英语120句经典句型（100个经典句型提高英语战力1000）
英语120句经典句型（100个经典句型提高英语战力1000）B．克林顿《我的生活》过了几天后，我走下法学院去一楼的楼梯时又见到了希拉里。I was wandering through the street when I caught sight of a tailor’s shop.（马克吐温《百万英镑》）我正沿着街道漫步，突然看见了一个裁缝店。A couple of days later I was coming down the steps to the gound floor of the law school when I saw Hillary again.
70. I was walking east along Park Road when an elderly man came out of the park on the other side of the street.
我正沿着公园路往东走（的时候），突然有一个老人在街的另一边从公园里走出来。
经典句型解析70：前句为后面when分句提供时间背景并列句型解析
我们所熟知的是，在一般的主从复合句里，从句所包含的信息，与主句所传达的信息相比大都处于陪衬地位。而上述例句里when分句所表达的内容显然是重要信息。这里when引导的句子分析为从句，显得比较牵强附会，应该是并列句更恰当一些。这类when引导的句子内容，是前面的叙述所没有提到过的信息，它总是对所描述的事件给予惹人注目的强调并使之达到高潮。不管是写作，还是翻译，都要把这层含义表达出来，可以译为“这时，突然”，并把这类when引导的句子内容放在句末这一突出重要信息的位置。另外注意when此时是并列连词，且前句描述的往往是正在或即将发生的场景，从而突出when引导的句子内容是突然性或高潮性。所以，when引导的句子的谓语动词必须是瞬间动词。此时，when相当于at that moment;如：
I was wandering through the street when I caught sight of a tailor’s shop.（马克吐温《百万英镑》）
我正沿着街道漫步，突然看见了一个裁缝店。
A couple of days later I was coming down the steps to the gound floor of the law school when I saw Hillary again.
过了几天后，我走下法学院去一楼的楼梯时又见到了希拉里。
B．克林顿《我的生活》
Johnsy was sleeping when they gent in.
约翰西正在睡觉，他们突然走了进来。
He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.
他正笑着的时候，门突然开了，他妻子走了进来。
I was walking out to my car when this guy tried to mug me
我正出门朝我的车走去，就在这时这家伙企图对我进行抢劫。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
I was thinking of this when I heard my name called.
我正想着这件事时，突然听到有人叫我的名字。
I was just going when he came in.
我刚要走，他就进来了。
I was just going to tell you when you interrupted.
我正准备告诉你，你突然把话打断了。
He was walking along the road when he was attacked.
他正在路边散步，突然遭到袭击。
The speaker was just winding up when the door was flung open.
演讲者刚要结束讲话时门突然被推开了。
I was just beginning to enjoy myself when we had to leave.
我刚开始玩得起劲我们就得离开了。
以上4例摘自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
We were struggling for the gun when it went off!
我们正在争夺那把枪，这时它突然走火了！
Frank was in full flight when he reached them
弗兰克正在拼命奔逃，这时他联系到了他们。
We'd been seeing each other for a year when he suggested we should move in together.
我们已经交往一年了，这时他提议搬到一起住。以上3句摘自《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain.
飞机播种了将近一个月才开始下雨。
It's particularly striking centuries later when these issues are still prominent in public discussions about social justice and women's rights.
这在数个世纪之后尤其引人注目，此时，这些问题在关于社会公正和女性权利的公众讨论中仍然非常突出。六级真题- 2018年 12月
I was cooking when she knocked at the door.
我正在做饭，突然听到她的敲门声。
I was on the point of telephoning him when his letter arrived.
说明：
on the point of doing sth.是固定搭配，另外注意这个句子中并列连词when连接的固定句型：on the point of doing...when... 意思是“正要干……这时……”，这样的句型还有 be about to do...when... was doing...when...。
He was on the point of saying something when the phone rang
他正要说话时电话铃响了。
He was on the point of leaving when someone knocked at the door.
他刚要走，有人敲门。
He was just about to drive off when the secretary came running out
他正打算驾车离开，这时秘书跑了出来。
He was about to shut the door when an idea came to him
他正准备关门，突然想到一个主意。以上3例摘自《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
She was just about to open the window and shout at the dog to frighten it when she stopped and stood quite still.
她正打算打开窗户，向那条狗大声喊叫，以便把它吓住，她突然停了下来，站在那里一动不动。
He was about to give up and spend the rest of the night on the back seat of the car when he had a bright idea.
正当他打算放弃，准备在汽车后座躺到天明时，他突然产生了一个聪明的想法。
I was about to do my homework last night when I heard acry for help.
昨晚我正要做家庭作业的时候，突然听到呼救声。
We were about to start when it began to rain.
我们正打算出发，突然下起雨来。
He was going to butt in when his mother darted a look of disapproval at him.
他刚要插嘴，妈妈瞥了他一眼。
She was about to speak when she was stopped by her sister.
她刚要说话，被她姐姐拦住了。以上2例摘自《汉英大词典》
He was just about to speak when I stopped him.
他刚要说，我把他给拦住了。
The government was about to approve the use of wide-spead surveillance when the Justice Department took objections.
政府正打算同意采取广泛监督的手段时，突然遭到了司法部的反对。（托福考题）
She had just finished dressing when her guests arrived.
她刚穿戴完毕，（这时）客人们就来了。
We had hardly sat down to supper when the phone rang.
我们刚坐下用晚餐，电话就响了。
He had just drifted off to sleep when the phone rang.
他刚睡着电话铃就响了。
He had scarcely put the phone down when the doorbell rang.
他刚放下电话，门铃就响了起来。
Scarcely had the game started when it began to rain.
比赛才开始就下起雨来了。以上4例摘自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
I had nearly reached the town when the young man said very slowly “Do you speak English?”
在我快要到城镇的时候，那个年轻人突然慢慢地问道，“你会说英语吗？”
We had been asleep for only a few hours when we heard a brisk knock on the bedroom door.
我们只睡了几小时，就听见急促的敲门声。（希拉里《亲历历史》）
综上所述，当位于句末when分句具有上述用法时，它前面的分句可以用过去进行时、过去将来时、过去完成时、过去完成进行时或was（were） about to，was (were) on the point of 句式。
