6. People who
study earthquake think that
there will be another big one soon.
whom/who/that
• The man you met yesterday is a friend of mine.
当关系代词who,whom,that在从句 中充当宾语时，关系词可以省略
• They talked about the teachers and
schools that
they had visited.
• 关系代词whom、which在从句中作介词的 宾语时，可以跟介词一起放在主句和从句之 间，为了使关系代词紧跟它所修饰的词，也 可以把介词放在从句中有关动词的后面。
• Zhang Heng is the man who made the earliest seismogroph in 132.
The Attributive Clause
定语从句
• 定语：修饰名词或代词的成分。
•
a beatiful country
• 定语从句：当一个句子充当定语修饰前面 的名词或代词时，就称为定语从句。
• 他们谈到了他们访问过的教师和学校。
• (3)关系代词作表语时(只限于限制性定语从 句中)，只能用that引导。
• My village is no longer the poor place that it used to be.
• 我的村庄不再是过去那个穷地方了。
• (4)主句是以who或which引导的特殊疑问 句时，只能用that。
5.The author whom you criticized in your review has written a reply.
先行词 author,关系代词whom,在从句中作用 宾语
指代功能 在从句中 的作用
主语
指代人
who
宾语 whom/
who
定语
whose
指代物 指人或物
which that which that whose
a wall of water that was quickly advancing towards her.
• I found some photos of intersting places which were not too far away from Chengdu.
Fill in the blanks with who, whom, that, which
1. The earthquakewhich/that hit the city in 1906 was the biggest in American history.
2. We don’t know the number of people who/that lost their homes in the 1906 earthquake.
3.I’m intersted in all that you have told me. 先行词 all ,关系代词 that ,在从句中作用 宾语
4.You will find the nearest market whose door faces south. 先行词 market ,关系代词whose,在从句中作用 定语
The athlete to whom you talked is a famous runner.
The athlete whom you talked to is a famous runner.
关系词只能用that的情况
• (1)当先行词是不定代词或被形容词最高级、 序数词(包括the first，the last等)，或被 any，much，few，some，the only，the very，little，no，every等修饰时只能用 that引导定语从句，不能用which。
1. The professor who gave us a speech yesterday is from the USA.
先行词professor,关系代词 who , 在从句中作用 主语
2.The book which my teacher lent me is very useful. 先行词 book ,关系代词which ,在从句中作用 宾语
• All that I have is yours.凡是我所有的都 是你的。
• This is the very thing that I am after. • 这正是我找的东西。
• (2)先行词为既指人又指物的两个或两个以 上名词时，只能用that。
• They talked about the teachers and schools that they had visited.
• Who is the girl that is looking after your mother?
• 正在照料你母亲的那个女孩是谁？
• Which statement that is made according to the article is correct？ 根据这篇文章所得出的陈述哪一个是正确 的？
先行词：名词/代词
定语从句
限制性定 语从句
关系词
关系代词：who,whom, that whose,which,
关系副词：when, where,
why
1.连接主从句的纽带 2. 指代先行词
3.在从句中充当某种成分
非限制性定语从句
指出下列句子的先行词和关系代词，并分析关系代 词在定语从句中的作用
3. The house which/thatthey built in 1987 stayed up in the earthquake.
4. A house which/that is built on sand may fall down in an earthquake.
5. Luckily none of the peoplewho/whom I know were killed in the earthquake.