英语操场

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问：棉花糖，你好！麻烦看看这道完形填空题：

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

答案选B。前面是time and place，所以后面按理说应该是when and where啊。难道wherever可以既指“无论何地”又指“无论何时”吗？谢谢解答！

答：你好！这是一个很好的问题，我将从两方面来回答。首先，从语法角度来看，从句we choose to find it不缺少句子成分，因此空格处应填关系副词。而whatever、whoever以及whichever都是关系代词，需要在从句中充当主语或宾语等成分。由此可见，四个选项中我们只能选wherever来充当从句的地点状语。

实际上，除了wherever之外，我们也可以填入whenever，说成：Ive come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is whenever we choose to find it. 如果因为time and place既有时间又有地点而使用了whenever and wherever，说成Ive come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is whenever and wherever we choose to find it， 从理论上讲也是正确的，但在以英语为母语的人看来，这么说有些拗口。所以只需使用wherever和whenever两者中的任何一个即可。

其次，从wherever的用法来看，英语中有时候时间概念与地点概念之间的界线较为模糊，尤其是带有-ever强调含义的时候。所以该题既可以填入wherever，又可以用whenever，且填入后句意几乎没有区别，意思都是：我现在领悟到，只要我们去寻找，无论在何时何地都能发现奇迹。

趣味阅读

一只会玩滑板车的狗，你见过吗？

A dog named Norman becomes hot on the internet for riding his scooter（滑板车）. 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.”

美国一男子是个忠实的变形金刚“粉丝”，他用玩具自制了变形金刚“战衣”！

A man， Drew， has turned himself into a real life Transformer（变形金刚）—by creating an Autobot（汽车人）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笑话

I Didnt Notice The Other（我没看到另一块）

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（谁的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（五分镍币） 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.