英語操場

你惑我答

問：棉花糖，你好！麻煩看看這道完形填空題：

Ive come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is ____ we choose to find it.

A. whatever B. wherever C. whoever D. whichever

答案選B。前面是time and place，所以后面按理說應該是when and where啊。難道wherever可以既指“無論何地”又指“無論何時”嗎？謝謝解答！

答：你好！這是一個很好的問題，我將從兩方面來回答。首先，從語法角度來看，從句we choose to find it不缺少句子成分，因此空格處應填關系副詞。而whatever、whoever以及whichever都是關系代詞，需要在從句中充當主語或賓語等成分。由此可見，四個選項中我們只能選wherever來充當從句的地點狀語。

實際上，除了wherever之外，我們也可以填入whenever，說成：Ive come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is whenever we choose to find it. 如果因為time and place既有時間又有地點而使用了whenever and wherever，說成Ive come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is whenever and wherever we choose to find it， 從理論上講也是正確的，但在以英語為母語的人看來，這么說有些拗口。所以只需使用wherever和whenever兩者中的任何一個即可。

其次，從wherever的用法來看，英語中有時候時間概念與地點概念之間的界線較為模糊，尤其是帶有-ever強調含義的時候。所以該題既可以填入wherever，又可以用whenever，且填入后句意幾乎沒有區別，意思都是：我現在領悟到，只要我們去尋找，無論在何時何地都能發現奇跡。

趣味閱讀

一只會玩滑板車的狗，你見過嗎？

A dog named Norman becomes hot on the internet for riding his scooter（滑板車）. The clever dog lives with the Cobb family in Canton， Georgia. His owner， Karen Cobb， said， “He began playing with the kids scooter in the backyard and we thought it would be fun to give him a ride on it. Then we decided to teach him to push it， and now he loves riding his scooter.”

美國一男子是個忠實的變形金剛“粉絲”，他用玩具自制了變形金剛“戰衣”！

A man， Drew， has turned himself into a real life Transformer（變形金剛）—by creating an Autobot（汽車人）costume out of a childrens toy. Drew said， “Ive always been a big Transformer fan ever since I was a kid. Then one day I had an idea—making a Transformer costume.” Drew hopes to roll out（正式推出）his costume on mail order by 2012. “Im sure Transformer fans will like my Transformer costume. ” he said.

jokes笑話

I Didnt Notice The Other（我沒看到另一塊）

Mother： I left two pieces of cake in the cupboard this morning， Johnny， and now there is only one piece left. Can you explain that？

Johnny： Well， I suppose it was so dark that I didnt notice the other.

Whos 50 Cents（誰的50美分）

Jacky： I found 50 cents on the sidewalk in front of school.

Tommy： I think its mine. I dropped 50 cents there today and couldnt find it.

Jacky： But what I found was two quarters.

Tommy： Then Im sure its mine. It probably broke when it hit the sidewalk.

How to Become Rich （如何致富）

Little brother： I saw you kiss my elder sister， and if you dont give me a nickel（五分鎳幣） Ill tell my father.

Sisters boyfriend： No， dont do that. Heres a nickel.

Little brother： That makes a buck（元） and a quarter Ive made this month.

An Interesting Answer（有趣的回答）

Teacher： Which is farther away—Australia or the moon？

Bobby： Australia.

Teacher： Why do you say that？

Bobby： We can see the moon， but we cant see Australia.