高中外研版必修三英语精品课件：Module 6 Old and New-Language points.pptVIP

2. This is a process that happens when land becomes desert because of climate changes and because people cut down trees and dig up grass. = Because of climate changes, trees being cut down and grass being dug up, land becomes desert and desertification happens. 本句是一个复合句。主句是This is a process；that happens ...是定语从句，修饰先行词process。定语从句中有两个状语从句，一个是when引导的时间状语从句，另一个是because引导的原因状语从句。时间状语从句中的because of ... 短语以及because引起的从句共同说明土地变成沙漠的原因。 3. The storms sometimes continue all day and traffic moves very slowly because the thick dust makes it difficult to see. 本句中