定语从句学案

Unit 4 Earthquake

Grammar---the attributive clauses 定语从句

I.Sentences translation (English into Chinese)

1.But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were

asleep as usual that night. (Line 8)

2.It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers away. (Line

11)

3. A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across

houses, roads and canals. (Line 13)

4.The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.

(Line 16)

5.Then, later that afternoon, another big quake which was almost as strong as the

first one shook Tangshan. (Line 24)

6.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the

dead. (Line 32)

7.Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. (Line

35)

8.The powerful earthquake of Tangshan happened in the city of Tangshan, Hebei

Province on July 28th, 1976, which caused more than 240,000 deaths and the whole city was destroyed. (Best English P35)

9.However, they can warn people who live in these areas by prediction, in

advance to take precautions against such disasters. (Best English P35)

II.Summary of the rules of the attributive clauses

1. 关系代词/副词

2．只用that不用which的情况

当先行词是

1）不定代词all, everything, anything, nothing, something, much, little, few, none, the one等时

e.g. You can take any seat that is free.

We should do all that is useful to the people.

2）被the only, the very, the same, the last等修饰时；

e.g. It is the only thing that we can do.

3）是或被序数词the first /second /third…所修饰时；

e.g. This is the first place that I want to visit.

4）被形容词最高级所修饰时；

e.g. This is the most interesting book that I have ever read.

5）同时指人和事/物时；

e.g. We talked about the things and persons that we were interested in.

6）主句以there be 开头时

e.g. There is the matter that I can do.

3．只用which不用that的情况