各位老师好。
这里有这么一个句子:There is a delicate balance of nature _____ many square miles of ocean and vegetation and clean air are needed to maintain only a relatively few human beings. 其中空格处需要填关系词。
我想问的是,是否既可以填where,即将后面看作定语从句,balance作抽象的“地点”概念?又可以填入that,即将后面看作同位语从句,解释balance的内容?
如果不行的话,又是为什么?
谢谢老师们抽空回答。
从网上资料来看,这是2016年的英语专业4级试题,后来又被多次用作考博或考研模拟题。四个备选项分别为:A where B in which C when D how 给出的答案是in which。即出题人认为这是定语从句。如果是定语从句,则难以排除where。虽然in which引导定语从句较where更为正式,但where也并非完全非正式用词,而是介于正式与非正式之间的普通用词。因此,作为考试题,让考生在in which 和where 之间做选择,实为强人所难。
于是我猜测,或许我们可以理解这个从句是抽象的地点状语从句,由where 引导,where = in a situation in which 。这样,就可以排除其它三个选项。例如 where在下句中的用法:
We must be especially careful where children are concerned.
我们试从状语角度分析;
There is a delicate balance of nature where many square miles of ocean and vegetation and clean air are needed to maintain only a relatively few human beings
Where many square miles of ocean and vegetation and clean air are needed to maintain only a relatively few human beings, there is a delicate balance of nature.
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