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Adverbial clauses of time时间状语从句定义：要说明已经发生，正在发生或将要发生的事情时，我们可以用由before, after, while, as, since 或until 等引导时间状语从句来表示。状语从句可放在句首或句末。当状语从句放在句首时，通常在从句后面加一个逗号。1.Before,afterBefore= at an earlier time than 在…之前（1）before 引导的状语从句中若用一般过去时，主句中常用过去完成时。e.g. I had finished my work before the manager came back. 经理回来前我已经把工作完成了。（2）before引导的状语从句中若用一般现在时或现在完成时，主句中常用一般将来时。e.g. It won’t be long before he goes abroad. 不久，他将出国。After= at a later time than 在…之后（1）after引导的状语从句中若用一般过去时或过去完成时，主句中常用一般过去时。e.g. After she graduated from university, she went to Paris. 她大学毕业后，去了巴黎。（2）after引导的状语从句中若用一般现在时或现在完成时，主句中常用一般将来时。e.g. After he delivers the speech, we will have a celebration for his great success. 他演讲完后，我们将为他的巨大成功开一个庆祝会。2. While, as, whenWhile/ as/ when= at the same time as 当…时（1）while一般用来表示一段时间，且从句中的谓语动词只能用延续性动词。e.g. Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。e.g. While I was writing an essay, he came to see me. 我在写论文时，他来看我了。（2）as强调同一时间或一前一后，指较短的时间，有“一边…一边；随着”等意思。e.g. As I listened to the report, I took the notes. 我一边听报告，一边记笔记。e.g. As time went by, he came to realize the importance of learning a foreign language. 随着时间的推移，他逐渐认识到学习一门外语的重要性。3. Since, untilSince = from the time that 自从 since引导的状语从句中常用一般过去时，主句中用现在完成时。e.g. I haven’t heard from him since last week. 自从上星期以来我没收到他的信。e.g. We have not contacted them since they moved to the south. 自从他们搬到南方去后，我们没有联系过。e.g. It has been/ is three years since I came to Shanghai. 自从我来上海，已经有三年了。Until = up to the time that 到…为止（有时可用till代替until)（1）until引导的状语从句中常用一般过去时，主句中常用一般过去时或过去完成时。e.g. He didn’t give us a definite answer until the last minute. 他直到最后时刻才给我们明确的答复。e.g. He did the experiment until it was dark. 他一直做实验到天黑。（2）until引导的状语从句用一般现在时或现在完成时，主句用一般将来时。e.g. I won’t go out for play until I finish/ have finished my homework. 我完成作业才会外出玩耍。