【正文】 Unit 4 Grammar The Attributive Clause ? What is a clause? Key words: 復合句 (含有從句的句子 。從句在復合句中充當什么成分就叫什么從句 ) . 1. When I came in ,he was reading a book. ( 時間 狀語從句 ) 2. I hope (that )you will give me a reply soon. (賓語從句 ) 3. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last. ( ? ) ? What is an attributive clause ?(SB P90) Key words: 先行詞 (被定語從句修飾的詞 ) 關系代詞 (that, which, who, whom, whose) 關系副詞 (when, where, why) 關系代詞 ﹑ 關系副詞的 作用及其用法 (SB P9192) Study the following sentences: 1. It was heard in Beijing, which is one hundred kilometres away.（ which指代Beijing,在定語從句中作主語） 2. But the one million people of the city, who thought little of the events, went to bed as usual that night.（ who作主語） 3. A huge crack that was eight kilometres long and thirty metres wide cut across houses ,roads and canals. （ that作主語） 4. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.（ who作主語） 5. Workers built shelters for those whose homes had been destroyed.（ whose 作定語） 6. Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? （ whom作介詞賓語） can well remember that there was a time when(=at which) a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound. （ when作時間狀語） 8. World Englishes e from those countries where (=in which) English plays an import ant role as a first or sec