WORD格式整理

case, condition, situation, position, point, stage

等名词后接where引出的定语从句小议

不久前，下面这道题引发了我们对stage作先行词之后的定语从句引导词的问题以及其它类似定于从句的探讨， 先看一道题:

the conflict had developed into a stage ______ the two countries were gathering big troops on the border.

（2009学年第二学期浙东北（zdb）三校期中联考高二英语试卷（2010.05）） a. where b. when c. which d. that

本题到底是选a还是选b？关键问题在于对先行词stage的理解，根据《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》（第七版）简作（oald）的解析：stage: a period of state that sb./sth. passes through while developing or making progress. 既可以理解为事件“(进展或进展的)阶段， 状态”; 又可以理解为“时期”。而上题中作“阶段”或“时期”都理解的通。 再看stage的用法; *stage名词 n. [c] 1.舞台

some girls are dancing on the stage. 一些女孩在舞台上跳舞。 2.注意中心,活动舞台,场所 3.(进展的)阶段;时期

a caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.

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表示这些意思时，当stage作先行词后有定语从句时，。

例句：1.表地点: the stage where the girls are going to dance is in the gym. 2.表时期: the stage when he is preparing for his study is really important. 不同的叙述：

①当先行词为case，condition，situation，position，point，stage等名词，表示情况、方面、处境时用关系副词where.

②当先行词是case, condition, situation, position, point, stage 等名词时，表示情况、方面、处境时，用关系副词where.但先行词是occasion时，用关系副词when. ③当 situation, condition, stage, point，scenes 做先行词时，用 where 引导定语从句

④先行词通常是 time, day, season, age, occasion 等时间名词时其后的定语从句用when引导.

事实上, 当先行词 occasion, point, stage等名词是表示时间节点的时候，其后的定语从句就用when引导，在从句中作时间状语. 例如：

1. i can remember very few occasions when he had to cancel because of ill health.（oald）

我记得他因健康不佳而被迫取消的情况绝无仅有。when引导定语从句，在从句中作时间状语.

2.（2008·山东·26） occasions are quite rare ___________i have the time to spend a day with my kids.

a. who b. which c. why d. when

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答案选d。考查定语从句。此题关键是要根据句意判定是定语从句。句意为：我有时间和孩子们一起度过一天的机会很少。occasions 是先行词, 所选关系词在定语从句中要作时间状语, 故选d项

3. we had reached the point when there was no money. 我们那时已到了没有一分钱的时刻。point表示“某一阶段,关头”， 所以其后用when 引导定语从句。

4. there comes a point in your life when you realize: who matters, who never did, who won't anymore

5. china is now at a stage of accelerated industrialization and urbanization when the contradiction between economic growth and environmental protection is particularly prominent.

中国目前正处于工业化和城市化加速发展的阶段,此时经济增长和环境保护之间的矛盾十分突出。source: hard times call for green economy/by hu shaowei (china daily 03/24/2010 page8)

但更多情况是：position，situation, stage, case等，作先行词时，其后的定语从句应用where引导定语从句。如： 1.oxford dictionary online

more examples introducing a clause with 'when ' can be found but it is hard to find an example with 'where' after 'occasion'. 2.it is the same with longman dictionary

\these conditions, where we see so much uncertainty with leadership succession, possible instability, we see no arms control, we see no confidence building measures, we see no disarmament, we see north korea refusing to return to the six-party talks, we see the sinking of the cheonan and potential clashes in the west sea around the

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