1. 时间状语从句
常用引导词: when, as, while, as soon as, before, after, since, till, until
特殊引导词: the minute, the moment, the second, every time, the day, the instant, immediately, directly, no sooner. . . than, hardly. . . when, scarcely. . . when
*I didn’t realize how special my mother was until I became an adult. 直到我长大成人, 我才意识到我母亲有多特别。
*While John was watching TV, his wife was cooking.
约翰在看电视时, 他的妻子正在做饭。
*The children ran away from the orchard(果园) the moment they saw the guard. 孩子们一看到警卫就从果园跑了。
*No sooner had I arrived home than it began to rain.
我一到家就开始下雨了。