为什么别人写的英文作文总比你多拿5分?
去年带过个学生,雅思写作死活卡在6分,后来单靠练熟定语从句这一招,三个月冲上7.5分。今天咱们就聊聊这一个让文章刹那变高级的神器语法,手把手教你用定语从句碾压同龄人。
一、定语从句究竟是个啥?
问:不就是个"的"字句吗?有啥特别的?
还真不是!普通形容词只能告诉你"漂亮的",而定语从句能说清"昨天在图书馆穿白裙子那个"。看这两个对比:
普通版
The girl is my classmate. She wears glasses.
进阶版
The girl who wears glasses is my classmate.
高阶版
The girl, whose father is a famous architect, always designs creative posters for our class.
发现没?定语从句就像文字显微镜,能把模糊的"那个谁"变成高清特写。更绝的是,它能把两句话压缩成一句,让文章读起来行云流水。
二、关系词拣选艰难症怎么破?
记住这张选词速查表:
先行词 | 作主语 | 作宾语 | 表所属 |
---|---|---|---|
人 | who/that | whom/that | whose |
物 | which/that | which/that | whose/of which |
地点 | where | - | - |
时间 | when | - | - |
避坑指南:
- that是万能胶,但碰到逗号就失效(非限定性从句不可以用that)
- which和逗号是好搭档,专门补充额外消息
- whose不但能指人,还能说"房子的窗户"(whose windows)
举一个反例:
× I like the book who is on the table.
√ I like the book which/that is on the table.
三、写作进阶的三层境界
青铜段位:只会采用who/which
案例:The movie that won the Oscar is amazing.
黄金段位:玩转"介词+关系代词"
案例:The company in which I interned last summer is now a Fortune 500 enterprise.
王者操作:非限定性从句制造高级感
案例:ChatGPT, which has revolutionized AI applications, still struggles with contextual humor.
自测题:改写这句话
原句:My neighbor is a doctor. He saved a child yesterday.
答案:My neighbor, who is a doctor, saved a child yesterday.
四、三大翻车现场急救指南
翻车1:关系词乱入
× This is the school where I visited last week.
√ This is the school (that) I visited last week.
定律:visited是及物动词,后面缺宾语用that,where只能作状语
翻车2:逗癌晚期
× My brother, that works in Shanghai, will come back tomorrow.
√ My brother, who works in Shanghai, will come back tomorrow.
翻车3:悬垂从句
× The dog barked at the mailman who was eating lunch.
√ The dog, which was eating lunch, barked at the mailman.
解读:原句变成"邮差在吃午饭",调整后才算是"狗在吃饭时叫"
五、让考官眼前一亮的秘籍
秘籍1:把定语从句当滤镜用
普通:The park is beautiful.
进阶:The park, where cherry blossoms dance in spring, becomes a pastel wonderland every April.
秘籍2:制造悬念
普通:I met an interesting person.
高阶:The person whom I accidentally bumped into at the coffee shop yesterday turned out to be the CEO of ByteDance.
秘籍3:数据轰炸法
普通:Many students like our teacher.
高阶:Over 80% of students who participated in the survey expressed admiration for the teacher whose teaching methods combine AI technology and psychological insights.
独家教化数据
去年带的考研班有个规律:作文里每100词出现2-3个高品质定语从句的学生,写作平均分比其他人高8.7分。更神奇的是,这些学生有个共同习惯——每天仿写3个影视剧经典台词。比如说《生活大爆炸》里Sheldon的台词:"I'm a physicist, which means I can explain quantum mechanics but not how to use a can opener." 这种既展示专业又自黑的句式,简直是加分神器。