Relative clauses (3) - whose, whom and where Unit 90
Unit 90
Relative clauses
(3) - whose,
whom and where
(a)
Whose
Мы
употребляем
whose
в уточняющих частях
предложения
вместо
his/her/their:
we saw some people |
their |
car had broken down |
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We saw some
people |
whose |
car had
broken down. |
Чаще всего мы
употребляем
whose,
когда
говорим о
людях:
- A widow is a
woman whose husband is dead.
(her
husband is
dead)
- What's
the name of the girl whose car you
borrowed? (you borrowed
her car)
- The
other day I met someone whose brother I went
to school with.
(I
went to school with his brother)
(b)
Употребление whom
вместо
who
возможно,
когда
оно выступает
дополнением к глаголу в
уточняющей части предложения
(как в
предложениях Unit 89):
- The
man whom I wanted to see was away on
holiday.
(I
wanted to see him)
Вы также можете
употреблять
whom
с
предлогами
(to/from/with whom и
т.д.):
- The
girl with whom he fell in love left him after a
few weeks.
(he
fell in love
with
her)
Однако мы редко
употребляем
whom. В
разговорном
английском who
и
that
более
предпочтительны.
(Или же Вы можете вообще
опустить их
- см.Unit
89):
- The
man (who/that)
I
wanted to see
...
- The
girl (who/that)
he fell in love with
...
О whom см.
также Unit 91 и Unit 92.
(c)
Where
Когда уточняющая часть
предложения говорит о
местонахождении, Вы можете употребить where:
the hotel - we stayed |
there |
- wasn't very clean |
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- The
hotel |
where |
we stayed
wasn't very clean. |
- I
recently went back to the town where I was
born.
(или `the town
(that) I was born
in')
- I
would like to live in a country where there
is plenty of sunshine.
(d)
Мы
употребляем
that
(или опускаем его),
когда
говорим the
day/the year/the time (и
т.д.):
- Do you
still remember the
day (that)
we first met?
-
The last time
(that)
I
saw her, she looked very well.
- I
haven't seen them since the
year (that)
they got married.
(e)
Вы
можете сказать
the reason why something
happens или
the reason that something happens.
Вы также можете
опустить
why и that
в
этих
предложениях:
-
The reason
(why/that)
I'm phoning you is to invite you
to a party.
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