内容正文:
从句:形容词性从句
Introductory questions
1. Can you list some relative pronouns, relative adverbs and relative adjective(s)?
--Relative pronouns: that, which, who, whom, as, but, than
--Relative adverbs: when, where, why
--Relative adjective: whose (= of whom /which)
2. Are the following sentences correct in terms of relative clauses?
a. She’s one of the girls that live with me in the same bedroom.
--Correct
b. That is the only one of the stories that really interest me.
--interest → interests
c. Did you hear of Mr. Deng Jiaxian (邓稼先) , who I might have run across in my hometown when I was a child?
--Correct
d. This is the most artistic dance there has ever been.
--Correct
3. Which of the relative clauses in the following sentences are restrictive and which are non-restrictive?
a. Hengqin, which is an island off Zhuhai, has been a free trade zone for years.
b. The majority of countries strongly support globalization, which has greatly improved intercultural communication.
c. Russia whose security has been threatened by the West has to adopt a series of counter measures.
d. As is well known to the world, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are part of China.
e. He who laughs last laughs best.
Key:
Restrictive: c, e
Non-restrictive: a, b. d
Points of emphasis
1. Relative clauses introduced by “that” only:
1)When the antecedent contains a superlative form of an adjective:
That was the ugliest face (that) I’d ever seen.>>
2) When the antecedent noun is modified by “the only, the same, the very, the first, the last, no, little, few, much, none, any, every”, etc.:
Any question that is not related to the topic under discussion is not allowed.>>
3) When the antecedent is “all, little, anything, everything, etc.:
Do you understand everything (that) Prof. Fu talks about in class?
4) When the antecedent is composed of both sb. and sth.:
The dog and his owner that were crossing the street were knocked over by a car.>>
5) When the sentence containing the antecedent begins with “there be”:
a.