学员疑问:老师,Satellite communications are so up-to-date that even when cruising in the middle of the Pacific, businessmen can contact their offices as if they were next door.这个句子中, when cruising这部分是什么?感觉句子结构不完整。
老师解答:这是一个when引导的状语从句的省略情况。状语从句的主语和主句主语一致的时候,从句可以简化,省略(主语+be动词)。以上这个句子补全还原则是Satellite communications are so up-to-date that even when they are cruising in the middle of the Pacific, businessmen can contact their offices as if they were next door. (卫星通信是如此的先进,以至于商人们即使在太平洋中央航游时,也可以与他们的办公室联系,就像他们就在隔壁一样。) 其实这是一个很普遍的现象,可以使得句子简练不机械重复。
点评分析:该学员能发现when cruising in the middle of the Pacific这个从句似乎有问题,说明看句子有结合语法来断句,只是对于状语从句的省略估计不太了解。建议可以查阅相关语法知识点,多看具体的例子,理解消化,以后自己写句子的时候也可以应用起来。