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课件网) Unit 5 Languages around the world Describe your favourite things Discovering Useful Structures To learn the restrictive relative clauses with when, why, where, in/at which. To use the restrictive relative clauses to give reasons. Learning objectives Try to find if the underlined phrases give essential or extra information. Ancient China was a place where states were often at war with each other. But it was also a time when there were many great philosophers. Confucius is the philosopher whose influence has been the greatest. Mozi was another teacher who was very influential. Joe came from a family which was very poor. 1. It was a time when people were divided geographically. 2. Emperor Qinshihuang united the seven major states into one unified country where the Chinese writing system began to develop in one direction. Look at these sentences and underline the restrictive relative clauses. What kind of information does each clause communicate a time for an event a location for an event 1 3. There are many reasons why people learn a foreign language. 4. These were animal bones and shells on which symbols were carved by ancient Chinese people. a reason for an action a location for an action This is our school _____ we study and make friends. Change two simple sentences into a restrictive relative clauses. 2) We study and make friends in this school. where 1) This is our school. 1) We still remember last weekend. 2) We enjoyed ourselves in the woods last weekend. We still remember last weekend _____ _____. when we enjoyed ourselves in the woods Fill in the table to complete each phrase with a restrictive relative clause. the day when the reason why the place where the place/time in/at which the earthquake happened I didn’t get a pay-rise my friend lives I found Grandma’s glasses 2 Use the phrases to make complete sentences. I was on holiday the day when the earthquake happened. I don’t know the reason why I didn’t get a pay-rise. She works near the place where my friend lives. This is the cupboard in which I found Grandma’s glasses. the day when the reason why the place where the place/time in/at which the earthquake happened I didn’t get a pay-rise my friend lives I found Grandma’s glasses 类型 限制性 定语从句 描述主句所涉及的人或物的具体情况，是主句不可缺少的一部分；如省去，主句意义不完整或失去意义。 关系词 关系副词 when, where, why等 介词+which in/on/at/during/… + which 限制性定语从句 关系副词 when 指时间 在从句中作时间状语 where 指地点 在从句中作地点状语 why 指原因 在从句中作原因状语 e.g. I finished reading the book in which the 13-year-old boy describes his life. “介词+which”引导的定语从句 1. 如果关系代词指“物”，该定语从句常用 “介词+which”引导。 2. “介词+which”引导定语从句时，介词的选用和它前面的先行词或它后面的从句中的谓语动词的搭配有关。 e.g. The chair on which you sat has just been painted. (on和sat构成搭配) e.g. I remember the day on which (= when) I went abroad ... ...
