when
1、还可以表示从句动词的动作在主几句动词的动作"之前 "或"之后"发生。
2、when=and then; at that moment (正在那个时候)
while 1、用于时间较长时
2、 强调两个动作同时进行,并表示对比时
有时这三个连词可以互换,有时不可以。
lIt was raining hard when (as) I got there.
我到那里时,正在下大雨。 ( 动作同时发生,when可换为as, 但不能换为while,因为get是点动词.)
lWhen I had read the article, he called me.
我看完这篇文章之后,她给我打了电话。( 从句动作发生在主句之前,注意时态表达,只能用when )
lWhen I got to the cinema, the film had begun.
(当)我到了电影院时,电影已经开演了。(从句的动作发生在主句之后,只能用when,并要注意时态)
lHe was about to leave, when the telephone rang.
他正要离开,忽然电话响了。( 此时不能放在句首。主句动词一般表达 "正在" "即将".
while, as不能代替
lShe thought I was talking about her daughter, while, in fact, I was talking about my daughter.
他以为我在谈她女儿,然而,实际上在谈论我女儿。(表转折,对比,when, as都不能代替它)
lWhile the alien was buying a souvenir, the girl called the police.
外星人买纪念品时,那女孩给警察打了电话。(表示主句,从句的动作同时发生,while后引导的状语从句的动词必须是延续动词不能是点动词,因为它表示较长时间)
lMother was worried because little Alice was ill, especially as (when/ while) father was away.
妈妈担心,因为小爱丽丝病了,特别是他父亲不在家的时候。(此时as ,when, while可通用)
2.由before和after引导的时间状语从句。
注意before引导的从句不再用否定式的谓语,并且当before引导的从句位于主句之后,有时译成"就,才"。还要注意主句和从句之间的时间关系。当主句用将来时,从句总是用现在时;如果before引导的从句谓语用的是过去时,则主句动词多用过去完成时,这样以便体现动作发生的先后。After表示主句动作发生在从句动作之后。主句和从句的动作的时间关系正好与before引导的从句相反。例如:
It will be four days before they come back. 他们要过四天才能回来。
Einstein almost knocked me down before he saw me.爱因斯坦几乎把我撞倒才看到我。
My father had left for Canada just before the letter arrived.我父亲恰好在信到之前去加拿大了。
They had not been married four months before they were divorced. 他们结婚还不到四个月就离婚了。
After you think it over, please let me know what you decide.你仔细考虑过以后,告诉我你是怎样决定的。
After we had finished the work, we went home.完成工作之后,我们回家了。(从句用过去完成时,主句用一般过去时)
3.由till或until引导的时间状语从句。
till和until一般情况下两者可以互换,但是在强调句型中多用until。并且要注意的是:如果主句中的谓语动词是瞬时动词时,必须用否定形式;如果主句中的谓语动词是延续性动词时,用肯定或否定形式都可以,但表达的意思不同。例如:
I didn't go to bed until(till) my father came back.直到我父亲回来我才上床睡觉。liuxuepaper.com