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时间状语从句
1)水受热就要蒸发。
Whe:witer giis lik,it will evaroratc.(=water will evaporate wlien it gcis/oot.)
2)当化学反应发生时,出现一股白色的浓烟。
While the chemical reaction wcs taking place,a white dense smoke appeared.(=A white dense smoke appeared while the chenical reac-tion was taking place.)3)自从电灯发明以来,已经经过了上百次的改进。
The electric lamp has been improved upon for hundreds of times since it was invented.(=Since the electric lamp was nvented,it hus been improved upon for hundreds of times.)
但是在下列结构中的时间状语从句,只能置于主句之后。
如:hardly…when…(….就…);scarcely…when…
(刚….就…);no sooner…than…(刚…就…)(例句略)
地点状语从句
地点状语从句有些出现在主句之前,有些出现在主句之后。但是由于语言结构或意思的限制,它们在句子中的位置比较固定,大都不能任意移动。如:
1)哪里有物质,哪里就有空间。
Where there ts matter,there is space.(不能译成There is space whcre there is natter.)
2)有志者事竟成。
Where there is a will,there is a way.(不能颠倒)
3)我住的地方从前有很多小溪。
I live where there used to be pleniy ofbrooks.(不能颠倒)
4)只有在河水很浅的地方我们才能涉水而过。
We can only ford where the river is very shallow.(不宜颠倒)
5)海狸总是住在有水塘的地方。
Beavers always live where there is a pond.
(不宜颠倒)
条件状语从句
1)如果没有摩擦,运动的物体永远不会停止。
If there were no friction,a moving object would never come to a stop.(=A moving object would never come to a stop if there were no friction.)
2)除非受到外力的作用,静止的物体将永远保持静止。
A body at rest always remains at rest unless it is acted on by an external forces.(=Unlessit is acted upon by an external forces,a body at rest always remains at rest.)
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