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Time Clause A. 引导词： 常用：when、while、as、after、before、since、until、as soon as、by the time 特殊：the minute, the moment, the second, every time, the day，the instant, immediately, directly, no sooner … than, hardly …when, scarcely … when * 在时间状语从句中，主句是将来时的时候，从句要用一般时。 1. when当...的时候 Mozart started writing music when he was four years old. 2. while当...的时候 He visited a lot of places while he was traveling. 3. as当...的时候 He smiled as he stood up. 4. after在...之后 He leaves the classroom after he finishes his homework. 5. before 在...之前 Mr. Brown had worked in a bank for a year before he came here. 6. since 自…以来 　　表示从过去的一个起点时间到目前(说话时间)为止的一段持续时间。主句一般用现在完成时，从句用一般过去时。 Mr. Green has taught in that school since he came to China three years ago. 7. until 直到 They walked till /until it was dark. Xiao Ming didn’t leave home until his father came back. 8. as soon as 一...就... We began to work as soon as we got there. I will write to you as soon as I get home. 9. by the time 到…为止 (主句应用完成时) By the time he got there, his father has already gone. By the time I got to school, the class had already begun. 1.由when, while, as引导的从句 When you think you know nothing, then you begin to know something. 当你以为自己一无所知的时候，你就是在开始知道一些事物了。 When truth is buried under the ground it grows, it chokes, it gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out , it blows up everything with it. 当真理被埋在地下的时候，它在生长，它感到压抑，它蓄存着这么一种爆炸性力量，一旦冒出，它就会炸破一切！ Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。 You can feel the air moving as your hand pushes through it. 当你的手在空气中挥动的时候，你就能感觉到空气在流动。 Our headmaster laughed as she spoke. when, while和as的区别 　　when引导的从句的谓语动词可以是延续性的动词，又可以是瞬时动词。并且when有时表示“就在那时”。 When she came in, I stopped eating. When I lived in the countryside, I used to carry some water for him. We were about to leave when he came in. 　　while引导的从句的谓语动作必须是延续性的，并强调主句和从句的动作同时发生。并且while有时还可以表示对比。 While my wife was reading the newspaper, I was watching TV. I like playing football while you like playing basketball. as引导的动作是延续性的动作，一般用于主句