句,但关系代词who却没有省略,为什么?
这是因为这句话的先行词the one在定语从句中用作offered前的主语。
但是,当先行词在定语从句中作主语时,是有可能把该从句改为分词短语结构的。比如上面这句话就可以改为:
The offering you a job in Australia.
该用法在双课第124课里提到了。比如:
The man standing behind the counter.
The men repairing the road.
其实,其完整原形原本是:
The man who is standing behind the counter.
The men who are repairing the road.
【注意】
当定语从句的谓语动词中含有情态动词或will/would/shall/should等助动词时,该从句就不能改为短语结构。如:
She is the woman who will visit our school next week.