Linguigo · No. 51B2自然3 分钟
A Garden on the Roof
本篇内容
- – 读一篇关于“自然”的短文
- – 学习 6 个单词
- – 练习 定语从句 (Relative clauses)
notice, curious, completely, complain, share, advice
点一下不认识的单词。
When Chen Jing moved into an apartment on the top floor of an old building in Chengdu, the first thing she noticed was the roof. It was a flat, empty space which nobody had used for years, covered in dust and broken pots.
Jing, who had grown up on her grandparents' farm, missed the smell of soil. So one weekend she carried a few bags of earth up the stairs and planted tomatoes, peppers and herbs. Her neighbors, who were curious at first, soon started asking questions.
Within a year, the roof had changed completely. An elderly man whose wife loved flowers built wooden boxes for roses. Two students set up a rain barrel that collects water for the dry summer months. Even the building manager, who had complained about the mess, now brings his lunch up there.
Last month, the neighbors even held a small harvest party on the roof, and the elderly man brought roses for everyone.
Today the garden is a place where people who once passed each other silently on the stairs share vegetables, advice and stories. Jing says the tomatoes are the least important thing that grows there.
难句解析
- 1
It was a flat, empty space which nobody had used for years, covered in dust and broken pots.
"which nobody had used for years" 是修饰 space 的定语从句；"had used" 是过去完成时，指她搬来之前很多年都没人用过。"covered in ..." 补充说明：上面盖满了灰尘和破花盆。
- 2
An elderly man whose wife loved flowers built wooden boxes for roses.
先找主干：主语 "An elderly man"，谓语 "built"。中间的 "whose wife loved flowers" 是定语从句，whose 表示“他的”。意思是：一位妻子爱花的老人，做了几个种玫瑰的木箱。
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Jing says the tomatoes are the least important thing that grows there.
"the least important" 是“最不重要的”，与 "the most important" 相反。言外之意：屋顶上“长出”的最重要的东西不是西红柿，而是邻居之间的情谊。
本篇语法
定语从句 (Relative clauses)
定语从句放在名词后面修饰它（中文的定语放在名词前面）：the man who lives next door（住在隔壁的那个人）。指人用 who，指物用 which，人和物都可以用 that。表示“……的”用 whose：the girl whose bike was stolen。
noun + who / which / that / whose + clause
故事中的例句
- Jing, who had grown up on her grandparents' farm, missed the smell of soil.
- An elderly man whose wife loved flowers built wooden boxes for roses.
- Two students set up a rain barrel that collects water for the dry summer months.
常见错误
把修饰语放在名词前，或在从句里重复代词。
The book which I read it was great.
The book which I read was great.
本篇单词
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