when引导的从句包括时间状语从句、条件状语从句、原因状语从句、让步状语从句、定语从句、名词性从句(宾语从句、主语从句、表语从句)。
⼀、引导时间状语从句
1.表⽰“当……的时候”,相当于at the moment when。
(1)When we got to the cinema,the film had been on for half an hour.当我们到电影院时,电影已经放映半⼩时了。
(2)When she got home,her son had finished his homework..她回到家后,开始准备午饭。
⼆、引导条件状语从句
when引导条件状语从句相当于if/in case引导的条件状语从句。
(1)When there is no gravity,our feet can no longer stay on the ground.如果没有重⼒,我们的脚就不能站在地面上。
三、引导原因状语从句
when 引导原因状语从句时,相当于since/now that引导的.原因状语从句。
(1)How can they learn anything when they spend all their spare time watching television?他们
把所有的空闲时间都⽤来看电视了,还能学到什么东西呢?
四、引导让步状语从句
when引导的让步状语从句相当于though或although引导的让步状语从句。
(2)The little girl canspeak 3 languageswhen she is only twelve.这个⼩⼥孩虽然只有⼗⼆岁却会说三门语言。
五、引导定语从句
when引导定语从句时,有时可⽤in which或on which来替代。
[if !supportLists](1)[endif]We’ll put off the picnic until next week,when the weather may be better
我们要把野餐推迟到下周,那时可能天⽓好些。
六、引导名词性从句
1.引导宾语从句
Please tell us when his father will return home.请告诉我们他⽗亲什么时候从国外回来。
2.引导主语从句
When they will leave for Australia hasn’t been decidedyet.他们什么时候动⾝去澳⼤利亚还没有决定。
3.引导表语从句
The question is when the war ends.问题是他们将在什么时候
弄到这么多钱来把这个⼯⼚办起来。