必修一unit5 Elias'story 课文详解

Elias’ Story

My name is Elias. I am a poor black worker in South Africa.The time when(at which) I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life.

The time was a very difficult period of my life. (at The time) I first met Nelson Mandela.

I was twelve years old. It was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer to whom I went for advice.

Mandela was the black lawyer.

I went to the black lawyer for advice.

He offered guidance to poor black people on their legal problems. He was generous with his time, for which I was grateful.

特殊情况下非限制性定语从句的先行词也可为整个主句,此时使用as或which 做关系词，代整个主句，as引导的非限制性定语从句可放在主句之前，或者主句之后，甚至可以切割一个主句；which引导的非限制性定语从句只能放在主句之后。

A woman killed her husband,which frightened me very much.

A five-year-old boy can speak two foreign languages,which surprises all the people.

As we know, smoking is harmful to one's health.

As can be seen from his eyes, he is angry.

I needed his help because I had very little education. I began school at six.The school where(in/at which)I studied for only two

years was three kilometers away.

The school was three kilometers away.

I studied (in/at The school) for only two years

I had to leave because my family could not continue to pay the school fees and the bus fare.

I could not read or write well. After (I was)

trying hard, I got a job in a gold mine.

状语从句中的省略省略句的规则

1.当从句的主语和主句的主语一致(或者从句的主语为it)．

2.从句谓语中包含be动词be doing,be done,be to do,be+adj

满足这两个条件可以省去从句的主语和be动词．保留be之后的部分，被保留部分常为现在分词、过去分词、不定式、形容词等。

You can’t speak until (you are) spoken to.

I’ll buy a new phone if(it is) necessary.

While (I was) running, I heard my name called.

However, this was a time when(at which) one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg.

this was a time.

one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg(at a time).

Sadly I did not have it because I was not born there, and I worried about whether I would become out of work.

The day when(on which)Nelson Mandela helped me was one of my happiest.

The day was one of my happiest.

Nelson Mandela helped me (on The day).

He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg. I became more hopeful about my future. I never forgot how kind Mandela was. When he organized the ANC Youth League, I joined it as soon as I could.

as...as "和...一样",同级比较.第一个as为副词,第二个as为连词.

其基本结构为：as+ adj./ adv.+as.

This film is as interesting as that one.

Your pen writes as smoothly as mine.

否定式为not as +adj./ adv.+as.

This dictionary is not as useful as you think.

若有倍数修饰,如twice,three times,half,a quarter等,则须置于第一个as之前.

Your bag is twice as expensive as mine.你的袋子比我的贵一倍.

He said:“The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping out rights and progress,

我们赋予无生命主语以人或人的团体所特有的动作，常用see，find，

tell，say等动词作谓语，来使用拟人手法，增加句子的表现力。

My watch says it is five o’clock now.

The one look had told Mary what sort of man she had to

deal with.

The sight of the boy always reminds me of her parents．

This old building has seen wonderful days.

Many troubles visited the poor old man last year.

until today we have reached a stage where(on