Adverbial claus 状语从句
An adverbial clau is a dependent clau that functions as an adverbs. In other words, an adverbial clau contains a subject (explicit or implied) and a predicate, and it modifies a verb. According to Sidney Greenbaum and Randolph Quirk, adverbial claus function mainly as 石家庄外语培训adjuncts or disjuncts. In the functions they are like adverbial phras, but due to their potentiality for greater explicitness, they are more often like prepositional phras (Greenbaum and Quirk,1990).There are nine kinds of adverbial claus: adverbial claus of time, adverbial claus of place, adverbial claus of condition, adverbial claus of reason, adverbial claus of purpo, adverbial claus of result, adverbial claus of concession, adverbial claus of manner and adverbial claus of comparison.
(1) Adverbial claus of time
Adverbial claus of time indicate time and are often introduced by the following subordinators: when, whenever, while, as, after, before, once, since, till, until, as soon as, immediately, directly (informal, esp in BrE), hardly/barely/scarcely/…when…, no sooner…th
an…,the first time, every time, next time and so on.
Buy your ticket as soon as you reach the railway station.
Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have cead to live. －Mark Twain（马克?吐温）
不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。
While I was asleep last night, I dreamed about you.
As time went by, he became increasingly nervous.
adjournmentA man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody el.
( J. Burroughs )
一个人可以失败许多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪别人，他还不是一个失败者。（巴勒斯）
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I’ll call you immediately I arrive at the airport.
Once you have made a promi, you should keep it.
He had hardly/no sooner got off the bus when/than it began to rain.
(2) Adverbial claus of place
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Adverbial claus of place are introduced by the following subordinators: where wherever and everywhere. The clau can be put either before or after the main clau. “Where” means in a certain place; “Wherever” means in any place; “Everywhere” means in every place.
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You must come to a full stop 怎样用英语介绍自己wherever you e a stop sign.
Everywhere they went, they were kindly received.
Sometimes, the adverbial claus of place contain the meaning of condition, concession or comparison.
Where there is a will, there is a way.(condition)
We want to stay at home, where the children prefer to spend the holiday in the country.(comparison)
Go where you should, keep on studying.(concession)
(3) Adverbial claus of condition
Adverbial claus of condition are introduced by the following subordinators: if, unless, providing, provided (that), suppo (that),supposing, as/so long as, on condition that,in ca,only if , if only and so on.
prentvalueIf winter comes , can spring be far behind ?( P. B. Shelley , British poet )
冬天来了，春天还会远吗？( 英国诗人, 雪莱. P. B.)
We cannot change anything unless we accept it.—Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist(荣格，瑞士精神病学家)（ “Unless” means “if…not”.）
A man is not old as long as he is eking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. (J. Barrymore)
只要一个人还有追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。（巴里摩尔）
If only she were here with us. ( The predicate verb in the adverbial clau introduce by “if only” is often in subjunctive mood, indicating something opposite to the fact.)
Provided that he wins the support of the vast majority of citizens ,he can win the election.
Supposing(=On condition that) I don’t have enough time, what shall we do?
Note :Unreal conditional ntence
醒来的英文
If the condition that the clau express is opposite to the fact or is hard to realize, it is c
alled unreal conditional ntence and subjunctive mood should be ud in such a ntence. For example:
If I were you, I would take this opportunity to go abroad.(When expressing a condition opposite to the prent fact, we u the past simple ten in the adverbial clau and the structure “would/could/might+ verb” in the main clau.)
If you had taken his advice, you wouldn’t have failed in the competition.( When expressing a condition opposite to the past fact, we u the past perfect ten in the adverbial clau and the structure “would/could/might have done” in the main clau)
