<例句>

　　I still remembei the day when she was killed.

　　我仍记得她被害的那一天。

　　<语法分析>

　　在由when,where,why和how等词引导的定语从句时，它们分别指前面先行词所表示的时间、地点、原因和

　　方式，否则引导的就不是定语从句。定语从句主语和谓语的一致性决定于先行词的数，关系代词如指前面

　　的整个句子时，谓语动词用单数。定语从句可转化为分词短语，如果因为时态的限制或含有情态动词的时

　　候，则不可以转换。

　　<触类旁通>

　　(1)The girl with whom you work is his sister.

　　和你一起工作的女孩是他的妹妹。

　　语法分析：关系代词作介词的宾语，介词可前置

　　(2)They arrived at a farm house,in front of which sat a little girl.

　　他们来到一家农舍前，农舍前坐着个小女孩。

　　语法分析：如关系代词作介词短语的宾语，这个短语只能前置

　　(3)That was the meeting during which I kept falling asleep.

　　就在那个会议上我总是不停地打瞌睡。

　　语法分析：先行词是定语从句中介词的宾语时，介词可前置

　　(4)Here is a letter from the Whites,who want to come to London.

　　有一封怀特夫妇来的信，他们要来伦敦。

　　语法分析：定语从句主语和谓语的一致性决定于先行词的单复数

　　(5)He is a strange character who dislike parties.

　　他是个奇怪的人，不喜欢社交。

　　语法分析：先行词如果是人称性的，关系代词用who，否则用which

　　<巩固练习>

　　(1)He built a telescope through _______ he could study the skies

　　(2)The fox by ______ the chicks were killed was shot.

　　(3)She works in a factory,at the back of ______ there is a river.

　　(4)The names,of ______ she remembered some were all strange to me.

　　(5)The girl on the right of ______ sat a young man was a woman driver.

　　(6)The fact _____ you pointed out made me interested.

　　(7)That is the house ______ the boy was born.

　　(8)He doesn't know the reason ______ she was absent.

　　(9)He is one of the engineers who _____[be] experts in German.

　　(10)The committee who ______[be] responsible for it were all punished.

　　(11)She admires those ______ succeed.

　　<参考答案>

　　(1)which (2)which (3)which (4)which (5)whom (6)which (7)where (8)why

　　(9)are (10)were (11)who