when 引导状语从句,比较常见的有以下四种:
1. 引导时间状语从句,意思是“当……的时候”。如:
The house shook when the trains went by. 火车经过时房子会震动。
He used to write poetry when he was young. 他年轻时常常写诗。
The teacher was already in the roomwhen I arrived. 我到的时候,老师已经在屋里了。
2. 引导条件状语从句,表示“要是”“假若”。如:
When aman bites a dog, that’s news! 人要是咬了狗,那才是新闻!
另外,注意习语 if and when引导条件状语从句。如:
If and when we ever meet again I hope he remembers to thank me. 倘若我们再有见面之时, 希望他不会忘记谢我。
We’ll face that problem if and when it comes along. 假若出现这样的问题,我们就要面对它。
3. 引导原因状语从句,意思是“既然”“考虑到”。如:
I can’t tell you when you won’t listen. 既然你不想听,我就不告诉你了。
Why do you want a new job when you’ve gotsuch a good one already? 你已经有一份这么好的工作了,你为什么还要找新的工作呢?
4. 引导让步状语从句,意思是“尽管”“虽然”。如:
She stopped when she ought to havecontinued. 尽管她应该继续下去,她却停住了。
She takes the pose of being an invalidwhen really she is well and strong. 她装出生病的样子,其实她身体很健壮。