Now combine each of the following pairs of sentences, using a non-restrictive attributive clause.1 The credit card is in my wallet. You can find it in the kitchen cabinet drawer._____________________________.2 Personal computers have come quite a long way. They were actually invented in 1964._____________________________.3 My dearest friend ignored my advice. This totally surprised me._____________________________.4 I went to London with Emily White. She lives next door._____________________________.5 I lent some money to Jack. His house was destroyed in the earthquake._____________________________.6 In the past six years I lived in six different houses. Actually this didn't bother me much.
Now combine each of the following pairs of sentences, using a non-restrictive attributive clause. 1 The credit card is in my wallet. You can find it in the kitchen cabinet drawer. _____________________________. 2 Personal computers have come quite a long way. They were actually invented in 1964. _____________________________. 3 My dearest friend ignored my advice. This totally surprised me. _____________________________. 4 I went to London with Emily White. She lives next door. _____________________________. 5 I lent some money to Jack. His house was destroyed in the earthquake. _____________________________. 6 In the past six years I lived in six different houses. Actually this didn't bother me much.
题目解答
答案
我们来逐题分析并解答。题目要求是:用非限制性定语从句(non-restrictive attributive clause)合并每一对句子。
非限制性定语从句是对主句的补充说明,不能省略关系代词或关系副词,通常用逗号与主句隔开。常见的关系代词有:who, whom, whose, which, where, when 等。
1. The credit card is in my wallet. You can find it in the kitchen cabinet drawer.
分析:
第一个句子的“my wallet”是地点,第二个句子说“you can find it in the kitchen cabinet drawer”,这个“it”指的是“my wallet”。所以我们可以把“my wallet”作为先行词,用“in which”或“where”引导非限制性定语从句。
合并:
The credit card is in my wallet, which you can find in the kitchen cabinet drawer.
> 解释:“which”指代“my wallet”,从句补充说明钱包的位置。
2. Personal computers have come quite a long way. They were actually invented in 1964.
分析:
第二个句子的“they”指“personal computers”,我们可以把“personal computers”作为先行词,用“which”引导非限制性定语从句,说明它们是在1964年被发明的。
合并:
Personal computers have come quite a long way, which were actually invented in 1964.
> 注意:这里有个语法错误!“which”在从句中作主语,指“personal computers”,但“which were invented”是对的,但“which”不能指代整个主句,而应指名词。不过“personal computers”是复数,用“which”是正确的。
但更自然的表达是把第二句作为补充信息,修饰“personal computers”:
正确合并:
Personal computers have come quite a long way, which were actually invented in 1964.
> 但严格来说,逻辑上有点问题:是“它们被发明于1964年”推动了发展,但“which”引导的从句修饰“personal computers”是可以接受的。
更准确、更自然的表达是:
Personal computers, which were actually invented in 1964, have come quite a long way.
> 这样更符合英语习惯:把补充信息放在中间,主句结构更清晰。
但题目要求是“合并句子”,顺序可以调整。我们选择更自然的版本:
Personal computers, which were actually invented in 1964, have come quite a long way.
3. My dearest friend ignored my advice. This totally surprised me.
分析:
第二个句子“this totally surprised me”中的“this”指前面整件事,即“朋友无视我的建议”。因此,我们可以用“which”引导非限制性定语从句,指代前面整个句子。
合并:
My dearest friend ignored my advice, which totally surprised me.
> “which”指代“my dearest friend ignored my advice”这件事。
4. I went to London with Emily White. She lives next door.
分析:
“Emily White”是人名,第二个句子说明她住在我隔壁。我们可以用“who”引导非限制性定语从句修饰“Emily White”。
合并:
I went to London with Emily White, who lives next door.
> “who”指代Emily White,从句补充说明她的住处。
5. I lent some money to Jack. His house was destroyed in the earthquake.
分析:
“Jack”是人,第二个句子说“他的房子在地震中被毁了”。我们可以用“whose”引导从句,表示“Jack的……”。
合并:
I lent some money to Jack, whose house was destroyed in the earthquake.
> “whose”表示“Jack's”,修饰“house”。
6. In the past six years I lived in six different houses. Actually this didn't bother me much.
分析:
第二个句子中的“this”指前面“我六年住了六个不同的房子”这件事。因此,用“which”引导非限制性定语从句,指代整个主句。
合并:
In the past six years I lived in six different houses, which didn't bother me much.
> “which”指代前面整件事,表示“这并不太困扰我”。
最终答案:
- The credit card is in my wallet, which you can find in the kitchen cabinet drawer.
- Personal computers, which were actually invented in 1964, have come quite a long way.
- My dearest friend ignored my advice, which totally surprised me.
- I went to London with Emily White, who lives next door.
- I lent some money to Jack, whose house was destroyed in the earthquake.
- In the past six years I lived in six different houses, which didn't bother me much.
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